An owner/management company requested a lien waiver from my subcontractor after the project was complete and the sub was already paid. It was an unconditional lien waiver and signed by the sub, as I interpret, relinquishing lien rights no matter what the value stated. It was returned to me by the owner/management co. with the request to add a $ value to allow my payment. I changed the $0.00 to $1000.00 had the sub execute and redelivered the lien waiver with a final payment sum included.
I am trying to disguise the amounts paid to the subs to the owner for obvious reasons....Read More
Do I need to file a mechanics lien?
Or do I need to do some other kind of contract agreement.
I did some construction work on my friends house a couple years ago and he was going to pay me when he was able to get the money to do so. He has decided to sell his house and I want to make sure to protect myself for the monies owed to me and I was wondering if a mechanics lien could be filed so that the title doesn't get transferred until my bill is satisfied. ...Read More
Due to the fact that Oregon has the shortest preliminary notice deadline in the country, it causes issues on the time necessary to complete the processing of shipment/invoicing and then give enough time to enter the project, allow for research, and file a preliminary notice. I keep seeing that to "be safe" you should use the shipment date, which would be what we use as the invoice date, as the countdown start date. I also saw that weekends and holidays don't count towards the countdown, however, zlien doesn't work them either way so that wouldn't extend the processing time necessary. I know that certain states define "ownership" of materials being shipped transfers at different times. I don't know if that definition plays in with this deadline countdown as well....Read More
A notice of Mechanics Lien Claim came in the mail, but it was for only $300. Pennsylvania states liens can only be placed that exceed $500. How do I get it removed using this knowledge?...Read More
I have sent a notice of intent to lien to all parties as required by Illinois law. What I didn't do, was send the 60 day preliminary notice for an owner occupied project (which this was). My question is do I still have to/ or should I send the 60 day preliminary notice even though I have a ready sent a notice of intent ?...Read More
I recently placed an order for a NOI to lien. When I was hired as a sub-contractor the house was completely gutted(so no one lived there). Would I still need to do a 60 day preliminary notice when the owners moved out temporarily while construction was going on and only moved back in when the certificate of occupancy was issued by the village?...Read More
STATE OF NEW YORK- Worked on a State Project, GC got paid for my work. Can I file a Mechanics lien on the property in addition to a Bond Claim? Thank you...Read More
We have multiple jobs where we file a 2nd, then 3rd, then its time for the 4th. We currently do not aggregate all outstanding debt for that job to the fourth month notice we file the fourth, and then any subsequent filings for the additional 2nd and 3rd months notices as required. Our concern is what do we do with the additional amounts when they come due for their own fourth month notice. File another or amend the original?...Read More
I have an LLC in MO and contracted with a large General Contractor also in Missouri to complete a half done project in Louisville, KY. The owner of the Louisville property pre-funded my payroll and materials with cash which was to be paid back as my invoives were paid through the monthly draw process. As the project continued the draws DID NOT process due to the owner not processing them. Therefor I have not paid back the cash advances OR been paid any profits. My time is very shortly running out to file a lien against the property and I'm concerned I could eventually be held responsible to pay back the advances without receiving payment for the invoices from the General Contractor. I signed an agreement upon receiving the cash advances SPECIFICALLY stating the advances to be paid back from the draw received from the General Contractor. My profit at this point represents about $14K. The outstanding invoices total approx. $614K. The cash advances total approx. $600K....I provided labor and materials and my last day on site was 3/24/17. It appears I may be entitled to ask for interest?...Read More