                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PERFECTION OF LIEN BY PERSON PERFORMING LABOR OR FURNISHING MATERIALS FOR A
SUBCONTRACTOR; EXTENT OF LIEN (§ 43-9)

Any person performing labor or furnishing materials for a subcontractor, in
order to perfect the lien given him by § 43-3, shall comply with the provisions
of § 43-4, and in addition thereto give notice in writing to the owner of the
property, or his agent, and to the general contractor, or his agent, of the
amount and character of his claim. But the amount for which a lien may be
perfected by such person shall not exceed the amount for which such
subcontractor could himself claim a lien under § 43-7.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 6429.