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...(A) All liens or claims for liens which may arise or accrue under sections 1311.01 to 1311.22 of the Revised Code are assignable. No such lien shall be defeated or waived by the taking by the lien claimant from any person of any promissory note or of any security for such debt other than upon the real estate itself, in the absence of a written agreement that the taking of such note or such security is a waiver of the...

...Sections 1311.01 to 1311.22 of the Revised Code are to be construed liberally to secure the beneficial results, intents, and purposes thereof; and a substantial compliance with those sections is sufficient for the validity of the liens under those sections, provided for and to give jurisdiction to the court to enforce the same.

...A person who performs labor or work in mining coal or removing it from the mines, or other labor or work connected therewith, for a coal or mining company or corporation owning, operating, or leasing coal mines within this state, by virtue of a contract with the company or corporation or its authorized agent, has a lien to secure payment therefor upon the mine thereof, on all its rights as the owner or lessee of the ...

...As used in sections 1311.25 to 1311.32 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public improvement" means any construction, reconstruction, improvement, enlargement, alteration, demolition, or repair of a building, highway, drainage system, water system, road, street, alley, sewer, ditch, sewage disposal plant, water works, and any other structure or work of any nature by a public authority. (B) "Public authority" includes the st...

...(A) A claim for furnishing materials arises under sections 1311.25 to 1311.32 of the Revised Code only if the materials are: (1) Furnished with the intent, as evidenced by the contract of sale, the delivery order, delivery to the site by the claimant or at the claimant's direction, or by other evidence, that the materials be used in the course of the public improvement with which the claim arises; (2) Incorporated ...

...(A) Prior to the performance of any labor or work or the furnishing of any materials in furtherance of a public improvement, the public authority shall prepare a notice of commencement in substantially the form specified in division (B) of this section which shall be made readily available to the public upon request. (B) The notice of commencement required under division (A) of this section shall contain in affidavi...

...Any subcontractor, material supplier, or laborer who is performing or has performed labor or work or is furnishing or has furnished material for any public improvement provided for in a contract between the public authority and a principal contractor, and under a contract between the subcontractor, material supplier, or laborer and a principal contractor or subcontractor, at any time, not to exceed one hundred twent...

...(A)(1) Every subcontractor and material supplier who wishes to exercise the subcontractor's or material supplier's rights under sections 1311.25 to 1311.32 of the Revised Code regarding claims for labor or work performed or materials furnished in furtherance of a public improvement shall serve a notice of furnishing, in accordance with division (B) of this section, on the principal contractor whose contract with the ...

...Upon receiving the affidavit required by section 1311.26 of the Revised Code, the public authority shall detain from the principal contractor or from the balance of the funds remaining in the contract with the principal contractor, an amount, up to the balance remaining in the contract, that does not in the aggregate exceed the claim or claims. The public authority shall not detain any amount requested by a claimant...

...A subcontractor, material supplier, laborer, or person who serves the affidavit pursuant to section 1311.26 of the Revised Code, in order to notify other subcontractors, material suppliers, and laborers, within thirty days thereafter, shall file for record a copy of the affidavit with the county recorder of the county where the public improvement is situated or with the county recorder of each of the counties where ...

...The public authority, upon the receipt of the affidavit referred to in section 1311.26 of the Revised Code shall, or the claimant or his agent, in the name of the public authority, may serve the principal contractor with a copy thereof, within five days after the public authority receives it, together with a notice that the principal contractor must give notice of his intention to dispute the claim within twenty days...

...Any public authority or any principal contractor or subcontractor who receives a copy of the affidavit required by section 1311.26 of the Revised Code, as provided in section 1311.31 of the Revised Code, may notify the claimant or his agent, to commence suit. Proof that this notice was served in accordance with section 1311.19 of the Revised Code, may be made by affidavit filed with the public authority or clerk or ...

