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“What if you never had to worry about getting paid on a construction project again?” That’s the question that starts off a new video released by levelset this week, and...
In the last couple posts we determined that a mechanics lien may be perfected during bankruptcy’s automatic stay, and that the time period to enforce a mechanics lien may be...
When we last left off we had determined that the Bankruptcy Code allows for the perfection of a mechanics’ lien during the automatic stay, if the lien arose prior to the...
In order for a mechanics lien to be valid, the property that is to be liened must be identified. How that property must be identified can vary between states. Some...
I’ve heard this story a lot. After you file a mechanics lien, the property owner or prime contractor comes back to you in a rage threatening to torch the earth if...
If you’re unpaid on a construction project in Washington state, there is no better solution for you other than the mechanics lien instrument. Filing a mechanics lien is hands-down the...
Hanley Wood’s Professional Deck Builder magazine published an article I wrote in this month’s issue, and of course, I highly recommend reading it :). The article appears in the Deck...
Hillside Lumber, Inc. is an Illinois material supplier, who furnished $141,000 of lumber materials to a property owner in 2008, and didn’t get paid for more than $65,000 of the...
Last week, the Puget Sound Business Journal (@PSBJ) published an article I wrote about mechanics lien laws in Washington state. Thanks to them for contacting me about the guest contribution...
Over the years, I’ve published lots of charts and data sets with the mechanics lien and preliminary notice requirements. Mechanic lien laws almost mandate such charts and spreadsheets, as the...
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