Virginia Joins The Crowd On Liens: What Does It Mean?
First and foremost, thanks to my pal Scott Wolfe for the opportunity to discuss what is a major change in Virginia law regarding mechanic’s liens. I always appreciate the opportunity...
First and foremost, thanks to my pal Scott Wolfe for the opportunity to discuss what is a major change in Virginia law regarding mechanic’s liens. I always appreciate the opportunity...
2014 was a busy year for mechanics lien law, with significant changes either enacted or contemplated in a large number of states. Changes ranged from providing a more clear definition...
More than 200 years ago, Virginia’s most famous son invented the mechanics lien concept to protect contractors and suppliers against non-payment on construction projects. In the 2015 legislation, Virginia’s lawmakers...
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...
Mechanics liens are powerful tools, and just like all powerful tools, they shouldn’t be abused. And we’ve warned against numerous times, filing a fraudulent mechanics lien is never a good...
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...
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...
Here at the PAID blog we write a lot about how unpaid subcontractors can get paid by filing a mechanics lien because we think a mechanics lien is the best...
Virginia courts take an interesting and unique approach regarding pay when paid clauses in construction contracts. As outlined by Galloway Corp. v. S.B. Ballard Const. Co., 464 S.E. 2d. 349...