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Can I personally hand a customer a notice of lien and try to talk some sense into them before it has to go that far?

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A former customer of mine owes me for three different invoices for work that was completed at his place of business .The former customer & his family are immigrant from another country. They do not understand a lot of stuff that we just assume are simple things you should already know. Like what a lien is. This is the kind of stuff I used to help them with. Now that we have had a falling out, they have cut all contact with me. I know where they live, cause I also worked for them as a handyman at there personal home. They do not trust a lot of people because of people taking advantage of them. This is where the falling out happened. Two days after the hurricane hit us in south Louisiana all the ****Explicate Language**** started showing up to feed on the weak. Anyways long story short I tried like hell to keep the "wolfs" at bay but one got to them witch in turn hurt my company. now to the question at hand, could this be seen to the justice system as a threat or some kind of intimidation act on them? I'm not trying to achieve such a thing, I still find them to be good people and want them to know that this is going to hurt their business. I'm also worried that they might have skipped town.

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Oct 11, 2021
Showing them a lien before you file it not an act of intimidation. Obviously, you need to conduct yourself in a professional manner and avoid it seeming like you are doing anything other than trying to work out the situation. If you feel that this method would help them better understand the ramifications for not paying, there is certainly nothing wrong with it.
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