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Can a landscaper file a lien on my property for non payment when they have refused to provide receipt or invoices?

Indiana

My elderly parents recently moved into a property I own. They hired their previous neighbor, who is a landscaper, to clean up this property as well as the property I live at. This individual gave us a verbal quote for services but also stated that that amount was only for “clean up” and not the other things that he claimed was wrong with the properties that he would fix. He has done some work at both homes but only completed one job fully. Yesterday he came to my home and removed several items including an antique tool bench from my property claiming it was trash. He had no authorization to remove anything other then yard waste. I also found found out yesterday that he asked my mother for $1600 for a pickup truck of gravel. My mother wrote him a check and asked for a receipt which he refused to give her. He also asked her for $750 for the work he has “completed”. She told him she would talk to me. Last night she attempted to contact him by phone and text about the items that were removed. Finally I decided to drive to his home and discuss the return of these items to my property. Once at his home he became very angry and stated he had done nothing wrong. When I mentioned calling the police for theft his son went to the back of their home and retrieved the work bench and proceeded to charge my car and eventually threw it into the yard of the home my parents previously owned. At this pointed I called the police. The neighbor grabbed the other items in question, as well as the work bench and sped away. Be fore he left he reported he would put a lien against my property. Can he do this? He did return the property so I am unsure if I should bother to file a police report with my towns police department.

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Apr 16, 2021

It sounds like you have a number of claims against this contractor. Give my office a call for a free consultation. Without more information, I am not sure he has the ability to file a lien. I look forward to hearing from you. Best, Nick Podlaski, Podlaski LLP Attorneys at Law. 

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