US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  45
                         LIENS, MORTGAGES AND PLEDGES
                                  CHAPTER 19
                                 STATE LIENS
    45-1906.  DURATION OF NOTICE -- LAPSE -- CONTINUATION. (1) Except as
provided in subsection (2) of this section, a notice of lien is effective for
a period of five (5) years from the date of filing, unless sooner released by
the filing agency.  Effectiveness of the notice of lien lapses on the
expiration of the five (5) year period unless a notice of continuation is
filed prior to the lapse.
    (2)  A notice of lien for child support delinquency is effective until a
notice of release of lien is filed by the department of health and welfare.
    (3)  Upon release or lapse of the notice's effectiveness, the state lien
becomes unperfected. In that case, the lien is deemed to have been unperfected
as against a person who became a purchaser or lien creditor before the release
or lapse.
    (4)  Except as to notices of lien filed pursuant to subsection (2) of this
section, a notice of continuation of effectiveness of the notice of lien may
be filed by the filing agency within six (6) months prior to the expiration of
the five (5) year period specified in subsection (1) of this section. The
notice of continuation will be delivered to and receipt acknowledged by the
secretary of state in a medium and format to which the filing agency and the
secretary of state have agreed, and shall be authenticated by the filing
agency in a manner to which the filing agency and the secretary of state have
agreed.  Upon filing of the notice of continuation, the effectiveness of the
original notice of lien is continued for five (5) years after the last date to
which the notice of lien was effective, whereupon it lapses unless another
notice of continuation is filed prior to such lapse.