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I will be using Levelset for the mechanics lien service. The customer has 2 properties, one #448 the other #500 on the same street. I purchased 3 items adding for the amount of $250 in her residence, #448. The contract work was on #500. That amount was verbally excluded on the first payment, $3750.00 minus the $250 = $3500. The items are in still in her residence. Plus I also did spend at least 2 hours, or more retrieving necessary items to be used to complete the contract on #500. Can I also put a lien on her residence #448 as well as the contracted # 500. In addition she told me in regards to signing the contract that I could buy a week in Saint Martins for $2000 which further enticed me to pick up the contract. For any and all the above reasons can I attach her residence in my mechanics lean since it did involve my contract and I did some work over there which I would have billed for. Thank You for you advice and service. John

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Aug 28, 2020
In general, if there are multiple properties each property may need a separate lien claim and potentially an entirely separate lien process. To make sense of this a mechanics lien is a right against the property itself. An essential element of filing a mechanics lien is that the property owner must be made aware of it and lumping a group of unrelated properties in a single lien and potential foreclosure proceeding is confusing. Multiple properties equals multiple liens. If a project with multiple properties was ultimately contracted for by one party, it may be allowable to file one lien in certain circumstances and in certain states. However, the general best practice and safest measure would be to file a separate lien for each individual property on which work was performed.
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