Mechanics Lien news:

A recent decision out of a California appellate court upholds the California lien law standard by which a mechanics lien is valued by the lesser of the contract amount or...

Another blog recently discussed five of their top Ohio construction cases of 2012.  Rather than just rehash what’s already been written, we here at the Lien blog like to imagine...

One of our most frequent topics here at the Lien blog is changes in lien law.  Whenever state legislatures pass or even consider  bills that propose changes to a state’s...

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 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 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...

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...