1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 71
  3. CHAPTER 3
  4. Part 13
  5. 71-3-1302 Purchaser's lien on real property

TITLE 71. MORTGAGES, PLEDGES, AND LIENS

CHAPTER 3. LIENS

Part 13. Liens on Real Estate

Purchaser's Lien On Real Property

71-3-1302. Purchaser's lien on real property. A person who pays to the owner any part of the price of real property under an agreement for the sale of real property has a special lien upon the property, independent of possession, for the part of the amount paid that the person is entitled to recover in case of a failure of consideration.

History: En. Sec. 3934, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 5804, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 8382, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 3050; Field Civ. C. Sec. 1695; re-en. Sec. 8382, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 45-1105; amd. Sec. 2298, Ch. 56, L. 2009.