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ONLY A DEFECT APPARENT ON THE FACE OF THE NOTICE OF LIEN WARRANTS SUMMARY DISCHARGE OF A MECHANIC’S LIEN; ANY OTHER THEORY MUST AWAIT TRIAL OF THE FORECLOSURE ACTION (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined petitioner should not have been awarded summary discharge of a mechanic’s lien. Summary discharge is available only when a defect in the lien is apparent on the face of the notice of lien. Any other theory must await trial of the foreclosure action:

The court should not have granted the petition for summary discharge of the mechanic’s lien that respondent placed on petitioner’s property. As relevant here, summary discharge of a lien is available “[w]here it appears from the face of the notice of lien that the claimant has no valid lien by reason of the character of the labor or materials furnished and for which a lien is claimed” (Lien Law § 19[6]). “[A] lien may be summarily discharged only for defects appearing on its face” … , and “any dispute regarding the validity of the lien must await trial of the foreclosure action” (… Matter of Northside Tower Realty, LLC v Klin Constr. Group, Inc., 73 AD3d 1072, 1072 [2d Dept 2010] [“A court has no inherent power to vacate or discharge a notice of lien except as authorized by Lien Law § 19(6)”]).

Petitioner identifies no defect appearing on the face of the notice of lien, raising instead lack of consent and other issues related to the validity of the lien. Those issues cannot be resolved under Lien Law § 19(6) … . Lien Law § 38 does not provide alternative grounds to affirm the lien discharge, as no court has issued an order requiring respondent to provide an itemized statement … .  Matter of Broadway PT 1710 LLC v Kingdom Assoc., Inc., 2026 NY Slip Op 03624, First Dept 6-9-26

Practice Point: Any defect warranting summary discharge of a mechanic’s lien must be apparent on the face of the notice of lien.

 

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