WINKLER CONSTRUCTION CO. INC. v. Jerome

WILNER, Judge.

Maryland Code, § 9-102 of the Real Property Article provides, in relevant part, that every building that is either newly erected or repaired to the extent of 15% of its value is subject to a lien—a mechanic’s lien—for the payment of all debts contracted for work done and materials supplied for or about the building. That includes debts owing to subcontractors who have no privity with the owner of the property and whom the owner may not even know worked on or supplied materials for the building. Section 9-104(a)(2), however, which is part of the statute requiring a subcontractor…