Chap. 161.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 6426 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to mechanic’s liens, as last amended by an act approved March 28,
1922, [H B 194]

Approved March 22, 1932

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
sixty-four hundred and twenty-six of the Code of Virginia, as last
amended by an act approved March twenty-eight, nineteen hundred
and twenty-two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 6426. All persons performing labor, or furnishing ma-
terials, of the value of ten dollars or more, for the construction, re-
moval, repair, or improvement of any building or structure perma-
nently annexed to the freehold, and all persons performing any labor
or furnishing materials of like value for the construction of any rail-
road, shall have a lien, if perfected as hereinafter provided, upon such
building or structure, and so much land therewith as shall be neces-
sary for the convenient use and enjoyment thereof, and upon such
railroad and franchises for the work done and materials furnished.
But when the claim is for repairs or improvements only, no lien shall
attach to the property repaired or improved unless such repairs or im-
provements were ordered by the owner, or his agent. As used in this
chapter, the term “general contractor” shall include contractors, la-
borers, mechanics, and persons furnishing materials, who contract di-
rectly with the owner, and the term “sub-contractor” shall include all
such contractors, laborers, mechanics, and persons furnishing mater-
ials, who do not contract with the owner but with the general con-
tractor. For the purpose of this chapter, a well shall be deemed a
structure permanently annexed to the freehold, and all shrubbery fur-
nished for the improvement of the grounds upon which such building
or structure is situated shall be deemed to be materials furnished for
the improvement of such building or structure and permanently an-
nexed to the freehold.