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If a construction project gets saddled with mechanics lien claims and money gets tight, the topic of “Lien Priority” can suddenly become very important. Every state has some method of ranking...

Mechanics lien laws are complex. While material suppliers typically have the right to file a lien in case they’re not paid, there are often exceptions. Generally, a supplier only has...

Wyoming quietly and subtlety changed an aggravating detail in their mechanics lien laws making the process slightly easier for lien claimants. The new law went into effect on July 1,...

The Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that impacts Miller Act Claims across the United States. In Pre Con Industries, Inc. v. First National Insurance...

Louisiana’s lien and notice laws changed on January 1, 2020, so some information in this post might be outdated. You can learn what changed and what rules apply here: Louisiana Mechanics...

The Texas Court of Appeals, San Antonio, last month reversed a trial court decision tossing a mechanics lien in Sanchez v. Schroeck. The case breathes new life into a mechanics...

Earlier this year we wrote a few articles about legislative changes to the Georgia mechanics lien statutes – first about the legislature passing the amendments and then later about the...

New York is one of those states with multiple mechanics lien deadlines. Your deadline will actually change depending on the nature of the project. As explained in Levelset’s New York...

The mechanics lien and bond claim laws are complicated, and numerous. You may already know this, but you may not realize just how often these laws change across the country....

Several weeks ago I wrote a post introducing undertaking a 50-state survey of “pay when paid” and “pay if paid” clauses.  While there are some nationwide trends in how these...