HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-1583ELMER L. STAPF III and MARGARET
A. STAPF,
Owners
NORM ELAM,
Contractor
: THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
: OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
: PENNSYLVANIA
· WAIVER OF LIENS
CONTRACTOR'S WAIVER OF LIENS
THIS AGREEMENT made this'~' day of ~/~-}~ , 2004, between
Elmer L. Stapf III and Margaret A. Stapf, husband and wife, residing at 4404 Royal Oak
Road, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania 17011 ("Owners") and Norm Elam, with an address of 19
McCoy Lane, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013 ("Contractor").
~^t)R~cWHEREAS, by a duly executed written Construction Agreement dated
9, 2~-~/ (the "Contract"), Owners and Contractor have contracted for the
construction and completion of a dwelling home, described as a contemporary home,
according to plans and specifications made a part of the Contract (the "Improvements")
on the Property known as 762 Maxele Lane, Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania situate in
Monroe Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (the "Property"), said Property
being more particularly described in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and by this reference
incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, no authorization has yet been given by Owners to Contractor to
commence its work or purchase materials for same; and
WHEREAS, no work has commenced on the Property and no labor or materials
have been delivered to the Property or furnished for the Improvements by Contractor or
any sub-contractor or materialman.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Contractor, for himself, his heirs and assigns and anyone
else acting or claiming through or under him, for and in consideration of the Contract and
the considerations mentioned therein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, does
hereby agree as follows:
1. Waiver of Lien. Contractor hereby waives and relinquishes all rights to file a
mechanics' lien, claim or notice of intention to file any lien or claim and does hereby
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covenant, promise and agree that no mechanics' lien or claim or other lien or claim of any
kind whatsoever shall be filed or maintained against the Improvements or the estate or
title of Owners in the Property as described in Exhibit "A" or the curtilage or curtilages
appurtenant thereto, by or in the name of Contractor or by or in the name of any
subcontractor, materialmen or laborers for work done or materials furnished under the
Contract or by any other party acting through or under them or any of them for and
about the ]~mprovements or the Property or any part thereof, or on credit thereof, and
that all subcontractors, materialmen, and laborers on the work shall look to and hold
Contractor personally liable for all subcontracts, materials furnished under the Contract
for and about the erection, construction and completion of the ]mprovements, or under
any contract for extra work, or for work supplemental thereto, or otherwise.
2. Independent Covenant. This Agreement waiving the right of lien shall be
an independent covenant and shall operate and be effective as well with respect to work
done and materials furnished under any supplemental contract for extra work in the
erection, construction and completion of the said Improvements and as to any work and
labor done and materials furnished under the Contract.
3. Power of Attorney. In order to give Owners full power and authority to
protect themselves, the Property, the estate or title of Owners therein, and the
appurtenances thereto, against any and all liens filed by Contractor or anyone acting
under or through them in violation of the foregoing covenant, Contractor hereby
irrevocably authorizes and empowers any attorney of any Court of Common Pleas of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to (i) appear as attorney for him, them or any of them, in
any such Court, and in his or their name or names, to the extent permitted by law, mark
satisfied of record at the cost and expense of Contractor or of any subcontractor or
materialman, any and all lien or liens, filed in violation of the foregoing covenant, or (ii)
cause to be filed and served in connection with such lien or liens any pleading or
instrument, or any amendment to any pleading or instrument previously filed by him or
them, and to incorporate therein, as part of the record, the waiver contained in this
instrument; and for such act or acts this instrument shall be good and sufficient warrant
and authority. A reference to the court, term and number in which and where this
agreement shall have been filed shall be conclusive evidence of the authority herein to
warrant such action, and Contractor, for himself and for them, hereby remises, releases
and quit-claims all rights and all manner of errors, defects and imperfections whatsoever
in entering such satisfaction or in filing such pleading, instrument or amendment, or in
any way concerning them. Tn the event anyone acting through or under Contractor shall
so file a lien in violation of the foregoing covenant, Owners may not exercise their rights
under this Paragraph 3 unless such lien has not been stricken or discharged (by payment,
posting of a bond or other means) for a period of ten days after notice of such lien shall
have been received by Contractor.
4. Public Notice. This Agreement shall be filed in the Cumberland County
Prothonotary's Office as public notice hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said parties, intending to be legally bound hereby,
have caused this Contractor's Waiver of Liens to be executed the day and year first above
written.
OWNERS:
Elmer L. Stapf III /
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EXHIBIT"A"
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot of ground situate in Monroe Township, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, and being Lot No. 217, as shown on the Final Plan of Lots of
Section "L'; of White Rock Acres, dated October 3, 1978 and recorded January 31, 1979
in Cumberland County Plan Book 34, Page 113, and more particularly bounded and
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the northern right of way line of Kuhn Road at other
lands now or formerly of Penn Products Corp., North 17 degrees 34 minutes 06 seconds
East, 265.62 feet to a point; thence along Lot No. 216 Section "L", South 85 degrees 41
minutes 44 seconds East, 131.68 feet to the western right of way line of Maxele Lane;
thence by a curve to the left with a radius of 228.84 feet and an arc length of 51.54 feet
to a point in Maxele Lane; thence still along said road, South 8 degrees 36 minutes East,
151.54 feet to a point; thence by a curve to the left at the intersection of Maxele Lane
and Kuhn Road, having a radius of 25.00 feet and an arc length of 34.72 feet to a point;
thence continuing along Kuhn Road, by a curve to the left having a radius of 420 feet and
an arc length of 222.60 feet to a point, the place of BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 1.055 acres.
UNDER AND SUBJECT to Revision No. 3 of the covenants, restrictions and
reservations applicable to White Rock Acres Development, effective April 1, 1985 as
recorded in Cumberland County Miscellaneous Docket Book 309, Page 648, and the
building lines, utility and other easements as shown on Plan Book 22, Page 15.