1. A general contractor who hascontracted or will contractwith a subcontractor toprovide labor or furnish material for the property shall provide the owner with the following owner notice in writing in boldface type of a minimum size of ten points: Persons or companies furnishing labor or materials for the improvement of real property may enforce a lienupon the improved property if they are not paid for their contributions, even if the parties have no direct contractual relationship with the owner. The mechanics’ notice and lien registry provides a listing of allpersons 5 MECHANIC’S LIEN, §572.13A or companies furnishing labor or materials who have posted a lien or who may post a lien upon the improved property. 2. The notice described in subsection 1 shall also contain the internet site address and toll-freetelephone number of the mechanics’ notice and lien registry. 3. A general contractor who failsto provide notice pursuant to this section isnot entitled to a lien and remedy provided by this chapter. 4. This section applies only to residential construction properties. [R60, §1847; C73, §2131; C97, §3093; S13, §3093; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10282; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §572.13] 28; 2012 Acts, ch 1138, §13, 40, 43; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §257
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