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A Subcontractor, on a California Public Project, submitted a Stop Notice to the Owner. I do not know if they submitted this via certified mail or not. The Stop Notice was incomplete - the 'Notice of Declaration' was left blank. Also, they did not file a 20-Day Preliminary Notice on this project. Therefore they technically do not have lien rights. First, why is it that most Public Entities do not know the law? This isn't the first time an Owner has accepted an invalid Stop Notice. Second the only way to fight this takes the same time and energy as it does to go through the motions if it were a valid Stop Notice. Owners should actually be embarrassed for accepting invalid Stop Notices. It shows they do not know or care about the laws and just want to have any excuse to hold onto the money as long as possible. Any thoughts on how to combat this issue? It seems to be happening more and more. Thank-you!...Read More
Anonymous Contractor
Waiting for answerAdd commentNov 23, 2021
CaliforniaStop Notice
Working on a commercial designated project with a private owner but state funded. Payments are always 3-4 months late. Can I file any notices to speed up payment or protect payment? Or are the 20 day preliminary notices sufficient?...Read More
Anonymous Subcontractor
1 answerAdd commentOct 15, 2021
CaliforniaPrevailing WagesStop Notice
I am in the process of building a house on a lake and the neighbors keep complaining because they don’t like change or are jealous. Once the complaint hits the county, the county immediately places a stop work order without visiting the site going off the neighbors “photos.” We have literally done nothing wrong, have resolved 2 of the stop work orders by just having the county coming out to the site and now we’re dealing with a 3rd. These have all happened in the last 2 weeks. Is there any legal action we can take because it’s cost us thousands of dollars to have workers on site and then we call for an inspection and realize there’s a stop work order....Read More
Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentOct 3, 2021
MinnesotaStop Notice
If the Public Entity bonded around our Stop Notice; 1. How would we know if this took place? 2. Does this extend the Stop Notice from 90 days to 180 days?...Read More
Anonymous Subcontractor
1 answerAdd commentSep 1, 2021
CaliforniaStop Notice
We filed a timely prelim on a public works (DWP) job and subsequently filed a Stop Notice. The DWP representative said they would not issue a joint check because the GC's contract has no listed subcontractors. I will not release my Stop Order because I know if the GC receives the check he will not pay us because he is in great debt. What can we do?...Read More
Anonymous General Contractor
1 answerAdd commentJul 27, 2021
CaliforniaLien ReleasesStop Notice
I am building a garage on my property. The city granted me a building permit last week and I constructed the slab last Saturday. Because of a complaint, the city reviewed the submittal drawings and determined they had made an error in the front seat back. They have now issued a stop work order and are telling me to come into compliance which means tearing out the slab and starting over. The city staff claims they have no responsibility despite the error they made and that the full cost is for the owner of the property to bear. Please advise....Read More
Daniel Johnson
Waiting for answerAdd commentJun 22, 2021
MinnesotaStop Notice
I work for a school district and am new to the facilities department. We received a Release of Stop Notice Bond and I am trying to understand what that means to us. So do we still need to withhold the funds? Or the Release means we can process the payment applications to the Principal?...Read More
Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentJun 7, 2021
CaliforniaStop Notice
I filed a lien using Levelset and I received payment. We need to release the lien from the project. Thank you,...Read More
Anonymous Sub-Subcontractor
1 answerAdd commentFeb 11, 2021
TennesseeLien on FundsStop Notice
My customer and I came to an agreement and the owed has been resolved. How do I go about releasing my customer from the lien?...Read More
Anonymous Material Supplier
1 answerAdd commentApr 26, 2021
VirginiaStop Notice
Modified Lien Filing by contractor to Homeowner who file to contest the lein. How long is it good for, Another sixty days? or shorter. What steps should the home- property owners take to discharge a false lien. The Plumber lawyer always wait to the very last minute to send the notice certified giving me little time to respond....Read More
Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentMay 5, 2021
FloridaLien DeadlinesLien ForeclosureLien PriorityMechanics LienStop Notice
how to stop auto documents from being sent to a certain client?...Read More
Anonymous General Contractor
Waiting for answerAdd commentJan 16, 2021
CaliforniaStop Notice
We bought a single family home in San Francisco Bay Area and needed to do some remodel work so our realtor recommended his friend/business partner to do this work. This friend of his is an unlicensed contractor. After some negotiations we agreed to pay him $X for the remodel and $Y for an extension, the agreed payment was only for labor and we were paying for the material. We all agreed that the remodel work will not take any longer than 6 weeks to which our realtor confirmed over email. We have not had any written document signed for the entirety of the work. Work began at the end of September, however we started seeing delays. Till now, we have only gone through 1 inspection for the remodel and so far we have paid our contractor about 40% of the remodel work. Because of so many delays and no clear visibility on timeline, we sent an email and text to our contractor and the realtor that we do not wish to continue our work with them anymore. We gave them a deadline to respond by today if they think we owe them anything (honestly we feel we have paid a lot more). On Friday, our realtor stated that he talked with the contractor and the contractor stated that we owe him almost the full payment left for the remodel. This felt like a harassment. We just had the below questions: * Can an unlicensed contractor or a realtor come after a homeowner in such a case? * Can they file any sort of lien on our property in such matter? * Any other legal implications that we should be aware of? All we want to do is let them know that we don't owe them a penny and actually they owe us a lot more based on the amount of work done and to not bother us (legally or physically) in future. What would be our best approach?...Read More
Anonymous Contractor
3 answersAdd commentDec 22, 2020
CaliforniaConstruction ContractStop Notice
I'm a contractor doing interior remodels. I remodeled a bathroom and before we got to finish the job the client was being nit picky about grout lines and details of the job. He has reported us to CSLB and seems to be wanting to cause unreasonable harm to our business. I need someone with experice to assist me in resolving this issue. Can you please call me. ...Read More
Anonymous General Contractor
1 answerAdd commentDec 22, 2020
CaliforniaStop Notice
We have a project that technically would have been prevailing wage work, but the GC offered to do the work at no cost to the city to gain more city business. Since the city of Irvine technically didn’t hire anyone for the job, would we still be able to file a stop notice for this site?...Read More
Anonymous Contractor
1 answerAdd commentDec 18, 2020
CaliforniaPayment BondStop Notice