Home>Levelset Community>Legal Help>My question is in the state of South Carolina, is the person who places a lien on a customer liable for all court/attorney fees if it is not a perfect mechanical lien? And do you offer some kind of insurance through zlien to cover these costs if you are responsible for them.

My question is in the state of South Carolina, is the person who places a lien on a customer liable for all court/attorney fees if it is not a perfect mechanical lien? And do you offer some kind of insurance through zlien to cover these costs if you are responsible for them.

South CarolinaLawsuit Mechanics Lien

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Jul 23, 2018

In South Carolina, attorneys' fees are awarded to the prevailing party in an action on the lien (whether the prevailing party is the lien claimant or the property owner). For these purposes, "the party whose offer is closer to the verdict reached is considered the prevailing party in the action. If the difference between both offers and the verdict is equal, neither party is considered to be the prevailing party for purposes of determining the award of costs and attorney’s fees."

zlien is not the lien claimant for any lien processed through its software, and has no control over nor responsibility for attorneys' fees incurred by any party.

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