Oklahoma § 42-141 - Right to lien - Priority - Enforceablility against

§ 42-141. Right to lien - Priority - Enforceablility against

property - Constructive notice.

Any person who shall, under oral or written contract with the

owner of any tract or piece of land, perform labor, furnish material

or lease or rent equipment used on said land for the erection,

alteration or repair of any building, improvement or structure

thereon or perform labor in putting up any fixtures, machinery in,

or attachment to, any such building, structure or improvements; or

who shall plant any tree, vines, plants or hedge in or upon such

land; or who shall build, alter, repair or furnish labor, material

or lease or rent equipment used on said land for buildings,

altering, or repairing any fence or footwalk in or upon said land,

or any sidewalk in any street abutting such land, shall have a lien

upon the whole of said tract or piece of land, the buildings and

appurtenances in an amount inclusive of all sums owed to the person

at the time of the lien filing, including, without limitation,

applicable profit and overhead costs. If the title to the land is

not in the person with whom such contract was made, the lien shall

be allowed on the buildings and improvements on such land separately

from the real estate. Such liens shall be preferred to all other

liens or encumbrances which may attach to or upon such land,

buildings or improvements or either of them subsequent to the

commencement of such building, the furnishing or putting up of such

fixtures or machinery, the planting of such trees, vines, plants or

hedges, the building of such fence, footwalk or sidewalks, or the

making of any such repairs or improvements; and such lien shall

follow said property and each and every part thereof, and be

enforceable against the said property wherever the same may be

found, and compliance with the provisions of this act shall

constitute constructive notice of the claimant’s lien to all

purchasers and encumbrancers of said property or any part thereof,

subsequent to the date of the furnishing of the first item of

material or the date of the performance of the first labor or the

first use of the rental equipment on said land.

R.L. 1910, § 3862. Amended by Laws 1919, c. 258, p. 367, § 1; Laws

1923, c. 54, p. 97, § 1; Laws 1977, c. 207, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 1977;

Laws 1980, c. 216, § 1, emerg. eff. May 30, 1980; Laws 2013, c. 78,

§ 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.