As frequently mentioned on this blog, mechanics liens serve one purpose – to provide security to parties furnishing labor and/or material to a construction project for the improvement of real...
A mechanics lien is an extremely powerful tool unpaid contractors and subcontractors can use to get paid. One of the ways in which a mechanics lien affects a property is that it...
We here at the Lien blog devote a lot of our time to writing about mechanics liens, and all the issues and laws surrounding them in each and every state....
We here at Levelset are really interested in lien law, much more than we probably should be. So, when we come across something to which we don’t immediately know the...
Last year about this time, I posted a series of articles briefly examining the interplay between mechanics lien law and bankruptcy. The mechanics lien instrument can provide strong protection throughout a...
The Lien blog recently posted about an interesting New York mechanics lien case in which the court refused to invalidate a mechanics lien until it had “credible evidence” that the...
Levelset, of course, has excellent resources describing current Georgia mechanics lien law. But as the LIEN blog has written a lot about recently, states are constantly amending their lien law...
Levelset has wonderful resources on our website discussing Arizona mechanics lien law. Our researchers even addressed the specific topic of whether lien claimants can include attorney fees in the lien...
In Arizona, the prevailing party in a mechanics lien lawsuit is entitled to have their reasonable attorney’s fees paid by the losing party. But, if multiple liens are filed against...
A basic feature of a mechanics lien is that a lien enables an unpaid contractor or subcontractor to receive the money that he or she is owed. Unfortunately, determining exactly...