Tag: Florida
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5 More States With Tricky Construction Notices
One of the things that makes lien rights so tricky is that each state’s requirements for all four of these areas are different. In other words, there are 50 different sets of lien laws – one unique set of laws for each and every state. And it makes sense that in some of these states, the…
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What Do I Do If I Miss a Preliminary Notice Deadline?
Mechanics liens are one of the construction industry’s most powerful tools to get paid. But in order to remain in a position to file a valid mechanics lien, there can be many specific and intricate requirements and deadlines that must be met – and any errors or omissions could potentially kill your lien rights. In many…
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Top Five Things to Know About a Florida Mechanic Lien
In some states, like California, the deadline by which a lien must be filed starts to count down from the end of the project as a whole. This is not the case in Florida. Claimants in Florida must record their mechanics lien within 90 days from their own date of last furnishing labor, services or…
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How to Find the Notice of Commencement for a Florida Construction Project
In essence, a Florida Notice of Commencement is like a one-stop shop for just about all of the information you’d need to protect your lien rights when working on a construction project. But as great as they are, Notice of Commencements are not always easy to find or readily accessible. Luckily, this isn’t the JobSight…
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The 5 Trickiest States for Lien Waivers
While every state has specific and defined requirements for what information must appear on particular notice or lien documents (and even statutes that set forth the actual form of those documents themselves), lien waivers exist in a kind of purgatory: few states mandate the form or content, but some do; some states recognize the four…