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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org
[mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Andrea Fair<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 05, 2013
3:53 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CLC-Discussion] question
re: Lis Pendens and Lien</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'>I
represent a contractor on a residential project. The owner hired him
while she was in mortgage foreclosure but my client did not know that.
The chronology of events is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'>4/13/11
--- Lis Pendens for mortgage foreclosure<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'>5/10/12
--- Notice of Commencement for my client’s project<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'>6/20/12
--- Certificate of Title transferring title from owner to lender<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'>9/14/12
--- my client’s Claim of Lien <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'>I’ve read
FS Section 48.23 where it states, in part, as follows: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E;font-style:
italic'>(1)(d) Except for the interest of persons in possession or easements of
use, the recording of such notice of lis pendens, provided that during the
pendency of the proceeding it has not expired pursuant to subsection (2) or
been withdrawn or discharged, constitutes a bar to the enforcement against the
property described in the notice of all interests and liens, including, but not
limited to, federal tax liens and levies, unrecorded at the time of recording
the notice unless the holder of any such unrecorded interest or lien intervenes
in such proceedings within 30 days after the recording of the notice. If the
holder of any such unrecorded interest or lien does not intervene in the
proceedings and if such proceedings are prosecuted to a judicial sale of the
property described in the notice, the property shall be forever discharged from
all such unrecorded interests and liens . . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'>Of course,
my client had no knowledge of the mortgage foreclosure or the LP so he never
intervened. The attorney for the lender (new owner) has demanded that my
client release the lien.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'>Any
thoughts or ideas on recourse? Thank you in advance for your input. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#0f243e" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#0F243E'>Andrea<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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