If a person has 90 days to file a lien, and the lien is filed at 91 days, what happens?

The correct understanding of the situation is that if a lien is filed after the 90-day period allowed, the lien will generally not be valid. Filing a lien past the statutory deadline means that the claimant has forfeited their right to file a lien for that particular claim. Most jurisdictions enforce strict deadlines for filing liens to provide certainty and finality in the transaction.

In this context, if the lien is submitted on the 91st day, it will typically be rejected based on the expiration of the filing period. The statement about the lien being valid up to 180 days implies there might be an extended timeframe, but this is usually not the case under the standard legal frameworks that govern liens. Most regulations stipulate a clear and fixed period during which a lien must be filed, after which it is no longer valid.

Thus, if a lien is timely filed, it serves as an enforceable claim against a property, but once the deadline elapses without a lien being filed, there are no provisions that extend that period to 180 days or any timeframe beyond the established limit.