Legal Opinion
City Electric Supply Co. v. Arch Insurance Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 29, 2019No. SJC 12561PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGaziano, J.
**784 In this case, we consider whether a claimant seeking to enforce a target lien bond by commencing a civil action pursuant to the mechanic's lien statute, G. L. c. 254, § 14, must record an attested copy of the complaint in the registry of deeds. We conclude that the lien statute contains no such requirement. A party seeking to enforce a target lien bond, a bond which has the effect of dissolving a mechanic's lien that has been placed on a property, need not record a copy of a complaint in the registry of deeds as a condition precedent to enforcing the bond.
**785 1. Background . The…
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