Liens
Mechanics' Liens
Section 29
No waiver of rights -- Exception -- Payment applied first to preconstruction service lien.
     38-1-29.   No waiver of rights -- Exception -- Payment applied first to preconstruction service lien.
     (1) (a) A right or privilege under this chapter may not be waived or limited by contract.
     (b) A provision of a contract purporting to waive or limit a right or privilege under this chapter is void.
     (2) Notwithstanding Subsection (1), a claimant may waive or limit, in whole or in part, a lien right under this chapter in consideration of payment as provided in Section 38-1-39.
     (3) Unless an agreement waiving or limiting a lien right expressly provides that a payment is required to be applied to a specific lien, mortgage, or encumbrance, a payment to a person claiming or included within a preconstruction service lien and a construction service lien shall be applied first to the preconstruction service lien until paid in full.

Repealed and Re-enacted by Chapter 339, 2011 General Session
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