376.0 70 Contractor or architect to apply payments to claims -- Exception where lien waived. (1) Any contractor, architect or other person who builds, repairs or improves the property of another under such circumstances that a mechanic's or materialman's lien may be imposed on the property shall, from the proceeds of any payment received from the owner, pay in full all persons who have furnished material or performed labor on the property. (2) If any payment by the owner to the contractor, architect or other p erson is not sufficient to pay in full all bills for material and labor, then such claims shall be paid on a pro rata basis to the amount of payments received, unless otherwise agreed between the contractor, architect or other person and the holder of the claim for material or labor. (3) This section shall not apply where persons furnishing material or performing labor have waived in writing their right to file mechanics' or materialmen's liens. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 2467b -1, 2467b -2, 2467b -3.
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