Don Passenger is a construction attorney who works in Grand Rapids, MI. Don has 35 years of experience with licenses to practice in Michigan. Don attended the University of Notre Dame Law School, graduating in 1986. He currently works at Howard Law Group in Michigan. More...
They can file a lien if they did improvements to real estate and were unpaid. Then you can wait if the lien does not harm you, or consider suing them. Get a competent attorney working for you sooner, not later.See More...
If any part of the project is commercial, then the requirement of licensing does not apply. If they sue you to foreclose the lien, then you can consider both a counterclaim for slander of title (one year statute of limitations) and seek to discharge the lien by asking the court to quiet title (discharge the invalid lien). Your problem (and theirs) is that the amount won't support the assistance of an attorney. See More...
"the right of a contractor, subcontractor, laborer, or supplier to a construction lien created by this act shall cease to exist unless, *within 90 days after* the lien claimant's last furnishing of labor or material for the improvement, pursuant to the lien claimant's contract, a *claim of lien is recorded in the office of the register of deeds* for each county where the real property to which the improvement was made is located." Thereafter you also have other short See More...See More...