When is the deadline for builders' lien - registration by a subcontractor?
The catalogue records a 60 days period from The earlier of substantial performance or abandonment of the contract, and substantial performance or abandonment of the subcontract. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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Calculation basis and source
- Period
- 60 days
- Trigger
- The earlier of substantial performance or abandonment of the contract, and substantial performance or abandonment of the subcontract
- Counting
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- Rollovers and holidays
- Holiday, closure and order treatment must be independently documented before publication.
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- No extension power; the lien ceases to exist under s 49(1).
- Parallel 60-day periods with the same 'whichever first occurs' structure apply to liens for materials (s 43(3)), for services (s 43(4)) and for wages (s 43(5)). Where a contract has been substantially performed and work continues to complete it, s 44 provides separate 60-day periods running from completion or abandonment of the remaining work. Corrected on verification: the entry gave no transitional warning. The 60-day period is only in force for events on or after 1 April 2025. Section 12 of SM 2023 c 30 struck out "40 days" and substituted "60 days" in ss 43(1), 43(2)(a) and (b), 43(3)(a) and (b), 43(4)(a) and (b), 43(5)(a) and (b) and s 44(a) to (e), and it came into force on 1 April 2025 under the "remainder of Act" proclamation published 1 November 2024 (proclamation table on the Manitoba Laws consolidation of CCSM c B91). A lien whose substantial performance or abandonment occurred before 1 April 2025 was governed by a 40-day period, and there is no express transitional provision resolving a period already running on that date.