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I filed monthly notices on projects I did not file Liens because we got a payment. The payment was returned NSF. Can I still file a lien even though the date has passed?
TexasIf I had a verbal contract with a contractor to do some work at my property which was 100% labor and there was no physical items purchased and there was an agreed value for the job and after the fact but now the contractor changes his mind and says that I owe him more money and has now filed a mechanics lien against my property because I am unwilling to pay what he says I owe him because we agreed to the original price and now the new price is 2 1/2 times the agreed price
IdahoI filed a lien just over a month ago and have not had any correspond with the homeowner. Is there anything more I can do before my lien expires? My contract with them states we will settle disputes with binding arbitration, Is this my next best step or should I hire a lawyer? Peter
CaliforniaI own a small business and my fiance's sister does as well. I have all the proper paperwork through the Colorado Secretary of State. The sister is using and doing her business out of the same house and her paperwork, trademark, etc. has expired, but yet she continues to operate her business. What can I legally do?
ColoradoI sent a lien for our project called RCloud. Since I sent the lien, the GC has made one progress payment. We are still owed $218,602.80 which includes unbilled retention.
The GC is asking if I've updated the lien amount to reflect the new balance since they made a payment. Is this something I need to do? Or does the lien amount remain in tact until I'm paid in full?
CaliforniaThe "constructor"- a dumpster rental company that my former tenant used to remove all her personal stuff (old tires, refrigerators, mattresses, etc) when she moved out, filed a mechanics lien on my residential property. The balance due was $180, but on the mechanics lien, it requested for $4200, including "legal process fee" of $1500 for each transition?? I already made my former tenant paid her back the owed $180, does the constructor have the legal rights to ask for more money on the lien? My property is in San Mateo county, CA.
CaliforniaA builder dumped the wrong soil (gumbo soil) on our property as a foundation pad for a new home construction and then terminated the contract. His paperwork said that he used earnest money to pay for the expenses but there was no earnest money per the contract. But we had to pay $2,000 to have the soil removed. Then he didn't finish the site prep by not scraping the grass or clearing the tree dumps. We had to pay someone $2,000 to clear away the gumbo soil. I sent a certified letter on 10-19-20 asking for our money back. I have not gotten a response back as of yet.
TexasI have a lien on a property and just had the "new owner" tell me to stay off the property. I informed him that there is a lien on the property, and if he was aware of this. He said no, because the original owner and he decided to do a private sale without the title company and the new owner is financing it for 7 years and will receive the title then.
What can I do in this situation? The owner is uninterested in paying the lien, which is valid, with alot of evidence to prove it.
Coloradowhat if the owner verbal hires you to do work?
CaliforniaAfter getting 3 quotes, I went with a man named Eric who represented himself as a party of a company (had business card and gave me a quote with Company information. He was alot cheaper so I was happy to hire him. His workers did a terrible job, the craftsman ship was poor and grout did not match and I explained my unhappiness. He was done but I had to order a special shower door so I told him I would not pay in full but 3/4 until I was able to use shower and make sure it worked-He agreed.
5 days after shower door was installed my bathroom closet floods...I reach out to him and he agrees to help me as now shower has to be torn down and start completely over. I told him I wanted to reach a monetary agreement since the job was faulty....agreed, asked me to send whatever quotes I get to him, which I did. Now he will not answer my calls or texts. I call the company that was on my paperwork and he has not worked there for a year. SO he misrepresented himself and I am out about $5k and shower does not work! Do I have a case?
TexasI am a subcontractor based out of Everman TX.
I began work for a General Contractor on 8/10/2020. The project was completed 8/22/2020. The project consisted of re-roofing at Condominiums located in IA.
Upon completion of the work - the owner of the condominium showed me a copy of a check that was made payable to the general contractor I was working for. She asked for a signature for an unconditional lien waiver, at the time I did not know exactly what it was and, unfortunately the paper was signed.
Now the general contractor won't pay the final bill. I have called and requested payment multiple times, but get the run around and harassment from owner of the contracting company.
Any IA laws that can protect me and hopefully help me get the money owed to me? IE unconditional waivers needing to be notarized and stamped, proof of payment in order to waive your rights to lien and waiver be effective?
IowaMy Mechanic lien has expired and we did not respond in time to take action on foreclosure of their home. We would like to hire a sawyer that knows about this type of stuff. Any recommendations?
I am a General Contractor and the client Robert Pettit would not allow us to finish the job because they ran out of money and would not pay the last invoice of work preformed on their home to the tune of $11,200.00 and we have not and can not pay our sub-contractors. We have EVERTTHING in writing and now they have sent us a letter on Barnick/Hodges Law Corp. letterhead stating we have only a few days to sign off on the mechanic lien and take it off their home. Otherwise they will sue us but they need to be sued first because they have tried everything in their power to try and charge us for clean-up to the tune of $15,000.00 which was already professionally done and paid for by Paul Norton Construction. They had another construction company out to tile and grout their whole house and then tried to have us pay to have it cleaned again after that Tile Co. They said there was too much dust and bought all new appliances and are wanting our company to pay for it.
they tried to get my Bond Co. to pay and the Board of Construction but their were DENIED Both times and keep bulling us. I have tried to make this whole thing go away and say lets call it even but they want BLOOD! Not only have they been slandering my goo name of 40yrs. reputation but Mr. Pettit works for a bank and he dug into my private finances and info. he had NO RIGHT going through as I DO NOT have an acct. or loan with the bank he works for. This is miss-use of his company and he could and should be fired!
Please advise on what we should do? Thank you.
CaliforniaA contractor we hired badly botched our contract on multiple fronts, barely finished 50% of teh job before giving up. He has been paid 50% of the contract but thinks he should be paid on 80% of the contract and put a ML on title for 9K .
We spent 3K on legal fees already and our attorney thinks we have a claim for fraud in the inducement but no longer does litigation. Whats our best approach for removing the ML. Small claims in California is 10K or less - will settling the dispute on the unpaid debt he thinks is owed in small claims bring about removal of the ML?
CaliforniaI have a contractor remodeling my home, we paid him 90% the fund and non of the job 100% completed.
Now hes avoiding of calls. Initially the work was supposed to be completed in two weeks. Been over two months and still hes telling us today tomorrow and weeks passing an no show.
New JerseyHow can I easily Download a Lien for a Property
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