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No person shall be entitled to the lien<\/span> given by \u00a7 43-24<\/a> unless he shall, within ninety days after the last item of his bill becomes due and payable for which such supplies are furnished or service rendered, file in the clerk’s office of the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the county or circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the city in which is located the chief office in this Commonwealth of the company against which the claim is, or in the clerk’s office of the Circuit<\/span> Court<\/span> of the City of Richmond when such office is in the city, or within that time shall file with the receiver, trustee or assignee of such company, a memorandum<\/span> of the amount and consideration of his claim, and the time or times when the same is, or will become due and payable, verified by affidavit<\/span>, which memorandum<\/span>, if filed with the clerk or in his office, the clerk shall forthwith record in the miscellaneous lien<\/span> book and index the same in the name of the claimant and also in the name of the company against which the claim is, as required by \u00a7 43-4<\/a>. Any such lien<\/span> may be enforced in a court<\/span> of equity<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPERFECTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF LIEN (\u00a7 43-25)\n\nNo person shall be entitled to the lien given by \u00a7 43-24 unless he shall,\nwithin ninety days after the last item of his bill becomes due and payable for\nwhich such supplies are furnished or service rendered, file in the clerk’s\noffice of the circuit court of the county or circuit court of the city in which\nis located the chief office in this Commonwealth of the company against which\nthe claim is, or in the clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of the City of\nRichmond when such office is in the city, or within that time shall file with\nthe receiver, trustee or assignee of such company, a memorandum of the amount\nand consideration of his claim, and the time or times when the same is, or will\nbecome due and payable, verified by affidavit, which memorandum, if filed with\nthe clerk or in his office, the clerk shall forthwith record in the\nmiscellaneous lien book and index the same in the name of the claimant and also\nin the name of the company against which the claim is, as required by \u00a7 43-4.\nAny such lien may be enforced in a court of equity.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 6439; 1928, p. 760.","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}}