If you’re in California as a contractor, you’ve probably heard of how you can file for a mechanic’s lien should a client not pay you. However, there are plenty of certain stipulations you’ll want to ...

Reposted from the On the Level Newsletter. Ohio’s Mechanic’s lien laws, codified in R.C. §1311, provide a contractor, a subcontractor, material supplier, and more recently, an architect or ...

A mechanic’s lien is a lien that arises when a construction professional performs work on another person’s property. This type of a lien provides the construction professional with a security interest ...

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How can a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier secure payment for its work? One solution is to file a mechanics’ lien against a project’s property. Lien laws vary widely from state to state and time ...

ONE OF THE MOST valuable tools in a contractor's tool-box, many believe, is his ability to use mechanic's liens to get paid for work. Given the complexities of modern life, this is frequently not ...

A mechanic's lien limits your ability to finance or sell your property. Similar to a mortgage filing, a mechanic's lien is recorded against a property when contract work has gone unpaid. Whether a ...

A new law will soon change mechanics liens – one way contractors can demand payment from property owners. We asked attorney James Wakefield, managing partner at Cummins & White in Newport Beach, for ...

Pennsylvania's Mechanics Lien Law of 1963 was amended in late 2014 to require the commonwealth's Department of General Services to create an internet-based State Construction Notices Directory. As ...

A new law is supposed to protect homeowners from so-called mechanic's liens -- lawsuits filed by a supplier or subcontractor who is not paid by the main contractor.But the new law did not keep Joe and ...