We are in Texas. We hired a contractor to complete a small residence 868 sf, which the contractor said would be completed in about 3 months time. All money was paid up front in the course of 3 months time - after which regular work stopped. Since that time the contractor has gone months wit...Read More...Read More
Does a residential mechanics lien expire? Listing for sale, 1994 lien against previous estate shows up for 2500.00. Original builder is out of business.. ...Read More
We filed a lien for $80K in December, they subsequently paid and are now current. We still need to perform and invoice $10K of work. They also still owe $20K of retainage. Do you recommend we amend or cancel lien or what until we are paid in full?...Read More
Through an automated system one of our builders uses I received 35 lien releases for jobs we have been paid for as far back as early 2016. It appears to me they just figured out their old payments didn't have releases because they hadn't activated the lien feature on the system. Is there a deadline as ...Read More...Read More
I have a customer that is trying to make a payment, but would like to distribute it between different jobs I have liened. However I feel like if I do that I won't be able to enforce the liens if they don't pay. I feel like it would be best to just to pay it in full. can you give me any advise on that?...Read More
We have filed a mechanics lien in TX. We received a demand letter today giving us 24 hrs to release the lien or they have threatened legal action. We have gone out to this job this week and done some additional work. This I think extends our lien date, correct? If I release this lien can I refile at a later...Read More...Read More
Hello there, we (lease holder) contracted with our GC for a full build out of our restaurant. After the build out finished we received unconditional lien waiver from our GC (that also clarifies material men). But a sub contractor of the plumbing company (plumbing company filed for bankruptcy) that our ...Read More...Read More
My tenant apparently got some contract work done on my rental house. She did not inform me or get my permission (which she should have done according to our rental contract). She was evicted a few months ago and now she is absconding and we're unable to trace her. She did not even pay me a ...Read More...Read More
There is a company that filed a lien on the property for the amount of $7,650.00. They were contacted by the debtor's attorney and they made an offer to remove the lien for the amount of $7,650.00. The company was then advised to remove and reattach another lien for $27,300.00. This was done...Read More...Read More
There were several contractors who worked to repair a clubhouse caused by Hurricane Harvey, at Woody Acres, a 324 site MHP. One of them claims I owe him money for several items on a contract, all completed before March 23, 2018, including "profit" and "overhead" . A lien was filed on August 3....Read More...Read More