Artisan’s and Service Liens

The following persons shall each have a special lien on the real estate, factories, railroads, or other property for which they furnish labor, services, or materials: (1) All mechanics of every sort who have taken no personal security for work done and material furnished in building, repairing, or improving any real estate of their employers; (2) All contractors, all subcontractors and all materialmen furnishing material to subcontractors, and all laborers furnishing labor to subcontractors, materialmen, and persons furnishing material for the improvement of real estate; (3) All registered architects furnishing plans, drawings, designs, or other architectural services on or with respect to any real estate; (4) All registered foresters performing or furnishing services on or with respect to any real estate; (5) All registered land surveyors and registered professional engineers performing or furnishing services on or with respect to any real estate; (6) All contractors, all subcontractors and materialmen furnishing material to subcontractors, and all laborers furnishing labor for subcontractors for building factories, furnishing material for factories, or furnishing machinery for factories; (7) All machinists and manufacturers of machinery, including corporations engaged in such business, who may furnish or put up any mill or other machinery in any county or who may repair the same; (8) All contractors to build railroads; (9) All suppliers furnishing rental tools, appliances, machinery, or equipment for the improvement of real estate; and (10) All registered interior designers furnishing plans, drawings, designs, or other interior design services on or with respect to any real estate. (Ga. Code Ann., § 44-14-361)

Materialmen are protected for the reasonable value of their services rendered. O.C.G.A. § 44-14-361.1. A materialman’s lien will attach for the amount owing for materials supplied unless the owner shows that the lien has been waived in writing or through sworn statement that the price of materials has been paid. Taverrite v. Lowe’s of Franklin, Inc., 166 Ga.App. 346, 304 S.E.2d 78 (1983).