2011 California Code
Civil Code
DIVISION 3. OBLIGATIONS [1427 - 3272.9]
ARTICLE 5. Property Subject to Lien
Section 3131

If a work of improvement consists in the construction of two or more separate residential units, each such unit shall be considered a separate work of improvement, and the time for filing claims of lien against each such residential unit shall commence to run upon the completion of each such residential unit. A separate residential unit means one residential structure, including a residential structure containing multiple condominium units, together with any common area, or any garage or other improvements appurtenant thereto. The provisions of this qualification shall not impair any rights conferred under the provisions of Section 3112 and 3130. Materials delivered to or upon any portion of such entire work of improvement or furnished to be used in such entire work of improvement and ultimately used or consumed in one of such separate residential units shall, for all the purposes of this title, be deemed to have been furnished to be used or consumed in the separate residential unit in which the same shall have been actually used or consumed; provided, however, that if the claimant is unable to segregate the amounts used on or consumed in such separate units, he shall be entitled to all the benefits of Section 3130.

For purposes of this section and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the completion of a residential structure containing multiple condominium units, together with any common area, or any garage or other improvements appurtenant thereto, and only such residential structure, shall not operate in any manner to impair the rights of a lien claimant entitled to a lien pursuant to Section 3111, if the claim of lien is recorded in the manner prescribed by this chapter within 120 days of the completion of the residential structure.

(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 148, Sec. 1. Repealed as of July 1, 2012, by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697.)