California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 4 — General Provisions, Part 6 — Works of Improvement, Title 2 — Private Works of Improvement, Chapter 3 — Design Professionals Lien, Section 8316
(a) No lien created under this chapter affects or takes priority over the interest of record of a purchaser, lessee, or encumbrancer, if the interest of the purchaser, lessee, or encumbrancer in the real property was duly recorded before recordation of the claim of lien.
(b) No lien created under this chapter affects or takes priority over an encumbrance of a construction lender that funds the loan for the work of improvement for which the design professional provided services.
Notes
Bars a lien under this chapter from affecting or taking priority over a purchaser’s, lessee’s, or encumbrancer’s interest that was duly recorded before the lien claim. Also bars priority over an encumbrance of a construction lender funding the work of improvement for which the design professional provided services.
Use as reference
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