§ 18-43-102. Lien on object, etc., worked on -- Liability of purchasers

AR Code § 18-43-102 (2018) (N/A)
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(a)

(1) Laborers who perform work and labor on any object, thing, material, or property shall have an absolute lien on the object, thing, material, or property for labor done and performed, subject to prior liens and landlord's liens for rent and supplies.

(2) These liens may be enforced within the same time and in the same manner provided for by law to enforce laborer's liens on the production of labor done and performed.

(b) When the object, thing, material, or property on which a lien exists as provided for in subsection (a) of this section has been sold, transferred, or disposed of before the lien has been liquidated or released, the purchaser thereof, with notice of the lien, the material, thing, object, or property so sold, transferred, or disposed of shall be liable to the amount of the lien, or so much thereof as may be necessary to liquidate the liens mentioned in subsection (a) of this section.