A Subcontractor, on a California Public Project, submitted a Stop Notice to the Owner. I do not know if they submitted this via certified mail or not. The Stop Notice was incomplete - the 'Notice of Declaration' was left blank. Also, they did not file a 20-Day Preliminary Notice on this project. Therefore they technically do not have lien rights. First, why is it that most Public Entities do not know the law? This isn't the first time an Owner has accepted an invalid Stop Notice. Second the only way to fight this takes the same time and energy as it does to go through the motions if it were a valid Stop Notice. Owners should actually be embarrassed for accepting invalid Stop Notices. It shows they do not know or care about the laws and just want to have any excuse to hold onto the money as long as possible. Any thoughts on how to combat this issue? It seems to be happening more and more. Thank-you!