Vermont § 1921 - Extent of lien; notice

§ 1921. Extent of lien; notice

• (a) When a contract or agreement is made, whether in writing or not, for erecting, repairing,
  moving, or altering improvements to real property or for furnishing labor or material
  therefor, the person proceeding in pursuance of such contract or agreement shall have
  a lien upon such improvements and the lot of land on which the same stand to secure
  the payment of the same. (b) A person who by virtue of a contract or agreement, either in writing or parol, with
  an agent, contractor, or subcontractor of the owner thereof, performs labor or furnishes
  materials for erecting, repairing, moving, or altering such improvements shall have
  a lien, to secure the payment of the same upon such improvements and the lot of land
  upon which the same stand, by giving notice in writing to such owner or his or her
  agent having charge of such property that he or she shall claim a lien for labor or
  material. The notice shall include the date that payment is due, if known. Such lien
  shall extend to the portions of the contract price remaining unpaid at the time such
  notice is received. (c) A lien herein provided for shall not continue in force for more than 180 days from
  the time when payment became due for the last of such labor performed or materials
  furnished unless a notice of such lien is filed in the office of the town clerk as
  hereinafter provided. (d) A lien under this section shall not take precedence over a deed or other conveyance
  to the extent that consideration therefor has been paid in good faith before record
  of such lien. Such lien shall not take precedence over a mortgage given by the owner
  thereof upon such building, property, or improvements and the lot of land on which
  the same stand, as security for the payment of money loaned and to be used by such
  owner in payment of the expenses of the same, if such mortgage is recorded before
  such lien is filed in the office of the town clerk as hereinafter provided. If such
  mortgagee shall receive written notice that any lien hereunder is to be claimed, such
  lien shall take precedence over such mortgage as to all advances thereafter made under
  such mortgage to such mortgagor, except such advances as the mortgagee may show were
  actually expended in completing such improvements to real property. (e) The lot of land covered by such lien shall be deemed to be all of the land owned or
  held by the owner and used or designed for use in connection with such improvements,
  but such lien shall not extend to other adjacent lands used for purposes of profit. (f) A lien under this section may not be waived in advance of the time such labor is performed
  or materials are furnished, and any provision calling for such advance waiver shall
  not be enforceable. (Amended 1985, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.); 2003, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)