A vendor came to me to change the roof due to hail damage. Sign the doc that they will collect all the money from insurance and I do not have to pay anything. No document sign on the repair cost. After work is completed they are asking for $5000 for the previous (4 years) claim money that i...Read More...Read More
We are a subcontractor on a new construction project. GC is requiring an unconditional lien waiver be signed before paying us. I say that's backwards. Is it legal for them to require that signature? I think this is like double jeopardy: If I sign the waiver and they don't pay, I can't lien. If I don't sign the w...Read More...Read More
I am a Georgia contractor working on jobs in Illinois. Companies are regularly asking for unconditional lien waivers saying we have received the check before they will release the check. Title companies always ask for this. We refuse to do so and claim it is illegal to require a company to sign a docume...Read More...Read More
The waiver form (requested) has a through date of 3/31/2020 for payment issued for 5 invoices. (1) Invoice date of 1/28 payment was posted on 1/28, (2) invoice date of 1/31 payment posted on 3/23, (3) invoice date of 2/14 payment posted on 3/23, (4) invoice date of 2/25 payment posted on 4/15,...Read More...Read More
Valid Pa contract for 15% is in place. The insured does not want to pay us. We took them from 0 to 70K now you know the routine, the 3-party checks are in and they want to negotiate the contract....Read More
I have a question regarding the Prime's delay in submitting a subcontractor's invoices to a vendor for payment. My business provided work for a Prime contractor. They are now rejecting invoices that are over 1 year old, even though we submitted these invoices in a timely fashion. Is there any re...Read More...Read More
If I am currently working on a project and have not received payment, Would I have to stop working completely in order to send a letter of intent to lien or mechanics lien? Would are the right steps to take, and can they back charge me if I do stop work due to non-payment?...Read More
We are a wholesale company located in GA and supplied material to our customer who now owes us money for the material. He apparently was contracted to do a job in TN and the contractor/owner is out of Illinois and he is now asking our company to sign the below Illinois lien waiver. We do not feel ...Read More...Read More
I am a contractor, cleaning apartments and the company I work with requires me to present a "Lien Waiver" to pay me what they owe me, I need a format that conforms to this requirement and that will not harm me in anything, I appreciate if you can suggest me a shape that conforms to this conditi...Read More...Read More
As a construction company that elicits work from sub-contractors in the state of Illinois, is it possible to create a lien waiver that is applicable to multiple instances of work rendered? For example, either: 1. We can create a single waiver document that outlines all the projects rendered with a subc...Read More...Read More
I'm in Illinois and My general contractor told me to order a particular piece of equipment and now does not want to pay me for it. Hes willing to pay for everything else but that. I want to sue him but he is requiring a final lien wavier before I can get my check. I want to sign a partial for what I have...Read More...Read More
We signed an agreement for a contractor to do work on a property. We chose to cancel the contract. I want to know if there is a way that I can find out if that General Contractor has a lien waiver on my property. I need to pay them for the work that they have done, but want to make sure that onc...Read More...Read More