We were notified by a supplier that the contractor we are doing work for has a record of not paying customers. Our contract with them has a waiver of lien rights, and we just started the work this week. Can I send a letter of commencement? And what can I do to ensure we are paid and can file a lien...Read More...Read More
I am an architect. I have a client who will not pay an old invoice (from December). That invoice also has pash-through engineer expenses. The invoice is $11,900. I have sent a notice to file Lien to the client today....Read More
I sent a Notice of Furnishing based on an old Notice of Commencement - apparently for an earlier phase of the project. After a few months of working on the job, a new Notice of Commencement was filed which included the work I was performing. Will my original notice be effective to preserve mecha...Read More...Read More
We don't currently have a mechanism to record the first date that we supply materials or labor to a site when we are a subcontractor. However we usually require a down payment upon placement of an order, or when we don't we would be invoicing within a couple weeks of first supplying materials ...Read More...Read More
We've already sent a Notice to Contractor in GA for this job that originally listed as a $100,000 contract. Over the months the job has now increased to almost a million dollars in supplies. Do we need to send any other type of document or notice to be able to protect this large change in amounts? We als...Read More...Read More
Many of our General Contractors do not want their customer seeing how much they are paying us. Do I need to put the amount on there before sending it off?...Read More
We as the prime contractor, filed the Notice of Commencement of the commercial project we were hired for. We have a sub of a sub (they provided temp labor) that feels they have lien rights. We have not received a notice of furnishing from them and from what I read, they would be required to fil...Read More...Read More
We are the General Contractor on a Commercial project in GA. Due to water damage caused by another contractor on the site (not our project), we had to demobilize until the water intrusion work is completed by the other GC. What do we need to do to ensure we have lien rights and that the Notice...Read More...Read More
Usually, I'm hired directly by the property owner for restoration work in Georgia, and I feel a bit confused about the Notice of Commencement requirement. I see that it's required to be filed by the PO or GC (or owner designee). Does that mean that if I search for it and cannot find it (either on the jobsit...Read More...Read More
We are a material supplier in GA. I am sending Georgia Preliminary Notice to my customers. Is it my responsibility to be sure a letter of commencement has been filed by the customer/owner/GC? By sending the notice I am only notifying them of our services being rendered and expectation of being p...Read More...Read More
If I am directly contracted with the Property Owner on a residential job in GA that is only lasting 3-5 days, should I file the Notice of Commencement? Is this the same thing as a preliminary notice, or should I send one of those separately? There are no other parties on the job. ...Read More
We engineer how concrete pieces would be made if the job comes to fruition. We have a letter of intent that allows us to proceed with Engineering Drawings. Should the job never come to fruition, my opinion is we cannot file a lien on the project where we have no tangible personal property. My ultimat...Read More...Read More