Sometimes, it seems like I am constantly discussing deadlines. There’s a good reason for that, though. The importance of monitoring and complying with the statutory deadlines cannot be overstated. It...
Pennsylvania’s Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act (HICPA) became effective on July 1, 2009. Under the law, all parties, including contractors and subcontractors, who perform more than $5,000 of work per...
Just a few weeks ago we wrote about how the Georgia legislature had passed several amendments to its mechanics lien law that were only waiting on the government’s signature. We’ve...
On July 1, 2012, a whole host of changes to California’s mechanics lien law went into effect. Given the substance of these changes and new requirements, the Lien blog published...
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...
Over the past several months, the Construction Payment Blog has spent a good deal of time discussing North Carolina’s recently amended lien laws, with special attention given to the newly...
As we noted in another post, more than 300 counties across the country offer electronic filing of mechanics lien and/or notices. Furthering electronic capabilities, some entire states, such as Iowa, are...
Construction Payment Blog recently discussed changes to the mechanics lien law scheme in Virginia. These changes mandate that every mechanics lien claimant have a license, and that the license number...
The Lien blog is constantly writing about both effective and potential changes in a state’s mechanics lien law. As we’ve noted, sometimes these changes can be innocuous, such as when...