Landowners have expressed concern to the Farmers’ Advocate Office (FAO) regarding the registration of builder’s liens against their Certificate of Title by sub-contractors for oil and gas companies. General rule of thumb is that builder’s liens for oil and gas development should only be registered against a leasehold interest and not the freehold interest of the landowner.

Builder’s Lien Act (BLA) and Leasehold Interests Sec 4 of Builder’s Lien Act (BLA) permits any person who has provided work or materials for an improvement to land to place a lien against the estate or interest of the owner in the land;

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