In Pennsylvania, a mechanic's lien must be filed within how many months?
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4 months
A 4-month deadline does not exist under Pennsylvania's Mechanics' Lien Law — this is a distractor that may be confused with notice requirements in other states' lien laws or with Pennsylvania's preliminary notice provisions, which have different timeframes.
6 months
12 months
A 12-month deadline applies in some other states but not Pennsylvania for standard residential mechanic's liens — selecting 12 months reflects a failure to distinguish Pennsylvania's specific statutory requirements from other jurisdictions.
2 years
A 2-year period is not the filing deadline for mechanic's liens in Pennsylvania — it may be confused with the statute of limitations for bringing a lawsuit to enforce a filed lien (which is 2 years after filing), but this is a separate and subsequent deadline, not the initial filing deadline.
Why is this correct?
Answer B is correct because the Pennsylvania Mechanics' Lien Law of 1963 (49 P.S. § 1502) explicitly requires that a mechanic's lien claim be filed in the court of common pleas within 6 months after the completion of the claimant's work, specifically for residential properties with a contract price of $1 million or less. This is a hard statutory deadline — missing it extinguishes the lien right entirely, regardless of how much money is owed.
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