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Mechanic’s Liens in Iowa – Revisited
By Roger W. Stone
Article Introduction
The Iowa Mechanic’s Lien Statute started 150 years ago with the premise that improvements to land stand as security for the workers who built the improvement. The statutes’s evolving set of rules reflects that construction remains a risky business and costs often cannot be accurately known when a job starts. The legislative changes during the last 20 years shift risk away from owners of property to contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers, presumably because construction companies are more familiar with and better able to protect themselves from the financial risks of construction. The legislative changes since 1980 substantially curtail the mechanic’s lien remedy for almost all contractors. During the same 20 years, the Iowa appellate courts have considered about sixty mechanic’s lien cases. The purpose of this article is to review the legislative and judicial developments during the past twenty years and supplement the article entitled Mechanic’s Liens In Iowa published in 1980.
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PRACTICE AREAS
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Construction & Design Practice
- Environmental Law
- Finance & Financial Institutions
- Plaintiffs' Cases
- Product Liability
- Municipal Law
EDUCATION
University of Iowa: (B.A., with highest distinction 1975; J.D., with highest distinction 1980)
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Order of the Coif
- Recipient Hancher-Finkbine Medallion
- Iowa State Bar Academic Excellence Award
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Corporation Law, 1979-1980.
Columbia University: (M.A., Political Science, 1977)
- International Fellow
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE (STATE)
- State of Iowa, 1980
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE (FEDERAL)
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit Court
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa, 1981
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, 1981
MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES & COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN BAR ASSOCIATIONS
Linn County Bar Association
Iowa State Bar Association
- Environmental & Natural Resources Law Section
- Litigation Section Member
MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS & APPOINTMENTS
- Iowa Academy of Trial Lawyers
- National Registry of Construction Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association
