We have been operating as a mitigation business for 13 years without a contractors license that was approved and verified over the years by the contractors board here in Nevada. This was approved because we only did light demo, removed cabinets, and placed drying equipment at properties. This is all done by employees. No subcontractors are every involved. This year, 2023, here in Nevada the contractors board changed the requirements and we now have to have a contractors license. My questions is in 2022 (before the change) we did mitigation work on a property and they refused to pay us even though their homeowners insurance approved our bill and paid him to pay us. This homeowner is the one who made the complaint to the contractors board at the end of 2022 that made the contractors board change the rules. The contractors board let us know that even though they were putting a stop to our ability to operate with a contractors license that the homeowner still would need to pay us for the work that we did. Of course the homeowner did not, so we went through the proper motions and now have a full mechanics lien on the property. We are now going to small claims court and the lawyer the owner is using is suggesting that we release the lien since we did not have proper license to do the work. Should we release this lien?