BlackletterCalifornia law

Civil Code § 8312

CHAPTER 3. Design Professionals Lien

Current as of September 28, 2026Civ. Code, § 8312Official source ↗Ask about this

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20. (SB 189) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697 and by Section 8052.

A design professional shall record a claim of lien under this chapter no later than 90 days after the design professional knows or has reason to know that the work of improvement will not be commenced.