...The duty to pay to claimants the amounts and in the order of preference, as provided in sections 1311.29 and 1311.31 of the Revised Code, may be enforced by an action in the court of common pleas or the subcontractor, material supplier, or laborer may, when the amounts are due, recover through the public authority in the court of common pleas the whole or a pro rata amount of the subcontractor's, material supplier's...

...Employees of any person, association of persons, or corporation, whether such employment is at agriculture, mining, manufacture, or other manual labor, have a lien upon the real property of their employers for their wages. The lien is superior to the following liens taken or attaching during the existence of the unpaid labor claim: (A) Liens of attachment; (B) Liens of mortgage that are: (1) Given or taken at a ti...

...The liens in section 1311.34 of the Revised Code are waived by the employee, as to any portion of such labor, unless within thirty days from the expiration of three months from the performance thereof, the employee files with the county recorder of the county where the labor was performed an itemized statement, verified by affidavit, of the amount, kind, and value of the labor performed within such period, with...

...If an action is brought to enforce the lien within the time provided in section 1311.35 of the Revised Code, it continues in force until finally adjudicated. The proceedings to enforce it are the same as in other cases of lien, against the owner of the property and all other persons interested. If several persons have or obtain liens under sections 1311.34 and 1311.35 of the Revised Code, against the property of the ...

...Sections 1311.34 to 1311.36, inclusive, of the Revised Code apply to and include any laborer who indirectly performs labor for a general employer, or the results of whose labor is immediately enjoyed by a general employer, when such general employer assumes payment of his wages by passing a credit therefor upon his books of account or otherwise. All proceedings under this section shall be the same as provided by such...

...As used in sections 1311.39 to 1311.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, "owner" includes any lessee, receiver, corporation, company, or persons owning, operating, or managing any railroad with whom or in whose behalf contracts as provided in such sections are made.

...Any person, association of persons, or corporation contracting for the construction of a railroad, depot buildings, water tanks, or any part thereof, shall pay to each person performing labor or furnishing materials stipulated for in the contract with the owner of the railroad, under a contract express or implied with the original contractor, or with any subcontractor, for the whole or any part of the work stipulated...

...A railroad company shall provide, in its contract with any person, association of persons, or corporation for the construction of its road, or any part thereof, that payments thereunder shall be made in the following order of priority: (A) To the persons performing labor, furnishing materials or boarding, on the order of any contractor or subcontractor to persons employed by them, or either of them, in furnishing ma...

...A person who performs labor or furnishes materials for or in construction of any railroad, depot buildings, water tanks, or any part thereof, and a person who furnishes boarding on the order of any contractor or subcontractor, to persons employed by them or either of them, in furnishing materials, or performing labor for or in construction of such railroad, depot buildings, water tanks, or any part thereof, in additi...

...To perfect a lien referred to in section 1311.41 of the Revised Code, a person performing labor, furnishing material, or boarding, within forty days from the date that the person ceased performing labor, or furnishing materials, or boarding on or for the railroad, shall file with the county recorder of the county where the labor was performed, or material or boarding furnished, an affidavit containing an itemiz...

...Within ten days after filing his affidavit with the county recorder as provided in section 1311.42 of the Revised Code, the claimant shall serve a notice in writing upon the secretary or other officer or authorized representative of the railroad company, by delivering or leaving a copy thereof at his usual place of residence or place of doing business. Such notice shall contain a statement of the facts of his filing ...

...A person obtaining and holding a lien as provided for in sections 1311.41 to 1311.43, inclusive, of the Revised Code, in addition to his remedies under sections 1311.38 to 1311.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code may proceed by petition as in other cases of lien, against the owner of and all other persons interested, as lienholders or otherwise, in such a railroad, and obtain such judgment as justice and equity requi...

...Each contractor or subcontractor shall have at least five days' notice, in writing, of the time when a lien for labor, boarding, or materials furnished under a contract with him will be paid, which notice may be served upon him personally or upon his authorized agent or foreman, by the owner of the railroad, or any officer or agent thereof, stating therein the time of their payment. On request of such contractor or s...