I am a contractor in Washington State and I do not have an Oregon Business License. I have a Contract and have been paid approxamatly 35% of the contract to date. It is a Comercial Project, which has been finished. The owners have said I cannot lien because I do not have a OR License.How d...Read More...Read More
We are a supplier on a private ( i think so anyways!) project in NYC. The GC is not wanting to pay, claiming we did not fulfill our obligation. Our position is we did. We filed a lien; the notice went out yesterday. The GC also emailed us yesterday stating they were "set up to bond the lien". I read the expl...Read More...Read More
I am a lender on a project that is in the permitting stage. project manager has talked with general contractor about building the apartment project. general contractor filed a lien. general contractor has no contract for the building. Claims are based on "management" and "bidding work". How can a l...Read More...Read More
Hi, I am in Oregon. I see that in Oregon, contractors or subs MUST send "right to lien" notice within 5 or 8 days of stariting/furnishing work. What happens when a contractor has been working for 6 months on a project and then send the notice of right to lien with a service start date which is 6 month...Read More...Read More
Oregon state requires a labor only breakout total, but we also use subs in our work. How does this get handled when there is only one field for the labor only total and no other line items to account for subs. Considering we don't always know what part of their work is labor vs. materials, we just want to ...Read More...Read More
We understand FL does not allow aggregating multiple contracts on a project into one lien. Are there other states that also do not allow this, and if so, which states?...Read More
Lien was filed 3/5/19 and we have to file our lawsuit by 6/26/19 or our lien expires. We want to file to enforce but don't want to be placed on the docket immediately. If we file the lawsuit, can we petition the court to delay our hearing? What we really are looking for in this case is time for the prope...Read More...Read More
We did work for a 'flipper' and had to pull off the job due to none payment. They put the house on the market and are trying to sell it. Should we put a lien on it before they sell? The work isn't even finished and the inspector had called out a couple (pre-existing) things before our permits can be approved....Read More
The homeowner behind my property is refusing to rebuild the fence that fell down between our lots. The fence is on his property, but I may wind up paying for a new fence because his property is a total eyesore!...Read More
I am needing to claim a lien in Oregon. I see it is a full price state. Does that fact take precedence over a fixed price contract with the client/homeowner? I need to know so that I can list the correct amount unpaid when I file the lien....Read More
In Oregon state law allows an unlicensed handyman to perform work, if the total of labor and materials is under $1000 for one project. If I do this I would want to know if I could still file a mechanics lien if needed. A contractor must give a client a Notice of Intent to Lien at the start of a job, but since...Read More...Read More