I am the owner who wishes to file the Notice of Completion.
The last paragraph calls for the form to be “verified,” meaning a sworn declaration by an authorized person as to the truthfulness and accuracy of the information supplied.
Who could be an authorized person? Could I be an authorized person as a co-owner?
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We have a mechanics Lien filed on our property by a Landscaper who is not licensed in the City of Beverly Hills to operate. His last claimed work that was not paid was in December of 2022. Over 115 days ago. The lien was filed with the county on April 25th. Los Angeles County recorders office. The City of Beverly Hills requires a Landscaper to be licensed. I read if not licensed you are not qualified to file Mechancis Lien. How can I find out if he is qualified or not to file? It doesn't sound like he falls in the 90-day window first of all. Thx, John...Read More
Hello, I have a question on "completion". Is completion the soonest of the four provided definitions? Projects are considered completed when one of the following occurs; (1) occupation or use of the improvement, (2) acceptance by the public entity; (3) work stoppage for 100 straight days; or (4) when a notice of cessation or completion of labor has been recorded after 30 continuous days of no work.
I ask in the case of a public agency withholding until (2)acceptance by the public entity ( recording "Notice of Completion" for many public agencies). In many cases recording a NOC happens several months after actual field completion/cessation of work, so would the (4) definition then take precedence? What is a public agency takes a year to send a job to NOC/acceptance, it would seem this wouldn't then follow the spirit of the timely retention release laws. Thanks for your input! ...Read More
Bay Area GC kicked off public works job and needs to get paid (retention, unpaid scope work completed, and change orders). Is there an alternative to hiring an attorney to guide/submit claim? Or do we need an attorney for this process? Public works agency keeps telling us to 'file a govt claim'. What are our recovery options short of litigation? Money is tight. No sub bond claims made yet. No claims to surety made yet. Any guidance appreciated....Read More
We are a material supplier and have received a notice of completion. The customer is telling us that they have a bunch of change order work and that they are still on the project. Is it possible for me to re prelim the same project?
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We are dealing with a GC proposed lumpsum contract on single family home remodel and expansion. Of course as homeowners we have wish list, our GC keeps executing our Wishlist without confirming the cost and later send huge add services. Our Contract clearly says they cannot enforce change orders on us unless approved in writing. We are being threaten for litigation and liens.
Additional they did math error on calculating lumpsum amount and we are not being asked to pay more. We never received line item breakdown for each task, rather a milestone payment plan. We are having hard time defining what we owe them, we have requested a finite amount multiple times. All of these issue surfaced only towards the end of the project, ...Read More
Please answer ASAP, I am losing time to initiate a Stop Notice. I need to know if the 30 days cover the completion of the whole project or just my portion of the project?...Read More
I am the subcontractor and was informed by a Levelset representative to file a Stop Notice to initiate a Lien on a project. The representative stated that a Notice of Completion must be filed as well. I did not record the Notice of Completion within 30 days, was informed about the 90 days from actual completion and do not know if the 90 days entitles the whole project or just the portion I worked on....Read More
We received a notice of acceptance (aka completion) on a job and we are still unpaid. We have 30 days to file a stop payment notice however, I'm unsure if we can do that as a preliminary notice was not filed. The notice references CA civil code section 9356...Read More
I had a furnace replaced. It was like pulling teeth to get them to pull a permit but they finally did. They are now pressuring me to sign the certificate of completion without the final inspection signed out. What am I to do?...Read More
We are the GC hired by the tenant to build out their space that is owned by a Landlord owner. It has been 90+ days since substancial completion can we still file the NOC and can the GC sign as property owner?...Read More
We want to file a Notice of Completion on a condo bathroom remodel in CA. We have not received any preliminary notices. When we file the NOC, do we need to let the General contractor know?...Read More