Zlien co-founder and former executive Jane Wolfe spoke this morning as a guest for Harvard Memorial Church’s Morning Prayers (@Memorial_Church). Harvard’s Morning Prayers is a 375-year-old tradition called “the most beautiful thing in Boston” by Alex Beam in the New York Times. Jane delivered a five-minute sermon that works a lot like a TED talk [...]
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The New “Paid Blog” Undergoes Makeover & Broadens Subject Matter
Zlien announces that it’s popular “Lien Blog” publication is evolving and being renamed the “Paid Blog.” The blog has been completely redesigned to better highlight its content and new mission: To help credit managers and directors get paid in the construction industry. Published since 2007, we’ve accomplished much through years of posting. This blog now boasts [...]

Mechanics Liens: How They Help Your Business Collect On Funding Gates Blog
Thanks to our friends at FundingGates for the opportunity to appear on their blog as a guest contributor. Our first post there is an introduction to the mechanics lien for their readers, but is a great overview for anyone of how a mechanics lien can help their business get paid. Here is a quote from the [...]
Happy Superbowl – We’re Cheering For The Saints
Zlien’s headquarters are in New Orleans, LA, and the Superbowl is the talk of the town as our city is playing host to the big game this Sunday. We’re not looking to brag or anything, but New Orleans has hosted more than any other city, and we’re a hella good host. I’m pretty sure I [...]
Scott Wolfe Jr Contributing To US Building Digest on Mechanic Liens
Scott Wolfe Jr is now a contributing blogger to US Building Digest, one of the construction industry’s first online video magazines offering comprehensive content on all facets of the building and construction industry. Scott will be contributing posts on construction law topics, including a focus on how security instruments and mechanics lien claims can solve [...]
Zlien Updates the Resources for Public Projects
Several months ago I noted that Zlien continuously updates the resources section of the website in order to continue being the web’s leading resource for lien, bond claim, and notice information. In that time span, not only has every state been updated with new FAQs and re-vamped charts for private projects, there are new FAQs [...]
Vermont Mechanics Lien: Who Can File?
Zlien’s mechanics lien resources page is an impressive assembly of lien law information, resources and forms. You can select any state and pull up detailed and reliable information about the applicable mechanics lien law. One of the most useful features of the Zlien Resources is the “Frequently Asked Questions” data it provides for both private [...]
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, [...]
Happy Holidays From Zlien
It’s the holiday season and as you can see from the above-Christmas photo, we’re over-prepared. We wish all of our clients, readers, colleagues and partners a wonderful holiday season. While Zlien will accept orders online and by fax over the holiday, our telephone support will not be available on Christmas Eve (December 24th) and Christmas [...]
Zlien 2012 Photo Album
At Zlien, we do serious business, but we don’t like to take ourselves too seriously. Some say “A picture is worth 1000 words.” If that’s the case, please enjoy my 23,000 word blog post. Check out our best moments captured on photo in 2012:
You’re Not Crazy – Our Login Screen Has Changed
If you’ve logged into your Zlien account recently you probably noticed something different. In a subtle change to our system we have updated our login screen. The new screen is cleaner than its predecessor, and we think it makes logging in slightly more enjoyable than before. Plus, we’ve added a simple message the encapsulates Zlien’s [...]
- County Recorders Behind Schedule? You Don’t Have to Be. May 23, 2013
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Minnesota Mechanics Liens: Priority and Relation-Back
May 23, 2013
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New Texas Laws Get Strict About Lien Waivers
May 23, 2013
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Mechanics Liens and … Criminal Law?
May 22, 2013
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Mechanics Lien: Are Your Lien Rights The Best It Gets When Time To Collect A Debt?
May 22, 2013
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A Short History Of The Mechanic Lien
November 15, 2010
- Five Things To Know About Florida’s Mechanic Lien Laws January 4, 2012
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4 Reasons Why It’s Smart To Outsource Your Preliminary Notice Work
July 20, 2011
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17 Ways A Mechanics Lien Works To Get You Paid
July 26, 2012
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Is My Project Private, Federal, State…Or Something Different?
January 19, 2011
Columnists
Scott Wolfe Jr., JD
CEO of Zlien, and a licensed attorney in six states, he's experienced in construction & corporate credit management laws....Read More
Nate Budde, JD
Zlien's Chief Legal Mind and licensed attorney. Nate is a Stanford & Tulane Grad, a Jeopardy! alumni and more....Read More
Seth Smiley, JD
Construction attorney in California & Louisiana, Seth is an experienced construction litigator and Zlien's COO....Read More
Funding Gates
The world's first CRM for receivables management.Read More
Gretchen Lynn
Operations Genius at Zlien - She writes all the fun stuff here.Read More
Jason Bull
Zlien's Research Giant - He shares tips and info on how to confirm project, surety or construction party data.Read More












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