Under Minnesota law, a contractor may collect reasonable attorneys’ fees in a mechanics’ lien foreclosure action even if the property is a homestead. The amount of the award is in the discretion of the court. That is not the case in every state as recently illustrated in Iowa.
Historically, Iowa has liberally construed its mechanics’
A statute of repose defines the date by which a particular type of claim must be asserted before it becomes untimely, or “stale,” and can no longer be pursued. This provides designers and builders of construction projects some security that, after a certain date, they cannot be hauled into court to answer for their alleged