While, as a whole, California’s mechanics lien laws are relatively clear and decently put together, there are still areas that may give rise to some confusion or differing interpretations. In...
Mechanics liens provide good protection against the risk of non-payment on construction projects. One of the reasons why is that mechanics liens encumber the improved property itself, and generally, have...
Mechanics liens are powerful instruments to induce payment on construction projects. There are many reasons this is so, but perhaps the most attention grabbing (at least for the owner of...
To begin this post, and, really, to make sure everybody is on the same page for all of the articles/posts on The Construction Payment Blog, we need to have a...
At the end of last year we wrote about a new law passed in Louisiana affecting the state’s Private Works Act. That law was scheduled to take effect on August...
If you’ve ever looked at Levelset’s state-by-state resource page, you’ll see that each state has deadlines that must be complied with. One deadline common to every state is the time...
Complying with timing requirements is crucial to mechanics lien claims, but, as we’ve mentioned before, calculating these deadlines can sometimes be difficult. This is especially true in states with more...
With the recent lien law changes, (that we have discussed in previous posts) the number of proper parties to a North Carolina lien enforcement action is not as many as it...
A complex feature of Louisiana’s mechanics lien law has been changed in the state’s most recent legislative session, setting forth a mechanics lien foreclosure deadline that is easier to calculate....
The Supreme Court of Utah cleared up a tiny uncertainty about Utah’s mechanics lien law when it invalidated a lien claim since a Notice of Lis Pendens was not filed...