I’m a contractor working on a large commercial project inside a Mall. I finished my work on the job last month but haven’t gotten paid and my customer isn’t returning my calls. I sent the preliminary notice late and in our contract our client signed an arbitration of disputes form. How can I collect paym...Read More...Read More
The GC is having difficulty getting the Owner (Cal State University) to finalize change orders and release final payments including retention. We were onsite right around 80 days ago and we need to know how to protect or expedite our payments that are overdue....Read More
Today I attended the webinar "Stop Payment Notices - Another Way for Subcontractors $ Suppliers to get paid," which provided mw plenty of information pertaining the stop notice. But now I am wondering which one is the best way to proceed if I am in the situation where I need to file? Can I do Bot...Read More...Read More
Hi, I'm a subcontractor, and I sent a stop notice for a commercial job that I've been on. However, I haven't been paid still, it's been a few months, and I'm not sure what to do. Can I also file a lien if my deadline hasn't passed yet? Or am I out of luck with the lien since I already sent a stop notice?...Read More
My company filed the preliminary notice a year after starting the public works 33rd St Pipeline Project and now the Subcontractor isn’t paying invoices or returning communications. Will filing a stop notice be good? Preliminary notice delivered more than 30 days ago ...Read More
We're a subcontractor that did work on a project for a Native American tribe. The General Contractor is no longer responding to our emails or calls. There is still money owed to us which we have billed through signed change orders and a signed contract. We don't necessarily want to take action agains...Read More...Read More
1. We are a Subcontractor and work under a GC. Our contract states that we are 'paid when paid' by GC from owner within 10 days. Trying to figure out if there is a proper time to file the intent to lien or the actual lien. For example. if it is July and we are still awaiting a payment from April's draw- is t...Read More...Read More
We supplied equipment and training and are completely done on the project, but it is on-going and will be for another year. Do we need to file a claim before the notice of completion?...Read More
is 20 days: 20 working days or 20 calendar days? We have never worked for a developer before and began work on a project that the City of Riverside owns. We never filed a preliminary notice as we are used to dealing with city and utility company and have never had a problem with payments. This d...Read More...Read More
I am a material supplier and filed a stop notice for a job with the County of San Diego and received the following message: "We have received your legal notice under Civil Code Section 9350 et Seq., dated June 19, 2020, claiming an amount due for work furnished to Prime Contractor (optional Pow...Read More...Read More
I am a small california Sub-contractor who has finished the work under the contract. I called the owners to let them know that i will be filing a lien on the project due to non payment. The contract was for $50,000 and to date i've been paid only $17,000 and the owners are paying the Prime contrac...Read More...Read More
The original balance on a job we did was $45,275.10. The preliminary notice was filed in a timely manner by Levelset. We have been paid everything but the retention of $4527.50. It seems "bad form" to file a stop notice because of retention, but what is the right thing to do?...Read More
We performed work on a job that recently filed a NOC. We have not been paid in full on the work performed. We were hired directly by the owner. We filed a prelim notice when the job started, however, upon some recent research, we found that the owner refinanced there lending mid project. Theref...Read More...Read More
We are a subcontractor on a "public" job in Hawaii. The General Contractor was terminated from the job. Can we file a Stop Notice in Hawaii? Hawaii law is unclear if this mechanism is possible. Thank you, Patrick...Read More