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How us the last day of work calculated in Iowa?

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Some of the contracts outline that we do not invoice until the entire project is complete. Most of our work is finished very early in the project with the exception of final testing near the end. I thought that in IA the lien deadline is calculated based off the final full day of work (8 hours). Because the project often is not finished for months my concern is that if the day we go back for testing doesn't count as the final day of work we are invoicing after the lien deadline has past. Is a full 8 hours required to be counted as the final day or would a partial day of work like a few hours of final testing count?

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Aug 19, 2020
The rule under Iowa Code §572.9 is that the deadline to file a lien claim runs "from the date on which the last of the material was furnished or the last of the labor was performed." There is no hardline rule that states the last date needs to be a full 8 hour day. A good rule of thumb to follow is that "trivial or remedial work" will not extend the filing deadline. Rather, if the work being performed is required under the scope of work contained in your construction contract or in a change order, then it will count as your last date of furnishing. If the "testing" was specifically required to complete the work under the contract, then that date will be the last date of furnishing, regardless of how long you were on site for. For more one this, see: I Returned to a Job, Does that Change the Lien Deadline?
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