Hello, I work for a construction management firm (not a general contractor), and we approach the preliminary notices and lien releases from the property owner/client's perspective. Our policy is pretty simple: - Track receipt of prelim notices - For pay apps, track conditional releases for current and...Read More...Read More
I've got a project in Houston with Royal America Construction. They are asking me to sign an Unconditional Progress Waiver in order for them to release the check in addition to the Conditional. Should I?...Read More
This is in TN-I am dealing with a Owner that wants many Lien Waivers all of a sudden. I want to know the difference between an Interim Release and Waiver (is this a partial payment) and conditional final release. And is it correct that you do not sign a unconditional lien release until you have been pai...Read More...Read More
I am a Georgia contractor working on jobs in Illinois. Companies are regularly asking for unconditional lien waivers saying we have received the check before they will release the check. Title companies always ask for this. We refuse to do so and claim it is illegal to require a company to sign a docume...Read More...Read More
I’m a subcontractor on a job where I have filed my unconditional and conditional waiver of release progress payments. Have not been paid for the month of February or March. Can I file a mechanics lien...Read More
We are using Digital ACH Payment. The software requires a Subcontractor to sign an Unconditional Lien Waiver, next an ACH payment is made to the Subcontractor's bank account. Once the Subcontractor receives their funds, the lien wavier is released to the Contractor. However the lien waiv...Read More...Read More
We have been working on collecting the balances for several invoices since we completed the project. Once the general contractor stopped answering our calls we reached out directly to the customer. They informed us that they would escalate our issue up the chain but we haven't received any res...Read More...Read More
Many of my projects are billed in 3 phases ( 60/40/10). Prior to the release of payment, I request that my contractor provides a conditional on progress. After the first payment, should I be requesting a condition on progress waiver for the amount of the upcoming payment AND an unconditional on parti...Read More...Read More
We are a Crime Scene Trauma Scene company; we provided services on a home in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The clean-up was completed and per our signed service agreement we processed the invoice through the (deceased) homeowner's insurance. The estranged husband was automatically listed a...Read More...Read More
Hello, I work at a landscape company, we got hired as a subcontractor to perform a job. This contract included maintenance for a year, which was performed. We invoiced the general contractor (our client) and did not receive payment. The GC is claiming their client has not paid them yet so...Read More...Read More
I am the project manager for the property owner. We recently completed a project, and the General Contractor has been paid in full for the contract total and provided an unconditional lien waiver. However, one of their subcontractors reached out to me saying they had not been paid and that they ...Read More...Read More
Hello! The California Lien Waiver and Release has a "Through Date" field. What should I put here when the payment is a deposit, and is thus not related to a time period? Thank you!...Read More