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Florida Mechanics Lien Questions
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Mechanics Lien
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In Florida (hallandale beach) we provide repair services for cool household appliances and air conditioners for individuals and businesses. Some clients have not paid us for our services. Are we eligible to mechanics lien on them?
FloridaCan your company provide a service of helping file a public lien again residential real estate (not commercial) wherein a vendor repair company (Roofer, AC, Plumber, Windows, Solar, Pools, etc.) provides in house financing and accepts direct payments from the customer. The customer would welcome the lien and it would be voluntary without need for the "mechanics lien" process. Upon loan payoff the lien would be released.
Floridahow do i file a mechanics lien if i don't have occupational licence.
FloridaDo I have to provide a signed contract between the owner and myself?
FloridaI am a MN corporation offering consulting, engineering and design-build for custom machinery. I was hired by a Florida recycling company to "invent" a new process for recycling LI-Ion cell phone batteries. The agreement was to pay a sum up front to get the project going, and then make progress payments at certain milestones and review project potential. Either party could stop the project at any time if it were deemed not feasible. We have been at this for about a year. We have a prototype machine working, but it needs more refinement. The customer asked that we bring the prototype to their warehouse in Jacksonville, FL. to demonstrate it and do some test runs. They had yet not signed a purchase agreement. They said they would, but did not. I told them that before I set up the prototype machine on their location, I need the purchase agreement, the PO, and the current progress payment. I received the payment, and a PO for $200,000. But they did not sign the purchase agreement detailing all the specifications and deliverables. We did deliver, setup and run the process for about two weeks. I submitted the invoice for the next progress payment for work already completed.
Now they have told me to stop work and will not pay the outstanding $60,000. They say the machine is not finished nor working they way they want it. They will not let me take the machine back to our facility to continue and complete the machine. If I want to finish the machine, they have said they will not pay me until it is complete and they like it, and that I have to do all the work on their site, and be done within 45 days. Otherwise they will dismantle the machine and sell it for salvage.
FloridaWe are a water mitigation company licensed in the state of Texas. We helped out in Florida for Hurricane Ian in 2022, and have several jobs that have not yet paid in full. We contracted directly with the homeowner on each job. Being a water mitigation company from out of state, do we have lien rights?
FloridaI am subcontractor providing casework through a broker on public schools in Fl. Do I have the right to file NTO and if needed lien project?
FloridaMy company provides permit expediting services in Florida. We are not a licensed contractor, architect or engineer. We were hired by a restaurant franchisee (not a contractor or the land owner) to process permits, for a tenant interior build out. The franchisee is the tenant; not the land owner. We do not have a signed contract, but rather were engaged by the franchisee for services via email. We have worked with this franchisee on another project and not had any payment issues; hence no formal written contract on this project. We completed our permitting services on 09/30/22, and subsequently issued a final invoice. The franchisee has sent 2 partial payments, but is now refusing to make a final payment. Can I file a lien?
FloridaI am a homeowner and victim of hurricane Ian. My public adjuster referred a mold mitigation company who would not give any estimate of services or a bill of services provided for nearly 6 months. They do not have a license to mitigate or assess mold and only one of the marital parties signed the contract. Today, I learned that they placed a lien on my home for $77,000. The lien states that my husband signed the contract, however the contract provided does not have his name or signature anywhere on it. He definitely never signed it and I only recall signing 1 page. I have found 19 other victims of mechanic liens by this unlicensed company. I intend to report them for unlicensed activity and to notify the other 19 victims, however since the home is owned by the Entirety and they contracted with only 1 spouse, can I immediately have this mechanic's lien removed from my property? Thank you
FloridaI'm a sub of a subcontractor on a large commercial project. I'm in contact with the GC as well. My client got paid from the GC but we didn't received our payment from our client.
FloridaMy cleaning company cleans at a GC's main office. They have canceled service without reason and refused to pay for an outstanding invoice. Can I file a mechanic's lien on this GC's property... even though this was not a construction project?
FloridaWe are a Crime Scene Trauma Scene company; we provided services on a home in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The clean-up was completed and per our signed service agreement we processed the invoice through the (deceased) homeowner's insurance. The estranged husband was automatically listed as the next (per the insurance company) of kin and became the executor of the estate. He is the person that signed our service agreement. The insurance company issued a payment for our services in the form of a check and listed it as "IN THE ESTATE OF ______________". We were led to believe that the Executor (estranged husband) was in the process of setting things up with the estate lawyer and would have the estate (lawyer) pay our company for the services we provided. We have just learned that the executor (estranged husband) has just gone to the county to change the deed of the home into his personal name, and we have yet to receive payment for the services we provided. We want to place a lien on the home for our services. Is it possible to place a lien, is it possible to place a lien on the estate of the deceased, and on the Estranged husband?
FloridaI am a subcontractor that has done work at an hospital. They were billed back in January for the work performed. We did go back 3 weeks ago to correct a issue they were experiencing that is associated with the work performed in January. Can I still file a notice of intent and if I receive no responds if necessary file a lien. We were informed that they may be filing bankruptcy. I need to know how to protect my company from not receiving payment. I have never experience having to file a notice of intent/lien before. So I don't have a clue where to begin. I can use as much help as possible to resolve this issue. Thank for any help you can provide.
FloridaI performed a water mitigation job in Florida after the previous hurricane. The individual has not paid and I filed a lien.
The individual hired a lawyer and they emailed me today saying our lien was illegal to file because we are not a general contractor or an engineer in Florida. Though our work was water mitigation ONLY, the lawyer has claimed we must be a GC to be able to file a lien.
FloridaHow long do I have to wait to take the next step after filing a lien in Florida and what do I need to do to take that next step.
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