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Colorado: Does Mechanics lien have to have a valid address from the claimant (contractor who's LIENING property). This address is a strip mall with 5 cubicles of different stores, none of which he rents or lives at , or owns. He has a P.O. Box, and many other addresses that are invalid. I was wondering doesn't that invalidate the Mechanic's lien?

 

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Colorado: Does Mechanics lien have to have a valid address from the claimant (contractor who's LIENING property). This address is a strip mall with 5 cubicles of different stores, none of which he rents or lives at , or owns. He has a P.O. Box, and many other addresses that are invalid. I was wondering doesn't that invalidate the Mechanic's lien?

No, it does not invalidate the lien. The Colorado law allowing the filing of the lien statement only requires that the contractor name be shown on the statement, not his address. Colorado Revised Statutes (CRS) section 38-22-109(1). However, prior to recording that statement, the contractor must provide to the owner a notice of intent to file the lien statement at least 10 days before the lien filing is recorded. Failure to provide that notice as required does invalidate the lien. CRS § 38-22-109(3). The lien statement must in most cases also be filed no later than four months after the last substantial work was done on the property. CRS § 38-22-109(5). There is a provision that allows extension of the time for filing the lien statement until the last work on the improvement is done. CRS § 38-22-109(10). The lien does not give the mechanic's lien holder a lot of time to act. The lien holder must file the action to foreclose the mechanics lien within 6 months from the date the last substantial work was done on the property, not from the date the lien notice was filed. CRS § 38-22-110. The contractor loses the lien if he fails to start the action within that time, though of course the contractor could still sue for a regular judgment for what is owed to him. So this lien will not hang around for years like other kinds of liens do.