Claimants under a mechanic's lien are divided into which four groups?

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The important idea is that a mechanic’s lien is available to those who contribute to the property's improvement. California recognizes four groups of claimants: contractors (the general contractors who contract with the owner to perform the project), subcontractors (those hired by the contractor to do part of the work), laborers (individual workers who perform labor on the project), and materialmen (suppliers of materials or equipment used in the project). Each group has the right to file a lien for the value of their work or materials if they meet the statutory requirements, even if they didn’t contract directly with the owner. The other options don’t fit because homeowners or lenders aren’t claimants under the mechanic’s lien system, and vendors would fall under materialmen rather than forming a separate category.