§ 8316

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20. (SB 189) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697 and by Section 8052.
(a)No lien created under this chapter affects or takes priority over the interest of record of a purchaser, lessee, or encumbrancer, if the interest of the purchaser, lessee, or encumbrancer in the real property was duly recorded before recordation of the claim of lien.
(b)No lien created under this chapter affects or takes priority over

an encumbrance of a construction lender that funds the loan for the work of improvement for which the design professional provided services.

Other sections in Chapter 3 - Design Professionals Lien

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