We are an Operations & Maintenance provider and the GC of the project wants to include the following clause in the contract, "Contractor shall not place any Lien or other encumbrance on the Facilities or the Sites." Can ...Read More
Does House Bill 2415 -- ORS 279C.570 actually mean that you have to place retainage in a third party escrow account? We track interest on retainage withheld ourselves and pay out accordingly. Is this statute saying that interest just has to be accrued on contracts over $500,000 or that it actuall...Read More...Read More
The upstairs Condo leaked water into our space and caused significant damage. the insurance company for the upstairs unit is denying liability after five months of back and forth. the property is now listed for sale...Read More
I'm a subcontractor that was last onsite for my scope of work 4/18/2022. However, the project won't be substantially completed for 3-4 more months after LAHD and CASp inspections take place. This is a public funded project where the GC cannot get funded until these inspections take place and TCO...Read More...Read More
The new mechanic's lien I filed last week has an error. The mistake I made was the written-out dollar amount does not match the amount in digits; for example, my lien looks like this: 2. The Claimant’s claim of lien after deducting all just credits and offsets, is for the sum of Four Hundred and Fif...Read More...Read More
I scheduled a customers home exterior painting project for 2 weeks. She signed the contract stating that she will pay me the second payment (out of 3 payments) once I painted 1 wall. I peeled, sanded and painted the wall and she refused to pay me as agreed and also canceled her project. Now ...Read More...Read More
The subcontractor started a job without a contract and never sent notice to owner. The contractor had a falling out with this sub. Sub never finished and is claiming lack of payment. It has been 4 months since he started job. Does he have rights to a lien?...Read More
My customer broke contracted payment terms several times. He refused to sign a change order for additional work ALREADY PERFORMED after verbal agreement. I requested a change of payment terms and he refused to make payment. Customer reached out to my subcontractors and paid the...Read More...Read More
I'm speaking to a client about protecting the late payment and fling a NOIL to do so. I want to be able to explain to him that there is no tarnish or no record of liens that are never filed or liens that are satisfied to keep him on the positive side of this situation ...Read More
I own a business in Pittsburgh, PA and we did snow removal for a Dentist who rents in the business center where we plowed all winter. He does not own the building, but owes us around $1000. I wasn't sure what lein to file, and if it would be worth it to go through with it, since it is a rather small amoun...Read More...Read More
I received an email from my customer telling me that they are ready to pay me, but that I need to change my invoice to lower the price. I am sure I have the right amount and job completed according to the contract. I don't want to lose any more money with this people. What should I do? Can I file a lien now? ...Read More
Here is my dilemma - I filed the lien and the company wrote me a check on 7/18/22, which I deposited. According to the bank, they have 7-10 business days to stop payment or cancel a check. They wanted me to sign an unconditional lien release, which of course I did not sign. The lien I filed will expir...Read More...Read More
We are small business in Hampton, VA looking for advice on proper terminology for applying late payment fees to unpaid or overdue client invoices....Read More
We are a general contractor licensed in Illinois that been in business 40 years. We build items for museums and theme parks. In order to install our work at the Orlando area theme parks, we will need a FL GC license. With this new law, can we apply directly for a license, or do we need to take the tes...Read More...Read More