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The Payment [Surety] Bond Claim Process: Requirements and Mistakes to Avoid

Knowing how the payment [surety] bond claim process works is essential for construction companies working on public projects. The 4 steps are covered in detail here, along with practical advice and mistakes to avoid.

September 21, 2017
Notice of Intent to Lien: Easy Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make

Notices of intent to lien are critical components of a thorough notice and lien policy, and provide a middle step in the severity of actions that allows the claimant to “ramp-up” the pressure without actually taking the more adversarial step of encumbering the property and filing the lien. In order for it to be effective,…

August 24, 2017
Frivolous Mechanics Liens: Intentionally Fraudulent vs. Honest Mistakes

Lien laws are complex and the construction business is complicated. But sometimes, a construction company that’s having a payment issue on a project has a valid, legitimate claim. And when that happens, one of the smartest things that company can do is to leverage their lien rights so that they can get paid.

May 18, 2017
Mechanics Liens in Florida: Mistakes to Avoid

It only takes one messy dispute to significantly affect the financial health of your construction business, so when it comes to managing your lien rights in the state of Florida, it’s best to be smart and avoid some of these common mistakes.

February 3, 2017
Common Reasons Mechanics Liens are Rejected

This article was originally published on December 31, 2012. It was updated on December 29, 2016. Feeling rejected? If you’ve had a mechanics lien rejected, I can tell you that you’re not the only one. Consider the lien that went to the Georgia supreme court and was deemed void, because of a typo. Georgia liens…

December 29, 2016