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I have filed a lien with level set

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I completed cabinet installation with the sub- cabinet supplier on a multi-unit building they have yet to pay the full invoice amount

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Oct 26, 2020

If you properly served a preliminary notice on the direct contractor, owner, and lender, and the lein was recorded within 90 days of project completion then the lien should be valid. I would recommend for the next step retaining an attorney to demand payment from the owner letting the owner know that if payment is not received that the attorney will file a lawsuit on your behalf to foreclose on the lien. 

 

Keep in mind, that the deadline to foreclose on a lien is only 90 days from when it was recorded. 

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Oct 27, 2020

You should consider recording a lien. As a subcontractor, you have 30 days from recordation of a Notice of Completion (NOC) to record a lien, or 90 days after completion of the project (not just your scope of work, but the entire work of improvement) if no NOC is recorded. You must file suit within 90 days of recording the lien. 

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Oct 27, 2020
You must perfect your lien by filing a lawsuit to foreclose the lien within 90 days of the lien recording date or your lien will expire. Often a strong demand letter from an attorney threatening such a lawsuit is enough to get the owner or general contractor to pay you. I generally give them 10 days to pay. If they don’t, you can file your lawsuit. But the letter is often a cheaper and simpler solution. I’m happy to answer any questions you have about this.

Cathleen M. Curl, Esq.
Law Office of Cathleen M. Curl
700 El Camino Real, Suite 200
Millbrae, CA 94030
T 650-871-5955
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