Section 18-45-207 - Suits to enforce liens - Attachment

(a) Liens accruing under this subchapter may be enforced at any time within eighteen (18) months after the accounts are filed by suits in the circuit or district court.(b)(1) If the lienholder has parted with possession of any property upon which he or she claims a lien under the provisions of § 18-45-201, he or she may, at the time of institution of his or her suit, have a specific attachment of the property upon which he or she claims the lien by praying for it in his or her complaint and by providing bond in the manner and amount as otherwise provided by law for attachment.(2) The establishment of a valid lien at the hearing of the cause shall be grounds for sustaining the attachment.Acts 1919, No. 140, § 8, p. 123; C. & M. Dig., § 6873; Acts 1923, No. 252, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 8829; Acts 1951, No. 271, § 1; 1953, No. 77, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-411; Acts 2003, No. 1185, § 253.