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days) after the completion of the contract, or the 

 last item of work, or the furnishing of the last 

 item of materials. It must generally be filed 

 within the prescribed time, in the clerk's office 

 of the county where the property is situated. 

 After filing this notice, the lienor serves a copy 

 upon the owner. 



The lien will not generally be valid for more 

 than one year after the notice is filed, unless 

 within that time an action is filed in the county 

 clerk's office, or unless an order be granted by 

 the court, within that time, continuing such lien, 

 and the lien must then be re-docketed. Such an 

 order is easily obtained, and although no order 

 can continue a lien for more than one year, 

 successive orders may be obtained. It is, there- 

 fore, necessary that a lienor shall see to it that 

 his lien does not expire. 



Any of the steps to be taken in the filing and 

 service of the notice of lien, should be upon 

 advice of counsel only; therefore, we will not 

 here pursue the subject further. 



m. artisans' liens 



A person who makes, alters, repairs or en- 

 hances the value of a chattel at the instance or 

 with the consent of the owner, has a lien upon 

 the same for his reasonable charges for service 



