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RTA Residential Tenancies Act

RTA · Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act

Part 6 — Registration

37 Validity of lien

Current to 2025-04-01 · Official PDF

(1) A substantial compliance with section 34 is sufficient and a
lien shall not be invalidated by failure to comply with any
requirements of section 34 unless, in the opinion of the court, the
owner, contractor, subcontractor, mortgagee or some other person
is prejudiced by the failure.
(2) When, in the opinion of the court, a person is prejudiced by a
failure to comply with section 34, the lien shall be invalidated only
to the extent that the person is prejudiced by the default.
(3) Nothing in this section dispenses with the requirement of
registration of a lien.
RSA 1980 cB-12 s27