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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81789</law_id><section_number>43-8</section_number><catch_line>Sufficiency of memorandum, affidavit and notice required by &#xA7; 43-7</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>43-15</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 subcontractor; extent of lien; affirmative defense; provisions relating to time-share estates" href="/43-7/">43-7</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 Subcontractor.
		Name of owner: ___________________________________________________________________________
		Address of owner: ___________________________________________________________________________
		Name of general contractor (if any): ___________________________________________________________________________
		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-293061" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/43-8/#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-293062" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/43-8/#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-293063" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/43-8/#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-293064" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/43-8/#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).
			<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 ______ day of ____________, 20___.
			_______________________ (Notary Public or <span class="dictionary">Magistrate</span>, et cetera.)
			Notice.
			To _______________________ (owner).
			You are hereby notified that ____________________ (general contractor) is indebted to me in the sum of ________________ dollars ($__________) with interest thereon from the __________ day of __________, 20___, for work done (or <span class="dictionary">materials</span> furnished, as the case may be,) in and about the construction (or removal, etc.,) of a ____________________________ (describe structure, whether dwelling, store, or etc.,) which he has contracted to construct (or remove, etc.,) for you or on property owned by you in the county (or city) of _____________, and that I have duly recorded a mechanic&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">lien</span> for the same.
			Given under my hand this the ________________ day of ___________, 20_____.
			____________________________ (Subcontractor). <a id="paragraph-293065" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/43-8/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 6428; 1968, c. 568; 2007, c. 504; 2013, c. 293; 2019, c. 243.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
