i was working on a project and put a invoice in for payment and i only received half the payment, and the contractor put me off for couple weeks giving me a run a round about the payment.
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Oct 1, 2019
It's unfortunate that it can be so hard to get paid in full on construction projects. If you have done the work, submitted your invoice, and are still unpaid...and just waiting for a contractor to come around to paying you...you have some options to escalate the situation, get the contractors full attention, and get this thing paid sooner than later. And you zero'd in on a very appropriate document when trying to get paid in Tennessee: the Notice of Non-Payment.
You mention that it's been " a couple weeks," and you want to be very mindful of your timelines and deadlines here. You have a powerful tool in your pocket with this notice, but this tool can expire and you don't want that to happen.
Generally speaking, in Tennessee, this Notice of Non-Payment must be provided to the owner within 90 days of last day of the month labor and materials provided. This is not 90 days from invoicing or 90 days from when you started getting the run-around. This is 90 days from when you last furnished materials or provided any labor to the job.
Further, a real peculiar thing about these notices in Tennessee is that you must send a separate notice for each calendar month that you worked. So, if you did two days of work, one day of work on July 31st and another day of work on August 1st, you literally would need to send 2 different notices. A notice for July. And a notice for August!
You can get this notice sent painlessly and quickly...and free...using Levelset. Click here to send a free Notice of Non-Payment. Just fill out the questionnaire, and that's it. It's completely free.
Here are other links where you can learn more about this notice:
- Tennessee Notice of Non-Payment general information & FAQs
- Free Notice of Non-Payment Form
More than this, though,