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How to go about getting paid/ starting a lien?

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I started my own electrical business this year. I have a contractor that I’ve been working for on a job at an apartment complex for about 6 months. I have known the company for a while, I did work for for them while I was with my previous employer. Completed everything that was in our contract yesterday. They asked me to come out today to fix something else but I told them I could do that but I’d have to make a change order, I have already done a ton that wasn’t in the contract but just let it go. Today the contractor called after I sent him the change order and first tried to tell me that he wasn’t paying me until the extra work was done. When I replied letting him know that I couldn’t afford to come work for free and that everything he is paying me for is complete, he then said he wasn’t paying me anything and not to go on the property, I’m fired, that his lawyers are a lot bigger than mine. I spoke to him on Monday and he told me that he had my invoice in so that I would be paid this Friday through payroll, as I have let him know weeks ago that I have been struggling to stay afloat in the last month or so due to the coronavirus. Can you please let me know what I should do from here to get paid. Who do I contact about a lien on the property? Thanks, Derek Dorris Dorris Electric, LLC

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