We have bad news. You aren’t covered by your material supplier’s preliminary notices. For that matter, you’re not covered by your subcontractors’ preliminary notices, either.
This confusing issue has come up a number of times over the past few weeks here at Levelset, on incoming phone calls and as questions posted on our Construction Legal Center. It’s an unfortunate misunderstanding that could lead to the loss of serious payment rights.
Let’s take a deeper look (article continues below).
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Check out our payment expertsThus far, we have only sent pre-lien notices to the taxpayer of each property. However, my understanding from reading another WA state construction lawyer blog is that we should be sending the notice to both the property owner and the prime contractor. Additionally, upon receipt of full payment,...
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