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Committee hears bill to clear stale construction liens from property records
Summary
House Bill 465 would require a claimant who files a construction-lien foreclosure to record notice within a set window after the two-year limitation period to avoid leaving stale liens on title; sponsor said the change would clean up title records and protect property transactions.
Representative Steve Fitzpatrick (House District 24) told the committee that House Bill 465 is intended to prevent stale construction liens from clouding property titles. Under current practice, Fitzpatrick said, claimants who file a construction lien but do not foreclose can leave a lien on the record indefinitely even though the underlying statute of limitations to…
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