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Filing a Mechanics Lien: 4 Essential Questions for the County Recorder
In over 10 years of business helping construction get paid in all 50 states, we’ve interacted with more than our fair share of county recorders and clerks. However, just like the underlying lien laws themselves, county recorders and clerks are constantly updating and changing their regulations which can include anything from the mandating the margin…
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Rejected Mechanics Liens: Lack of Supporting Documentation
At zlien, we file hundreds of mechanics lien documents a month, all across the United States. The documents are sent to the county (or town) recorder offices, where they are to be filed and indexed on public record. Documents have certain requirements that are necessary for recording, such as margin requirements and the fees to…
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3 Ways To Get Burned Filing Your Own Mechanics Lien
While lien rights management isn’t necessarily a life and death issue like neurosurgery, it’s still a legal process that requires a great deal of understanding about what is a very complicated issue. And yet, people in the construction business try to manage their lien rights by themselves all the time, falling time and again into…
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Does My State Require Liens to be Notarized? (State by State Requirements for Lien Notarization)
Does your state require mechanics liens to be notarized? The answer is: it depends on the state. Read on for a comprehensive, state-by-state guide covering notarization requirements for mechanics lien filings.
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Is Filing a Lien Release Required?
What happens if you file a mechanics lien, but then you are paid? Or, what happens if a lien expires because it is not enforced within the permissible time period? You might forget about the lien and think it disappears, but this is not the case. The next step is to file a lien release (also…