TITLE 45

LIENS, MORTGAGES AND PLEDGES

CHAPTER 7

HOSPITAL AND NURSING CARE LIENS

45-702.  Perfecting lien — Statement of claim — Contents — Filing. In order to perfect such lien, an officer or agent of such hospital, before, or within ninety (90) days after, such person shall have been discharged therefrom, shall file in the office of the recorder of the county in which such hospital shall be located a verified statement in writing setting forth the name and address of such patient, as it shall appear on the records of such hospital, the name and location of such hospital, and the name and address of the officer or agent of such hospital filing the lien, the dates of admission to and discharge of such patient therefrom, the amount claimed to be due for such hospital care, and, to the best of claimant’s knowledge, the names and addresses of all persons, firms, or corporations claimed by such injured person or the legal representative of such person, to be liable for damages arising from such injuries; such claimant shall also, within one (1) day after the filing of such claim or lien, mail a copy thereof, postage prepaid, to each person, firm, or corporation so claimed to be liable for such damages, at the address so given in such statement. The filing of such claim or lien shall be notice thereof to all persons, firms or corporations liable for such damages, whether or not they are named in such claim or lien.

History:

[45-702, added 1941, ch. 118, sec. 2, p. 238; am. 1967, ch. 65, sec. 1, p. 147.]