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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72410</law_id><section_number>43-10</section_number><catch_line>Sufficiency of memorandum, affidavit and notice required by &#xA7; 43-9</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>43-15</reference><reference>43-17</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="43">Mechanics' and Certain Other Liens</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="1">Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span>, <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> and notice required by &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Perfection of lien by person performing labor or furnishing materials for a subcontractor; extent of lien" href="/43-9/">43-9</a> shall be sufficient if substantially in form and effect as follows:
		<span class="dictionary">Memorandum</span> for Mechanic&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">Lien</span> Claimed by Sub-subcontractor.
		Name of owner: ___________________________________________________________________________
		Address of owner: ___________________________________________________________________________
		Name of general contractor (if any) and subcontractor:
		___________________________________________________________________________
		Name of claimant:  ___________________________________________________________________________
		Address of claimant:  ___________________________________________________________________________
		Contractor license or certificate number of claimant
		(if applicable): ___________________________________________________________________________
		Issuance date of license or certificate
		(if applicable): ___________________________________________________________________________
		Expiration date of license or certificate
		(if applicable): ___________________________________________________________________________
		If no contractor license or certificate number is included, the claimant certifies that such a valid license or certificate is not  required by <span class="dictionary">law</span> for the work done for which the benefit of a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> is claimed.</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Type of <span class="dictionary">materials</span> or services furnished:  ___________________________________________________________________________
			___________________________________________________________________________ <a id="paragraph-260812" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/43-10/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Amount claimed: $ ___________________________________________________________________________
			If any part of the Amount claimed is not due as of the date of this mechanic&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">lien</span>, identify the date or event upon which it will be due, and the sum(s) to which the due date(s) or event(s) apply: ___________________________________________________________________________ <a id="paragraph-260813" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/43-10/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Type of structure on which work done or <span class="dictionary">materials</span> furnished: ___________________________________________________________________________
			___________________________________________________________________________ <a id="paragraph-260814" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/43-10/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> <span class="dictionary">Brief</span> description and location of real property: ___________________________________________________________________________
			___________________________________________________________________________ <a id="paragraph-260815" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/43-10/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Date from which interest on above amount is claimed:
			Date: ____________________________
			It is the <span class="dictionary">intent</span> of the claimant to claim the benefit of a <span class="dictionary">lien</span>.
			____________________________  (Name of claimant).
			______________ (Signature of claimant or agent for claimant).
			<span class="dictionary">Affidavit</span>.
			State of Virginia,
			County (or city) of ________________________, to wit:
			I, ___________________________________________________________________________ (notary or other officer) for the county (or city)
			aforesaid do certify that ___________________________________________ claimant, or ___________________________________________, agent for claimant, this day made <span class="dictionary">oath</span> before me in my county (or city) aforesaid that _______________ is justly indebted to claimant in the sum of __________ dollars for the consideration stated in the foregoing <span class="dictionary">memorandum</span>, and that the same is payable as therein stated.
			Given under my hand this the &#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;. day of &#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;, 20&#x2026;.
			________________________________________ (Notary Public or
			<span class="dictionary">Magistrate</span>, et cetera.)
			Notice.
			To __________________________ (owner) and __________________________ (general contractor):
			You are hereby notified that ___________________________________________________________________________ , a subcontractor under you,
			said ___________________________________________________________________________ (general contractor) for the construction (or removal,
			etc.,) of a ___________________________________________________________________________  (describe structure) for you, or on property owned by
			you, said ___________________________________________________________________________  (owner) is indebted to me in the sum of &#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;.
			&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;.. dollars ($ ______________) with interest thereon from the &#x2026;. day of &#x2026;&#x2026;., 20&#x2026;, for work done (or <span class="dictionary">materials</span> furnished) in and about the construction (or removal, etc.,) of _________________________  (naming structure), situate in the county (or city) of _______________ Virginia, and that I have duly recorded a mechanic&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">lien</span> for the same.
			Given under my hand this the &#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026; day of &#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;&#x2026;, 20&#x2026;&#x2026;.
			__________________________________________________ (Sub-subcontractor). <a id="paragraph-260816" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/43-10/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 6429; 1968, c. 568; 1984, c. 647; 2007, c. 504; 2013, c. 293; 2019, c. 243.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
