(770 ILCS 70/2) (from Ch. 82, par. 502)
Sec. 2.
Persons entitled to lien - amount of lien.
Any person,
including the operator, who shall, under contract with the owner or
operator of any leasehold or of any pipeline, perform any labor or furnish
any material or services used or employed, or furnished to be used or employed
for, or preliminary to, the drilling, completing, equipping or operating of
any oil or gas well upon such leasehold, or in the construction of any
pipeline, or in the constructing, putting together, or repairing of any
materials so used or employed, or furnished to be used or employed, shall
be entitled to a lien under this Act, whether or not a producing well
is obtained and whether or not such material is incorporated in or becomes
a part of the completed oil or gas well or pipeline, for the amount due
him for the performance of such labor or the furnishing of such material or
services, including without limitation transportation and mileage charges
connected therewith, and interest as provided by the contract between such
person and the owner or operator, or if no interest is provided for by
contract, from the date of the filing of the lien, at the rate provided for
by statute for judgments.
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)
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