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572.2 Persons entitled to lien.

Every person who shall furnish any material or labor for, or perform any labor upon, any building or land for improvement, alteration, or repair thereof, including those engaged in the construction or repair of any work of internal or external improvement, and those engaged in grading, sodding, installing nursery stock, landscaping, sidewalk building, fencing on any land or lot, by virtue of any contract with the owner, the owner's agent, trustee, contractor, or subcontractor shall have a lien upon such building or improvement, and land belonging to the owner on which the same is situated or upon the land or lot so graded, landscaped, fenced, or otherwise improved, altered, or repaired, to secure payment for material or labor furnished or labor performed.

Section History: Early form

[C51, § 981, 1010; R60, § 1846; C73, § 2130; C97, § 3089; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 10271; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 572.2]

Footnotes

Homestead liable, § 561.21


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