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The lien secured by this section to parties furnishing supplies, shall be subordinate to that allowed to clerks, mechanics, foremen, superintendents, and laborers for services furnished as aforesaid.\n\t\tIf any person entitled to a lien as well under \u00a7 43-3 as under this section, shall perfect his lien given by either section, he shall not be entitled to the benefit of the other.\n\t\tNo right to or remedy upon a lien which has already accrued to any person shall be extended, abridged or otherwise affected hereby.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":228662,"text":"All conductors, brakemen, engine drivers, firemen, captains, stewards, pilots, clerks, depot or office agents, storekeepers, mechanics, traveling representatives or laborers, and all persons furnishing railroad iron, engines, cars, fuel and all other supplies necessary to the operation of any railway, canal or other transportation company, and all clerks, mechanics, traveling representatives, foremen, and laborers, and superintendents to the extent of not more than $100 per week, who furnish their services or labor to any one or more individuals trading under a real or fictitious name, or names, or to any partnership or other unincorporated body of persons, engaged in mining or manufacturing, or to any mining or manufacturing company, whether such railway, canal or other transportation or mining or manufacturing company be chartered under or by the laws of this Commonwealth, or be chartered elsewhere and be doing business within the limits of this Commonwealth, shall have a prior lien on the franchises, gross earnings and on all the real and personal property of such individual, partnership, unincorporated association or company which is used in operating the same, to the extent of the moneys due them by the individual, partnership, unincorporated association or company for such wages or supplies, which lien shall be superior to, and have priority over, any amount due by such individual, partnership, unincorporated association or company for rents, or royalties.\n\t\tNo mortgage, deed of trust, sale, hypothecation or conveyance executed since the first day of May, 1888, shall defeat or take precedence over such lien. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2010, chapter 343<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":78818,"section_number":"43-25","catch_line":"Perfection and enforcement of lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-25\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":75637,"section_number":"43-3","catch_line":"Lien for work done and materials furnished; waiver of right to file or enforce lien","order_by":null,"url":"\/43-3\/"}],"permalink":{"id":221399,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62712,"identifier":"43-24","token":"43\/2\/43-24","url":"\/43-24\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/43-24\/","token":"43\/2\/43-24","dublin_core":{"Title":"Liens of employees, suppliers, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 43-24","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All conductors, brakemen, engine drivers, firemen, captains, stewards, pilots, clerks, depot or office agents, storekeepers, mechanics, traveling representatives or laborers, and all persons furnishing railroad iron, engines, cars, fuel and all other supplies necessary to the operation of any railway, canal or other transportation company, and all clerks, mechanics, traveling representatives, foremen, and laborers, and superintendents to the extent of not more than $100 per week, who furnish their services or labor to any one or more individuals trading under a real or fictitious name, or names, or to any partnership or other unincorporated body of persons, engaged in mining or manufacturing, or to any mining or manufacturing company, whether such railway, canal or other transportation or mining or manufacturing company be chartered under or by the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth, or be chartered elsewhere and be doing business within the limits of this Commonwealth, shall have a prior lien<\/span> on the franchises, gross earnings and on all the real and personal property of such individual, partnership, unincorporated association or company which is used in operating the same, to the extent of the moneys due them by the individual, partnership, unincorporated association or company for such wages or supplies, which lien<\/span> shall be superior to, and have priority over, any amount due by such individual, partnership, unincorporated association or company for rents, or royalties.\n\t\tNo mortgage, deed of trust, sale, hypothecation or conveyance executed since the first day of May, 1888, shall defeat or take precedence over such lien<\/span>. The lien<\/span> secured by this section to parties furnishing supplies, shall be subordinate to that allowed to clerks, mechanics, foremen, superintendents, and laborers for services furnished as aforesaid.\n\t\tIf any person entitled to a lien<\/span> as well under \u00a7 43-3<\/a> as under this section, shall perfect his lien<\/span> given by either section, he shall not be entitled to the benefit of the other.\n\t\tNo right to or remedy upon a lien<\/span> which has already accrued to any person shall be extended, abridged or otherwise affected hereby.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIENS OF EMPLOYEES, SUPPLIERS, ETC (\u00a7 43-24)\n\nAll conductors, brakemen, engine drivers, firemen, captains, stewards, pilots,\nclerks, depot or office agents, storekeepers, mechanics, traveling\nrepresentatives or laborers, and all persons furnishing railroad iron, engines,\ncars, fuel and all other supplies necessary to the operation of any railway,\ncanal or other transportation company, and all clerks, mechanics, traveling\nrepresentatives, foremen, and laborers, and superintendents to the extent of not\nmore than $100 per week, who furnish their services or labor to any one or more\nindividuals trading under a real or fictitious name, or names, or to any\npartnership or other unincorporated body of persons, engaged in mining or\nmanufacturing, or to any mining or manufacturing company, whether such railway,\ncanal or other transportation or mining or manufacturing company be chartered\nunder or by the laws of this Commonwealth, or be chartered elsewhere and be\ndoing business within the limits of this Commonwealth, shall have a prior lien\non the franchises, gross earnings and on all the real and personal property of\nsuch individual, partnership, unincorporated association or company which is\nused in operating the same, to the extent of the moneys due them by the\nindividual, partnership, unincorporated association or company for such wages or\nsupplies, which lien shall be superior to, and have priority over, any amount\ndue by such individual, partnership, unincorporated association or company for\nrents, or royalties.\n\t\tNo mortgage, deed of trust, sale, hypothecation or conveyance executed since\nthe first day of May, 1888, shall defeat or take precedence over such lien. The\nlien secured by this section to parties furnishing supplies, shall be\nsubordinate to that allowed to clerks, mechanics, foremen, superintendents, and\nlaborers for services furnished as aforesaid.\n\t\tIf any person entitled to a lien as well under \u00a7 43-3 as under this section,\nshall perfect his lien given by either section, he shall not be entitled to the\nbenefit of the other.\n\t\tNo right to or remedy upon a lien which has already accrued to any person\nshall be extended, abridged or otherwise affected hereby.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 6438; 1922, p. 13; 1932, p. 596; 1938, p. 17; 2010, c.\n343.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}