Tag: Legal Issues
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Can’t File a Lien? Here Are Some Other Options For Recovery
First, take a second and try to relax (or at least, take a deep breath — the point is to try to not let this setback overwhelm you). Not being able to utilize lien rights to recover a debt stinks, plain and simple. But it’s not the end of the world. Mechanics liens are a unique…
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Do You Need an Attorney to Foreclose on a Mechanics Lien?
In the event of non-payment on a construction project, filing a mechanics lien is usually your best bet to get construction debts paid. Since the potential outcome of a successful lien filing is so severe (for the property owner), just filing a lien if often enough to spur the resolution of the payment issue that…
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Can I File A Lien If My Workmanship Is In Dispute?
This probably isn’t news to anyone reading this, but construction projects can sometimes be a complicated mess. There’s just so much that can go wrong: personal tastes and tolerances (intolerances?) are always in play, and there are so many parties working on top of each other that disputes are almost inevitable. And that really gets…
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Can A Contractor File A Mechanics Lien If They Didn’t Finish The Work?
This is a pretty fundamental question when it comes to mechanics lien rights: can a lien be filed by a party on a project before that party actually finished all of the work they were contracted to perform? Often, the person asking this question is either a top-tier project participant (typically the project owner or the…
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Ask Nate Anything | Live Construction Law Q&A – Every Thursday
Come with your construction law questions in hand every Thursday between 10am and 12pm CT for our “Ask Nate Anything” Q&A. Nate Budde, zlien’s Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, a graduate from Stanford University (B.A.) and Tulane Law School (J.D.), and a licensed attorney in Louisiana with experience in construction law and credit management…