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What exactly is the the project cost? The cost of the entire job or just the cost of the contract with our customer?

PennsylvaniaPreliminary Notice

I'm looking into the requirement of a prelim notice in the state of Pennsylvania for a private job. Our PO with our customer is $621,000 but we have no idea how much the cost of the overall job will be. The requirement to send a preliminary notice for PA is $1.5; is that overall for the job or just for the amount of the job that we are supplying material for?

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Apr 22, 2020

To determine whether preliminary notice will be required, a Pennsylvania sub or supplier can look to the Pennsylvania State Construction Notice Registry to see if a Notice of Commencement was filed there. And, to be sure, a Notice of Commencement will only be available for projects exceeding $1.5M. If a Notice of Commencement wasn't filed on the job, then a Notice of Furnishing won't be necessary. Considering the Notice of Furnishing is filed with the registry as well - so it should be relatively easy to determine whether a Notice of Furnishing is required and then to get that notice filed, if necessary. For more information, this article should be useful: How Pennsylvania’s Construction Notices Directory Affects Lien Rights.

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