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These Common Mistakes Can Invalidate Your Mechanics Lien
Parties in the construction industry who are unpaid after furnishing labor and/or materials to a project are generally able to secure payment through the use of a mechanics lien. There are many reasons why mechanics liens are the most formidable tool in the construction industry to virtually guarantee payment, but in order for the lien…
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Common Mechanics Lien Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make
Over the years we’ve seen a lot of lien claims fail because of easy-to-avoid mistakes, along with some not so easy to anticipate mistakes that might’ve been a little bit harder to avoid. Here are links to several of our all-time best articles that all have something to do with avoiding mistakes when managing your…
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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…
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Washington’s 3 Most Common Mechanics Lien Mistakes
If you’re unpaid on a construction project in Washington state, there is no better solution for you other than the mechanics lien instrument. Filing a mechanics lien is hands-down the most effective way to get your debt paid, but actually filing the lien claim can be very complex and detailed. In fact, it’s quite easy…
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Most Common Mechanics Lien Mistakes
Through the years on the Construction Payment Blog, we’ve published a lot of blog posts about errors folks make with the mechanic lien process. There’s even a tag for it on our blog, the Lien Errors tag. Click on that, and you’ll see discussion on the many things that can go wrong. It’s been a…