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<DIV>My client, a 83 year old widow, hired some neighborhood “friends”, one
couple, to help her dispose of furniture and property in a home after her
husband died. They worked a few days, she paid them $2000, and later they
wanted more, having “forgotten” the $2000... Then characterizing the $2000 as a
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<DIV> They recorded a contractor’s lien on the property for $8,500.
It reads: “I did furnish the following labor and/or materials: 10 weeks –
assisting, cleaning, packing, moving to storage, yard work, rubish[sic]
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<DIV>They did record the lien within about a week of the last day they were on
the property.</DIV>
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<DIV>Home is assessed at $108,000 by Grant County.</DIV>
<DIV> No one, of course, is a licensed contractor.</DIV>
<DIV> The form doesn’t refer to any particular statutory lien, however, it
is on the form customarily used by contractors. (the footer on the lien
form says NOVA LF 136 Claim of Lien Pg2 (07-11). Not sure where they got
it. They Hand wrote in the spaces that are not pre-printed.</DIV>
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<DIV>I assume that a complaint for defamation of title and for quiet title will
free up the lien so the widow can sell.</DIV>
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<DIV>Without doing research, I assume further that one cannot lien up real
property after cleaning .</DIV>
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<DIV>Any thoughts? Any other causes of action?</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks</DIV>
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<DIV>Josh</DIV>
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