Tag: Maine

  • How to File a Maine Mechanics Lien A Practical Guide

    How to File a Maine Mechanics Lien
    A Practical Guide

    If you are unpaid on a construction project in Maine and have decided to pursue payment through filing a mechanics lien, this step-by-step guide (starting in the next section, below) will provide an outline on how to do it. However, before you go down that road, it’s important to consider the preliminary notice and timing requirements, that must be met prior…

  • How To Send A Notice To Owner – Certified Mail, or Certified Mail Return Receipt?

    How to Send Notice to Owner? Sending a Notice to Owner is a complicated affair. The document has a lot of criteria, such that contractors and suppliers must, within a certain period of time, make certain that they are sending the correct form with the required information to the appropriate recipients. Importantly, however, a notice to owner must be mailed in…

  • Maine Mechanics Lien Law: 5 Things to Know

    Learn all about Maine mechanics lien law with the “5 things to know” below. Still have questions? Give zlien a call and we can help you get paid. Maine Mechanics Lien Law Does Not Include Tier Limitations Project participants interested in filing a Maine mechanics lien have pretty broad protection. There is no tier limitation…

  • Maine Mechanic’s Liens Potentially Have Priority over Mortgage

    If the filing of a mechanic’s lien does not facilitate payment to the lien claimant, the lien must be foreclosed.  One of the issues faced in a foreclosure action is: What happens when the sale of the property does not provide enough money to satisfy all claimants?  When this situation occurs, the secured parties are…