The California mechanics lien law has always required claimants to deliver a copy of any filed liens to the property owner. Prior to the recent 2012 amendments, however, there was very little detail about how and when to do this. California’s recent mechanics lien law changes is now pretty specific on these points, but it [...]
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California Mechanics Lien: 5 Biggest Mistakes You Can Make
The California mechanics lien laws are the same as every other state, in that they are complicated and leave a lot of room for mistake. In the mechanics lien universe, one small mistake can invalidate your entire claim. Therefore, pay very close attention to this article, which outlines the five most common (and tragic) mistakes [...]
Guide To Serving Your New York Mechanics Lien
New York’s Construction Lien § 11 requires mechanics lien claimants serve a copy of the mechanics lien upon the property owner within “five days before or thirty days after” filing. This post will guide you on the acceptable ways to serve a New York mechanics lien and the often overlooked requirement of filing your affidavit [...]
Pennsylvania’s Mechanics Lien Law Has Flaws With Its Service Requirements
Yesterday, inspired by an article from Jerry Geiger about common missteps claimants make when filing a Pennsylvania mechanics lien, I published a post examining the state’s service requirements in “Service Mistakes Are Common When Filing A Pennsylvania Mechanics Lien.” That post examined the service requirements within Pennsylvania’s mechanics lien law, which frequently requires service upon the property owner be [...]
Service Mistakes Are Common When Filing A Pennsylvania Mechanics Lien
Jerry Geiger at Newman Williams published a blog last week titled “Pennsylvania Mechanic’s Lien Missteps.” The article focused on a common mistake made by lien claimants in Pennsylvania; best summarized by Geiger with this sentence: In each case [that Geiger handled to remove invalid mechanic liens in Pennsylvania] …the claimant assumed the affidavit of service [...]
The 1 Thing Almost Everyone Forgets When Sending California’s Preliminary Notice
Hundreds of thousands of preliminary notices are sent in California in-house by companies every year, and they nearly always forget a very crucial requirement: Filling out and signing a declaration of delivery. When A Declaration Is Required Under California’s Preliminary Notice Laws When? Always! California Civil Code §8118 requires this as a component of every [...]
Mind Your Ps and Qs When Filing A Colorado Mechanics Lien
Filing a mechanics lien in Colorado is unlike filing in any other state, and that’s because Colorado has an unique Notice of Intent to Lien requirement that must be closely adhered to. If you don’t properly prepare and serve a Notice of Intent a full 10-days prior to liening, your mechanics lien is doomed. The [...]
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