Construction Payment Blog

UPDATE: We apologize for any inconvenience, but Levelset no longer offers assessment lien filling as of 2013. While you can use Levelset to file a mechanics lien for construction projects...

I had a client contact me the other day with a situation that arises quite often. Their company had furnished services to a single construction project, with a single owner...

Condominium construction projects presents complex legal issues in the mechanics lien context because property ownership is convoluted. This article explores how preliminary notice and mechanics lien regulations apply to condominium...

  Our blog’s readers should know I firmly believe that mechanics lien claims help companies get paid. When a mechanics lien is filed, it operates in multiple ways to increase...

When it comes to sending preliminary notices, outsourcing the work is the smart choice for your company.  This post explains why. Every Second And Dime You Spend On Software Is...

A massive problem with mechanics lien laws in every state is that to comply with them, a claimant must know information that is not public knowledge and that is sometimes...

The MLB is rounding up its All Star Week in Kansas City, and I’m a bit of a baseball fan.  I attended a Seattle Mariners game at Safeco Field recently...

I read a great article from Justin Stark titled “Lien Foreclosure: Who is a Party?” The article addresses which parties need to be included (and can be included) in an action...

When filing an Arizona mechanics lien, you’ll come upon a blank in the form asking you to fill in the amount of your lien claim.  This may seem like a...

On private projects in Arizona, anyone who furnished “labor, materials, professional services, fixtures, or tools, in the construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of any building, or other structure pursuant to...