Carpenters Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Shafer

Opinion

ROUSE, Acting P. J.

Plaintiffs, two trust funds, appeal from a judgment denying their petition for a writ of mandate directing defendant Recorder for the County of Marin (Recorder) to record a claim of lien as of the date plaintiffs tendered it for recordation.

On February 24, 1981, plaintiffs attempted to record a claim of lien, pursuant to section 3111 of the Civil Code, 1 by mailing the lien to the Recorder. Plaintiffs’ claim of lien contained the information required by section 3084 of the Civil Code, 2 which defines a claim of lien, and was accompanied by a check in the amount of…