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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Attached is a form of lien I
filed some years back against the leasehold interest of a tenant
on public airport authority </font></font>property. It is in
the public record. My recollection is that I carefully drafted it
to insure that the interest lien'd was no more than the interest the
tenant held by a recorded lease. <br>
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As I think others have pointed out, it is fortunate that we never
had to actually secure payment for the work by foreclosing the
lien. We never considered it particularly likely that foreclosing
and putting that interest up for public sale would actually
accomplish the goal of payment to the contractor. However,
recording it and furnishing copies to the interested parties as
required by the statute did seem motivational to the developer.<br>
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Regards,<br>
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G. Elliott<br>
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On 2/2/2012 2:55 PM, Rafael Perez wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have any authority for a
construction lien on a leasehold where the lessee is a private
party but the lessor is a municipality (i.e. on public land)?
The lessee contracted for the improvements which were required
by the lease agreement. The only authority I have found is
Section 8.3 of the Fla. Prac. Construction Law Manual which
states in the first paragraph, in part: “However, there may be
private leasehold interests on governmental property that are
lienable.” I have found no other authority.<o:p></o:p></p>
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