CATHLEEN M. CURL specializes in handling problems relating to the construction industry, including payment disputes, contract negotiations, contract preparation and revisions, stop notices, mechanic's liens, bonds, construction defect litigation, and other matters. She received her B.A. from Stanford University in 1974, and her law degree from the University of Santa Clara in 1978. She has been engaged in the construction industry exclusively for over twenty-five years. More...More...
You might have more time than you think you do. The lien period is based on completion of the entire project not just your work. You must file your lien within 90 days of completion of the project. (The time is shortened to 30 days if a Notice of Completion was recorded but those are mostly found on public jobs.) So if you’re a sub, you look to when the project was finished which most likely will be sometime AFTER your work was done to start the lien clock tickiSee More...See More...