I have a client who is refusing to pay a balance for a job already completed. I cannot file a lien b/c that would require it to be posted before the first payment. This has been going on for months. It was a job through his insurance policy, and I'm pretty sure he over spent his insurance claim, w...Read More...Read More
We are residential GCs. We emailed a homeowner Invoice 5 what we thought was going to be the final payment. But we found out homeowner purchased her own paint in a different color and had our men repaint the kitchen incurring more labor charges for us. I emailed homeowner a revised Invoi...Read More...Read More
I used around $2,500 of my own money to come up with the down payment for our house when I was married. My wife and I did not have sufficient credit to obtain a loan for the mortgage. My wife's father then co-signed on the loan. But since I came up with the down payment and helped make mortg...Read More...Read More
We are a subcontract on Audrain Co Jail project. Per the contract, a bond was not required so we didn't request one. However, Zlien is showing that we need to file a Preliminary Notice now and a Bond Claim will be due in February. But I'm unsure if we can file a Claim against a bond if we didn't request ...Read More...Read More
I share a driveway with a neighbor. I replaced the driveway and she has never offered to pay her half. She is now selling her home and I have tendered her the bill for half which she refuses to pay. Can I file a lien for payment? Thank you....Read More
I'm confused about the following; "In Missouri, according to RSMo § 429.080, a mechanics lien must be filed within 6 months “after the indebtedness shall have accrued”. Missouri courts have interpreted the time the indebtedness accrued to be the date of the claimant’s last furnishing labor and/or ...Read More...Read More
Missouri is one of the only states has statutorily required waiver forms. It appears the only form that is determined by state statute is the Unconditional Final waiver. Is this true, and if so, what kind of form should Missouri contractors use for Unconditional Partial or Conditional Partial/Final Waivers?...Read More
I was hired to do electrical work for a house that needed quite a bit of work done. (A house flipper/relator owns the home) We agreed on a price and items to be done. The person that owned the home didn't get proper permits for all the work that he was having done nor did any of the companies he hi...Read More...Read More
We are a material and labor subcontractor in Missouri. The majority of our materials are pre-engineered building systems (specially fabricated materials). In some instances, our customers (general contractors or end-use owners) hire us to provide materials only because of our ability to procure and cl...Read More...Read More
we worked on a project at 45th & summit and billed it as one invoice but there were four buildings- 4500, 4502, 4504, & 4506. Do i have to do a notice of intent and mechanics lien per bldg or can i include them all on one?...Read More
I am renting to own a property and she is getting it appraised to take a loan out on it after I have invested 30k dollars. I want to put a lein on it so she can't do that and chance losing it through her defaultin on the loann...Read More
Lien is expiring soon and I need to know what to do next. I have not received any monies due me. And I want to know if my property manager who is in Callaway County, Missouri can continue precedings as my Agent. This would be different than original County of filling....Read More
We are a GC on a project in which one of our subcontractors walks off the project and never finishes. We paid him on 10/10/17 and he worked a bit after that then stopped. He signed a partial unconditional lien waiver when he picked up payment. We have been notified now that his material supplier int...Read More...Read More