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Understanding Mechanic’s Liens in Massachusetts: What Property Owners and Contractors Need to Know

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Whether you’re a homeowner, contractor, or subcontractor working on a construction project in Massachusetts, it’s important to understand how mechanic’s liens work. This legal tool plays a key role in ensuring that those who...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Tracking Lien Law Requirements: Alabama

This is the first in a series of blog posts discussing lien requirements in states where we most frequently litigate and states with unique lien requirements. Alabama Lien Law Basics - Alabama’s statutory mechanic’s lien...more

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Perfecting Service of a Mechanic’s Lien Claim in Pennsylvania

Generally speaking, when a party files a Mechanic’s Lien Claim (“Lien Claim”) in Pennsylvania, the Lien Claim needs to be served on the Respondent by the sheriff of the county where the property owner is registered to do...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Court Emphasizes Strict Adherence to Mechanic's Lien Statute

A federal judge in New York served up a good reminder last week about the importance of dotting your i’s and crossing your t’s when it comes to perfecting a mechanic’s lien.  The case involves a payment dispute between a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Want to File a Mechanics’ Lien in California? Here’s What You Can (and Can’t) Include

How can a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier secure payment for its work? One solution is to file a mechanics’ lien against a project’s property. Lien laws vary widely from state to state and time to time because...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Construction Law History Lesson No. 1: What Do Thomas Jefferson and Mechanics Liens Have in Common?

Construction law is NOT boring, at least that’s what I tell my daughters. In these series of posts, I will explore some of the VERY interesting historical facts about construction law that can be used at your next motion...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

Bonding Off Mechanic's Liens:  Not Just for Property Owners

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Property owners are often confronted with a contractor threatening a mechanic’s lien on their property. These liens may stem from a dispute between them and their contractor, or even between a subcontractor and a general...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Does Oregon's Emergency Time Extensions During the COVID-19 Pandemic Give Contractors, Suppliers, and Design Professionals More...

In response to the ongoing delays and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Brown signed House Bill 4212 into law in June 2020. The law contains a number of remedial measures affecting the functioning of local...more

Cole Schotz

The Difficulty Of Cancelling An Untimely New York Mechanic’s Lien

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As discussed , New York Lien Law § 19(6) provides a procedure for an expedited legal action seeking summary discharge (cancellation) of a mechanic’s lien. However, summary discharge is only available where there is a “facial...more

Butler Snow LLP

Deadlines for Mechanics’ Liens and Construction Liens: Mississippi

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For contractors and subcontractors, late payments can be an all-too-familiar part of the construction industry. Many assume the best of intentions—maybe the check is still in the mail? Maybe there was an emergency...more

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Deadlines for Mechanics’ Liens and Construction Liens: Arkansas

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For contractors and subcontractors, late payments can be an all-too-familiar part of the construction industry. Many assume the best of intentions—maybe the check is still in the mail? Maybe there was an emergency...more

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New Construction Lien Legislation in Tennessee

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Changes to Remedies in Lien Enforcement Actions - New legislation in Tennessee has limited the recovery of attorney’s fees, expenses, and actual and liquidated damages in instances where a real property owner seeks to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Creative Legislative Solutions To Bond Off Mechanic’s Liens

Whether you are the owner or the general contractor, dealing with mechanic’s liens filed by subcontractors or suppliers can be frustrating and, in some cases, present the very real threat of having to pay twice for work or...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Mechanic's Liens 101: Ways to Avoid Them

A mechanic’s lien is a powerful tool for many construction participants on private projects and a major source of risk for owners. A mechanic’s lien is an involuntary lien and a statutory right that protects contractors,...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Leaning In – Pennsylvania Refining the Mechanic’s Lien Law

Pennsylvania has continued to refine its mechanic’s lien law in recent years, and next year will bring the most sweeping changes ever for owners and contractors that work on larger projects....more

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Mechanics Liens — Smart Tools of Construction Industry Professionals, and Bane of Property Owners

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In 1791, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison proposed the first mechanics liens legislation in order to promote development in Washington. The Maryland Assembly (which governed Washington at that time) passed the...more

K&L Gates LLP

Changes Made to the Pennsylvania Mechanics’ Lien Law to Protect Holders of Open-End Mortgages and Residential Property Owners

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Mechanics’ liens grant contractors and subcontractors an interest in improvements made to real property to secure the payment obligations of owners to contractors, and of contractors to subcontractors. While these liens...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

A Virginia Mechanic's Lien Refresher, Courtesy of Jack Bays

In February 2013 the Supreme Court of Virginia handed down its decision in Jack Bays, a mechanic’s lien lawsuit involving the landowner, several lenders, the general contractor and no fewer than eleven subcontractors....more

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