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Submitting a Lien Under a DBA

MinnesotaMechanics Lien

We DBA "Service Today" but technicially have different LLC's or companies under "Service Today." We have several different profit centers with a location in FL, TX, and two locations in MN. Do we need to have a different Level Set account for each location? Each profit center? Or can we just have one under "Service Today", or DBA?

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Feb 24, 2023

Your question is very confusing, and as asked seems to be asking whether you need a separate Levelset account for each of your LLCs. For that, you’ll have to talk with Levelset.

That said, as a legal document, a mechanics’ lien should reflect the full legal name of the claimant. Best practice would be to identify your company as XYZ, LLC dba Service Today at least the first time it is mentioned in the document. Each LLC is a separate entity, so each of your “Service Today” companies are independent of each other; they are not all one entity just because they share a common DBA. Furthermore, technically, you can’t have several LLCs under a single DBA, though several LLCs might be able to use the same DBA so long as doing so doesn’t create confusion in the marketplace as to which LLC the customer is working with when they’re working with “Service Today.”

If you haven’t had this conversation with an attorney who can review your company documents to ensure you’re not unwittingly ignoring formalities and risking the wall intended to protect each company’s assets from the other companies’ liabilities, I encourage you to do so.

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