Let me help you understand. The lien applies to not only the guys that provide the labor, but even the Lowes, or Home Depot, or local lumbar yard that provides the material.
http://www.cpsslaw.com/FAQ.shtml?ss=pp-faq-all.xsl&position=3#mechanic
This is from your link. Like I said originally. And, also, like I said, this procedure is not part of common law, and therefore not malum in se. And, as I said, if the original contractor is not in bankruptcy, the subcontractor must recover from the contractor. Of course, it is up tot he judge, finally.
Even if this were the law in all states, it does not make a home owner morally liable for use of subcontractors. Therefore, because he did not examine all his contractor's dealings does not make Tancredo a "hypocrite", which is the entire basis for your posts.
Tell me, are you in this country legally? It should be a simple answer. Here, I'll go first, I was born here. Do you support aliens coming to this country illegally and staying here in violation to US laws?
Why haven't you answered any of these questions? If you had asked them of me, I would have answered first thing, yet you demur. Why?