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Im a subcontractor working on a residential project. We finished nearly all the work and the customer had us stop work at the kitchen so he could install new cabinets (7 day break), he paid the majority of the bill at that time, leaving $1300 left until after we returned to finish the kitchen. After we finished the kitchen he will now not return any calls, emails, or texts. Also already sent preliminary notice and intent to lien.
CaliforniaI sold vending machines and locations to person for 45,000.00 hey made a few payments and stopped. he will
not respond to any form of communication i send. how do i go about legally filing to get paid?
OhioWe installed some palm trees as a subcontractor on a city job back in June & July 2019 and we have not been paid yet. Thank You
Arizonaa freind borrowed money for his trailer floors to be repaired but hasnt repayed me any of the money can i file a property lein to get my money back
AlabamaMy main question is what is my deadline for filing a lien? We finished our work and invoiced our customer about 67 days ago.Their payment terms are net 30, so they are quite a bit late. I want to make sure we don't miss our Lien window for this project.
But this is an odd customer arrangement. The property owner (apt complex) agreed to have a car share program install EV charging stations on the property and leave cars there for the tenants to rent out. The property owners would not pay anything because they wouldn't be the owners of any of the infrastructure or equipment, the car share company would be the owners. That company hired a project management company to handle all of the details after they procure the sites. i.e. contractors, construction schedules, payments, etc. This project management company are the ones who hired us. We did all of the designing, engineering and building.
What is our Lien deadline and will this odd setup affect how we lien if it goes that way?
CaliforniaHello! I’m an homeowner and had some work done in my house and used a general contractor. I paid 50% and the remaining balance was supposed to be paid when the project is completed. We had lots of problems and mistakes were made. We failed inspection and the general contractor wants me to pay the remainder. I said not until the job is completed. He quit! Today I received an intent to lien. I’m in Colorado. Thank you.
Coloradoi have a signed contract for $49k for a roof/windows and doors job
i placed order for custom windows and doors and paid deposits of $12500
customer wants to now cancel and says unless i drop the rice by $10k he will not do it.
Can i pl;ace a mechanics lien in the state of Florida?
The window sizes are custom to his project
Floridamy customer appeared to have finished a project so i provided the GC with a Final Uncond waiver in Nov. i now see that they had another rental machine from us on this project for a few weeks in Feb. Do i need to resend the Notice to the Property Owner? this Feb work was all part of the original contract according to the GC. thank you
WashingtonIt’s kind of complicated. But I flip houses and the deal with my contractor is 50-50 profit split on the exit. But he quit yesterday because we don’t think there’s any profits left because he messed up. and I’ve been told he’s going to put a lien on the house for the work he’s done but the deal was we sell the house and split the profits 50-50 so the question is can you put a lien on a non-homestead house in Texas without a contract?
TexasMy company has the following customer types and we ony collect Job information on New Construction Plan/Spec? Is that in line with laws or just some internal decision we made?
Customer Types
Industrial, Distillery, Brewer
Original Equip. Manufacturer
Engineer
Lochinvar Representative
Hotels, Resorts, Prop Mgmt
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Wholesale Distributor
Inst, Coll, Hosp, Correction
New Construction Plan/Spec
Stocking Wholesale Partner
Service and Repair Contractor
Itron Representative
Exporters of Products
Military, Federal, Municipal
Local Competitor
Bell & Gossett Rep
Property Management
Engineering Contact Customer
Cash or Credit Card Cust.
TexasI cleared the land and graded , haul away the stumps and debri. with backhoe and dump truck. Imported 50 loads of fill and crushed rock, planted grass. over 15000 worth of work.
WashingtonFor example, we are working with Norwegian Cruise Line for their private island - Great Stirrup Cay, Berry Islands Bahamas.
FloridaWe have a project on a Charter School that we have not been paid for. The General Contractor would not return our calls and now that he has, his answer was "lien the school". We finished our work November 1.
MinnesotaI was subcontracted to provide $27,000 worth of emergency disinfection services to a large commercial property. I was hired by a general contractor who had the agreement with the commercial property. My contract is with the general contractor. Please advise how to proceed.
ConnecticutI am part of a staffing agency who supplied general labor to a company that was a subcontractor on a job. We filed a lien on June 14th 2017 and we have workers out on the job up until April 9th 2017. We sent 2/3 Month notices via certified mail also once the labor ceased (Account was suspended). It is my understanding that the lien should be valid, however I was reached out to by a person stating this:
""The Statute states that property owners are liable to a perfected lien only (1) the extent to which the owner withheld retainage from the original contractor, and (2) the extent to which the owner made payments to the original contractor after receiving fund-trapping notices from subcontractor(s).
Above mentioned statute applied:
1) In order for Results (My company) to have a claim on the retainage the lien is statutorily required to be filed no less than 30 days after a project is abandoned. In this case Mid July is more than 30 days after Kuehn abandoned the project. We can evidence this by our having to pay a dumpster to be hauled off after Kuehn stopped communicating with us in May. Results would still have a claim if there was any retainage still paid/owed to Kuehn after their notice was sent, but in this case the entire 10% retainage amount was offset by unperformed, but paid for, work.
2) The first "fund trapping" notice LWORH received as Owners was, as stated in Results Lien Affidavit, June 14th 2017. We didn't make any payments to Kuehn after mid may as a result of their abandonment. Therefore there is not claim available for "trapped funds" either.""
I am not familiar with this "30 day" rule of abandonment that he is speaking of above. Can you advise if this is a valid statement?
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