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I’m doing a home renovation and I want to make sure all subcontractors get paid and don’t file a lien on my property
CaliforniaThis is about a lien filed by a mechanic on my car that he was trying to fix
I drove the car to him, and I asked for an oil change. When he demanded 1700 I could not agree, and filed for small claims court. Also, even if I paid him, I would have to tow the car. Because of covid19, the court date postponed, the mechanic sold my car, and recovered his money.
CaliforniaI need a Waiver for work that requires that I cut into a wall to install Low Voltage Cable. What type do I need to legal Indemnity?
OregonI am a siding and roofing subcontractor in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The builder-contractor is not paying me for work that we completed. We finished the work at the end of May, 2021. The homeowner says that they have paid the builder but the builder will not pay us. I need to file a lien. Do I file the lien on the homeowner's house/property or do I file the lien on the contractor's property? Also, the homeowner tells us that the builder signed a lien waiver.
PennsylvaniaShould I sign a “ Conditional Lien Waiver” before I receive the final payment?
Tennesseeso if there is a properly filed mechanics lien on my property and I have negotiated with the contractor to file a release of the lien for a final one time payment, do I use the California Unconditional Waiver form? And if so does the contractor sign this first then go to the county recorders office and file the release of lien? what if he doesn't and has cashed my check? does he usually wait for the check to clear then files the release of lien? who pays for the court filing of the release of lien?
CaliforniaCan a company ask me to sign a interim lien waiver in Georgia (for the requested deposit) prior to receiving payment? Normally they request the form once payment has been cleared
GeorgiaI'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 done so that I can still sue him.
IllinoisCan one unconditional release be used for multiple invoices? Supplier didn't list the invoice numbers just an amount.
CaliforniaOur customer is requesting a conditional waiver and release on progress payment. We have not filed a lien or a prelien on the customer. Is a release necessary? What if the customer is requiring a release to make a partial payment?
ArizonaI supplied all materials on this job of painting a house. The cost of labor was at2000 dollors pluse paint cost of 360 for 15 gallons of paint.
It was a gentmens contract with a smile Nd. Hand shake. How can i put a lean on his. Proptery
MissouriWe are getting audited, the auditor is requesting releases from a supplier, but supplier is not familiar with this process. Which release will hold better moving forward, a conditional or unconditional? Also this supplier has a open PO(purchase order) of $100k, does this supplier have to send me releases per payment received?
California1. LL- makes agreement to pay tenant 300k+ tenant allowance upon completion and close out including all final unconditionals from contractors and subs.
2. Tenant (my client) agrees and has paid me (GC) out %100 on the project
3. All suppliers and subs have been paid except one issue subcontractor.
This subcontractor was in breach of contract and I had the kitchen equipemnt coming at the end of a week. He didn't have man power to provide to us. We issued him warnings in writing stating if he cannot provide any manpower to the job for the week I would hire another contractor to hang the hoods. This is all in our signed contract with him as well. He responded and acknowledged that simply stating "sorry, I won't have anyone out next week because I'm too busy". We hire another guy to hang the hoods. The following week our original hvac returned with men and completed the rest of the project. We backcharged him the 3600 spent to complete that portion with all the backup and proof of cost and payment. He pitched a fit about it and I agree to pay him for half which is more than generous anyways since he impacted our schedule as well. Now, he's been paid out but will not provide a final unconditional though I've hassled his office for it. More like a grudge match.
This project has been done for 112 days so he is out of his lien rights but the LL will NOT accept anything short of a final unconditional from him to release the tenant allowance to my client who is now getting all frustrated with me.
Can I file a payment bond somehow for the 1800 to give the LL showing that even if he tried to lien it would be covered? Can I file something with the county or contractors board stating he is past his lien rights and cannot file. Has to be something solid to get the LL satisfied to release the tenant allowance.
CaliforniaHello,
I have a question as a general contractor with a subcontractor, we would like to send them a conditional final lien waiver but, they dispute what they are owed. If they send the lien waiver back altered in anyway are we still obligated to make the payment? We are in Missouri, the project was in South Carolina.
Thank you,
Eileen Walsh
ewalsh@pangea-group.com
MissouriHello,
We are a residential GC- do you have to collect lien waivers if they did not file a preliminary notice?
California