What is an Alabama Mechanics Lien Claim?
In Alabama, liens filed on private property or on funds relating to a public project are known as Mechanics Liens. When an Alabama mechanics lien is filed with regard to work performed on privately owned property, it attaches to and encumbers the fee simple ownership of property. Alabama mechanics liens do not attach to publicly owned property. If title to the land is held by the state or a political subdivision thereof, no Alabama mechanics lien right is afforded. Projects performed by industrial development boards, however, are not considered publicly owned property, and therefore an Alabama mechanics lien can be filed on industrial development board property.
