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My company works as the general contractor on residential projects in New Jersey. Can you lay out the order of the steps we need to take in order to secure
and claim our lien rights?
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentApr 4, 2018
New JerseyLien DeadlinesMechanics LienPreliminary Notice
Most of the projects in Minnesota that we are a General Contractor on are emergency electrical jobs. Most of the time, the customer calls into the office, a
price is given, and the project is started in a day or two. A contract is never actually signed, so what should our date of contract be? The date tha...Read More
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentApr 4, 2018
MinnesotaLien DeadlinesPreliminary Notice
We have Retail branches that would like to exchange notices with customers on-site when they don't pay COD. In OH, it looks like that can be done as long as
a written receipt is obtained, but what other states allow this?
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentApr 3, 2018
OhioPreliminary Notice
contractor paid for work completed, demanding money for work not completed or even started per contract, placing mechanic's lien for threat, owner given
"intent to file lien" , in person, no affidavit signed, no receipt of lien papers being given to owner. Contractor threatens verbally "I've got you serv...Read More
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentMar 30, 2018
ColoradoMechanics LienPreliminary Notice
We are a equipment rental company. If we contracted directly with the property owner and they have stopped paying us and no notices have been sent. Do
we have lien rights regardless? The project was entered in Zlien and the equipment is still on their site.
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentMar 29, 2018
TexasMechanics LienPreliminary Notice
We are a GC in CA midway through a private project that started as a "project owner"-financed (our client is the tenant) job. We Prelim'd at the start of the
project to notify the property owner of our presence and as a courtesy included our client/the tenant. The client has been paying per contract wit...Read More
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentMar 21, 2018
CaliforniaPreliminary Notice
Regarding Washington State notice requirements, are subcontractors required to send a notice to the property owner or prime contractor if they are
contracted directly with the prime contractor? Is there a difference for material suppliers if providing material to a prime contractor? This questi...Read More
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Anonymous Subcontractor
1 answerAdd commentMar 22, 2018
WashingtonPreliminary Notice
We are a material supplier to a sub contractor who is not being paid for material. The Subcontroacto is working under a GC who is employed by the state. We
did not supply preliminary notice to the GC. Will our bond claim stand?
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentMar 13, 2018
MichiganBond ClaimsPreliminary Notice
We have found that it is possible for our contractors to provide an inaccurate delivery location for their project, then we could end up liening the wrong
location or losing our lien rights because it wasn't actually direct shipped.
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentMar 6, 2018
IowaPreliminary Notice
Basing this off of the invoice dates and last day worked. Should those notices have been initiated in Sept? I know we could send an intent to lien. However, if
the customer is knowledgeable in this area, he may simply challenge our stance. If that is the case, the demand letter would then be the next step.
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentMar 5, 2018
TexasLien DeadlinesPreliminary Notice
WE SUPPLIED ROOF TRUSSES TO A CUSTOMER THAT BUILDS CHICKEN HOUSES IN NC, WE HAVE NOT BEEN PAID BUT BECAUSE THE JOBSITE WAS NOT
LISTED ON NCLIENS.COM, WE DID NOT SEND A NOTICE TO THE LIEN AGENT THAT WE WERE SUPPLYING MATERIAL. IF THERE WASN'T A LIEN AGE...Read More
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentMar 2, 2018
North CarolinaLien DeadlinesMechanics LienPreliminary Notice
I have a customer with an existing job account (that a preliminary notice was sent out - your job #742694) - he has informed me that all the purchases on the
existing job, as of January 2, 2018 need to be moved to a new job account and provided me a new job sheet - so if I move these purchases - will I...Read More
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentMar 1, 2018
NevadaPreliminary Notice
We have a job with multiple lots, each of which is associated with a particular address in a range. We initially only received a single job site address, so we
sent these notices with that address listed and then the lot number as well. Now that we know each individual address associated with each lot, w...Read More
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Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentMar 1, 2018
CaliforniaPreliminary Notice