New York has some of the simplest mechanics lien laws in the country. I say this because it is a true “non-notice” state, meaning that anyone can file a mechanics lien if they are unpaid for materials or labor furnished to a construction project regardless of whether any notices were delivered. Further, New York’s mechanics lien laws [...]
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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 [...]
Free Arizona Mechanics Lien, Stop Notice and Preliminary Notice Forms
Here are a few Arizona forms helpful to anyone furnishing materials, equipment labor or services to construction projects in that state, as well as a description of each. All forms are provided subject to Zlien’s terms of use. These forms relate only to private projects in the state of Arizona. Free Arizona Mechanics Lien Forms [...]
Free California Mechanics Lien and 20-Day Preliminary Notice Forms
Here are a few California forms that are helpful to anyone furnishing materials, labor or services to construction projects in that state, as well as a description of each. All forms are provided subject to Zlien’s terms of use. These forms relate only to private projects in the state of California. Free California Mechanics Lien [...]
How To File A Miller Act Claim
When furnishing labor or materials to a federal construction project, your mechanics lien remedy is filing a Miller Act Claim. The claim’s description refers to the federal act that provides the authority for these claims: the US Miller Act, codified in United States Code 40 § 3131 et seq. (Read Full Text of the Miller [...]
How To File A Lien In Plain English
It’s interesting that in the mechanics lien world, one of the most popular searches is simply “How to file a lien?” Folks out there aren’t necessarily confused about what the mechanics lien instrument is or how it can be useful to a construction company or material supply company…they simply don’t know how to file it. [...]
Free Florida Mechanic Lien, Bond Claim and Notice To Owner Forms
Here are a few Florida forms that are helpful to anyone furnishing materials, labor or services to construction projects in those states, as well as a description of each. All forms are provided subject to Zlien’s terms of use. These forms relate only to private projects in the state of Florida. Free Florida Mechanics Lien [...]
How To File A California Mechanics Lien
This post, originally published as a Google Knol (which is being discontinued, yawn), is now repurposed for this blog. One of the reasons I want to republish this thing is because I consider it one of the most comprehensive how-to guides for California mechanic lien filings. This how-to guide really does give a start-to-finish explanation [...]
To Strictly Construe or Not Strictly Construe? Washington Supreme Court Clears The Air
When the Washington Supreme Court delivered its big mechanic’s lien opinion last week in Williams v. Athletics’ Field, I only had a few moments to report it here on the blog (Williams v. Athletics’ Field). However, this decision has significant consequences to mechanic lien jurisprudence in Washington state, and it deserves a blog post or [...]
Important California Lien Forms – FREE
Unlike any other legal document preparation service in California, Zlien Inc. works exclusively for the construction industry, preparing, filing & securing construction lien documents for contractors, architects, and material suppliers. Our service can help your company by: Preparing and serving preliminary notices for your construction projects; Maintaining copies of served notices and liens on our [...]
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