Mechanics liens.

The California Constitution provides that laborers of every class who have worked upon or have furnished material for a property have a lien upon that property for the value of the labor done and material furnished. The California Constitution requires the Legislature to provide, by law, for the speedy and efficient enforcement of those liens. Existing law, operative July 1, 2012, recodified and revised the law for enforcing mechanics liens. Existing law provides that certain erroneous information contained in a claim of lien does not invalidate the claim of lien, except as specified. This bill, operative July 1, 2012, would make various technical, conforming changes related to the recodification of the law for enforcing mechanics liens. The bill would also require that a person forfeit his or her lien if the person willfully includes labor or materials in a lien claim that were not furnished to the property in the claim.