Recorders are tricky and picky. The smallest error can result in a rejected mechanics lien, and if you have a fast-approaching deadline, that could cause quite the conundrum. With this list of what to ask the county recorders, your path to a recorded lien will be smooth. Or, you can outsource your notice and lien [...]
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Maricopa County Mechanics Lien: Digital Recording Program
If you need a mechanics lien recorded in Maricopa County and cannot make it to the main office in downtown Phoenix, Arizona or the Southeast office in Mesa, Arizona, there are electronic alternatives. Pursuant to ARS 11-461.C: The recorder may accept a digitized image of a recordable instrument for recording if it is submitted by a [...]
Cook County Mechanics Lien: Avoid The Mail When Submitting Your Claim
The mechanics lien laws vary by state – not county. Nevertheless, there is practical information about each county recorders office that is critical to know when filing a mechanics lien claim. This is especially true in Cook County, Illinois, one of the largest county recording offices in Illinois and in the entire United States. [...]
Cook County Mechanics Lien: Information On Filing In Cook County, Illinois
The Lien Blog and zlien’s Mechanics Lien resources are stuffed with information about the mechanics lien laws as they vary from state-to-state, but we rarely analyze these laws at the county level. Yesterday, however, we broke the mold and published a fantastic guide to filing a mechanics lien in Cook County, Illinois. That guide is above. What You Need [...]
Mechanics Lien: Filing Procedures
Sometimes county clerks record anything that comes before them, while others have strict filing procedures that must be met to ensure filing. If these strict, and sometimes arbitrary, filing procedures or requirements are not met, clerks have been known to reject documents. It may be useful to picture the clerk’s procedures as a puzzle, and [...]
Mechanic Liens: Should Clerks And Recorders Ever Be Authorized To Reject A Filing? Are They Now?
A friend of the blog, Vincent Pallaci, posted an article this week about a New York bill proposing to require proof of licensing before allowing a mechanics lien recording. According to Vincent, it’s a bill that has been proposed to the New York State Assembly every year since 2004 and a bill that should continue [...]
Feeling Rejected?
When you order a mechanic’s lien or bond claim from Zlien, all of your work is done for you- our system prepares the form, we sign it as your agent, and we coordinate with the county to have the document filed and served. It is our pleasure to make the tedious and expensive task easy, [...]
Mechanics Lien Deadlines: The Holidays Can Spoil Your Lien Rights
Thanksgiving leftovers are disappearing from the fridge, there is a chill in the air and it’s now clear: the holidays are here. Anyone over 12 years old knows that the holiday season flies by. We’ll soon be replacing the 2012 calendar with the 2013 edition and running end-of-year financial reports. Unfortunately, mechanics lien deadlines don’t [...]
Proceed With Care When Filing A California Mechanics Lien Extension
The life of a mechanics lien in California is quite short – just 90 days. In fact, it’s one of the shortest statutory effective periods anywhere in the nation for a mechanics lien claim. It is not surprising, therefore, that claimants in California are frequently interested in extending its life with some sort of lien [...]
California Clerks Are Confused About California Lien Extension
I hate to use the term “Lien Extension” when talking about California mechanics lien law because the document or the remedy simply does not exist. There is no such thing as a “mechanics lien extension” in California. Nevertheless, this is what everyone refers to when they discuss the state’s “Notice of Credit.” This is just [...]
A Mechanics Lien Ordered And Filed In Under One Hour: The Story
Earlier this week a potential client contacted us with a dilemma: They had waited the entire lien period expecting to get paid and now needed to file a mechanics lien by the end of the day. It was 12:30pm. Could it be done? Zlien had the lien prepared and recorded within an hour. This is [...]
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