We have completed a job and it has come time for the contractor to pay us our retention. The main contract between the owner and the contractor (which we are bound to) states that the owner will not release retention until the contractor sends them signed unconditional lien waivers from all subco...Read More...Read More
In 7/2017 our customer Elicc Corporation restricted the payment of their remaining balance of $250K to the signature of the waiver attached. By then we didn’t have your services so we signed it. Now in 2018 they sent some orders for the same project where we already signed the final unconditional waiver....Read More
I am getting ready to start a project for a new homeowner. They asked me to produce a lien waiver for all my subcontractors before we begin work on the project. I guess I have two questions- 1) Can I have my subs sign a lien waiver before money has exchanged hands yet? Or should I just provide li...Read More...Read More
On the Georgia lien waivers, there is language that says "WHEN YOU EXECUTE AND SUBMIT THIS DOCUMENT, YOU SHALL BE CONCLUSIVELY DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL THE AMOUNT STATED ABOVE, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT ACTUALLY RECEIVED SUCH PAYMENT, 60 DAYS AFTER THE DATE ...Read More...Read More
In order to get paid, contractor is requiring a release of lien, but do not want them to record it until we get paid so I want to put "draft" on it....Read More
I have a contract in Florida with a paragraph waiving my right to any liens. The following section directs that subcontracts impose the same on our subcontractors I recall an article you stated to be wary of such inputs and illegal in some states. Is it legal in Florida. Should such language be stri...Read More...Read More
We are a zlien, but we currently do not use zlien for waivers. Instead of printing, signing/notarizing waivers and then uploading them, can zlien notarize with a saved signature to help make that process faster in states like Texas that need a notary for waivers? Is there some requirement that would not allow this?...Read More
vendors would like to fax us the lien releases from their suppliers so it is a copy, not a wet signature. Will this be valid? How do we protect against fraud?...Read More
The company I sell for supplies floor and roof trusses to builders in South Florida. (2 progress payments) We shipped floor trusses to Buildings 4 and 5. We received payment and issued partial waivers for those specific amounts. In the next pay cycle we shipped building 5 roof trusses but not Building ...Read More...Read More
The building owner received 20-day preliminary lien notices that listed the wrong address for the location of the construction activity. No correction was sent. Should the subsequent lien waivers list the correct address of the work, or the incorrect address shown on the preliminary notice?...Read More
An owner/management company requested a lien waiver from my subcontractor after the project was complete and the sub was already paid. It was an unconditional lien waiver and signed by the sub, as I interpret, relinquishing lien rights no matter what the value stated. It was returned to me by ...Read More...Read More