Great Avvo Legal Guide Available With Information on Florida Lien Laws
On April 23, 2010
By Scott Wolfe Jr
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Florida attorney Neal Ian Sklar just this week published a really informative Legal Guide about Florida Construction Liens over at the lawyer rating website, Avvo.com.
The guide starts out by identifying the “dual purpose” of Florida’s construction lien statutes. While the author is speaking about Florida law only, the “dual purpose” breakdown is really applicable across the country.
What is this dual purpose?
Well, on the one hand, lien statutes are crafted to protect contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and design professional’s right to get paid for work put into a project. The law, in other words, doesn’t want a property owner to benefit from the improvements to property without paying the folks who put the time and materials therein.
You may be thinking “of course.”
The other purpose is a bit more hidden in the statutes. That purpose is to protect property owners from having their property improperly or unreasonably encumbered.
To balance these two purposes, lien laws across the country can sometimes feel schizophrenic.
Neal’s legal guide over on Avvo discusses the Florida lien laws in this context, and he does a good job of explaining how the two purposes are served by the Florida statutes.
While lien laws vary from state-to-state, understanding the “dual purposes” of these statutes provides contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and others a big picture understanding of how these statutes work…which, although each state’s laws are different, gives them a good grasp on the general rules they’ll need to follow to successfully use the laws.
And when a state’s specific requirements are needed…consult a great legal guide like Neal’s.
Related posts:
- Scott Wolfe Publishes Avvo Legal Guide on Miller Act Claims
- Washington Construction Lien Information at Avvo.com
- Avvo Legal Guides on Oregon and Louisiana Liens Published
- Great Information on Massachusetts Lien Laws at the Massachusetts Builders Blog
- I Didn’t Just Waive My Lien Rights, Did I?: Assessing State Laws
About the Author: Scott Wolfe Jr
Scott is the founder of Zlien, a nationwide mechanics lien and preliminary notice filing service. Zlien publishes the Construction Lien Blog, and has done so since 2007. Scott has been a leading contributor and author on the blog since it's initial publication. Scott is also the founder of Wolfe Law Group, a construction law firm that practices along the West Coast and in Louisiana. He lives in New Orleans, LA, where he was born and raised.
