FONTANA PAVING, INC. v. HEDLEY BROTHERS, INC.

Docket No. F022447.

38 Cal.App.4th 146 (1995)

45 Cal. Rptr.2d 295

FONTANA PAVING, INC., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HEDLEY BROTHERS, INC., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

September 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Greenbaum & Ferentz, Martin B. Greenbaum and David J. Bornstein for Defendants and Appellants.

Reid & Hellyer and Debra Bartle Gervais for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

THAXTER, J.

(1a) We hold here that a mechanic's lien claim recorded more than 90 days after completion of the work of improvement is ineffective notwithstanding a later filed notice of completion which erroneously recites a completion date postdating the claim of lien. As we read the applicable statutes,1 a valid notice of completion serves to shorten the lien-claim filing period....

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