A vendor came to me to change the roof due to hail damage. Sign the doc that they will collect all the money from insurance and I do not have to pay anything. No document sign on the repair cost. After work is completed they are asking for $5000 for the previous (4 years) claim money that insurance paid me. They put the lien on my property....Read More
We are a subcontractor on a new construction project. GC is requiring an unconditional lien waiver be signed before paying us. I say that's backwards. Is it legal for them to require that signature? I think this is like double jeopardy: If I sign the waiver and they don't pay, I can't lien. If I don't sign the waiver unconditionally, they don't pay us. How can I convince the GC they are doing this wrong? I told them I would send a conditional waiver, which is valid once we have been paid, but they don't want to accept that....Read More
I am a Georgia contractor working on jobs in Illinois. Companies are regularly asking for unconditional lien waivers saying we have received the check before they will release the check. Title companies always ask for this. We refuse to do so and claim it is illegal to require a company to sign a document saying we have received payment when we have not. Is there something different about IL lien laws?...Read More
The waiver form (requested) has a through date of 3/31/2020 for payment issued for 5 invoices.
(1) Invoice date of 1/28 payment was posted on 1/28,
(2) invoice date of 1/31 payment posted on 3/23,
(3) invoice date of 2/14 payment posted on 3/23,
(4) invoice date of 2/25 payment posted on 4/15,
(5) invoice date of 4/6 payment posted on 5/4.
What does (should) the through date represent?...Read More
Valid Pa contract for 15% is in place. The insured does not want to pay us. We took them from 0 to 70K now you know the routine, the 3-party checks are in and they want to negotiate the contract....Read More
I have a question regarding the Prime's delay in submitting a subcontractor's invoices to a vendor for payment. My business provided work for a Prime contractor. They are now rejecting invoices that are over 1 year old, even though we submitted these invoices in a timely fashion. Is there any requirement for a Prime to submit all invoices for service provided within a certain time frame? Or can a Prime hold onto a subcontractor's invoices, without submitting them to the state, for an indefinite period of time? TIA...Read More
If I am currently working on a project and have not received payment, Would I have to stop working completely in order to send a letter of intent to lien or mechanics lien? Would are the right steps to take, and can they back charge me if I do stop work due to non-payment?...Read More
We are a wholesale company located in GA and supplied material to our customer who now owes us money for the material. He apparently was contracted to do a job in TN and the contractor/owner is out of Illinois and he is now asking our company to sign the below Illinois lien waiver. We do not feel comfortable doing so but, he is telling us it is needed in order for us to get paid and that the company that contracted him is going to be paying us with a check made payable to us and to his company. Please tell me i am correct in NOT signing this. MATERIAL WAIVER OF LIEN TO DATE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: WHEREAS the undersigned has been employed by_______________________________________________________ To furnish For the premises known as Of which is the owner. THE undersigned, for and in consideration of ($ ) Dollars, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged , do(es) hereby waive and release any and all lien or claim of, or right to, lien, under the statutes of the State of Illinois, relating to mechanics’ liens, with respect to and on said above-described premises, and the improvements thereon, and on the material, fixtures, apparatus or machinery furnished, and on the moneys, funds or other considerations due or to become due from the owner, on account of all labor services, material, fixtures, apparatus or machinery, furnished to this date by the undersigned for the above-described premises, including extras.* DATE COMPANY NAME ADDRESS SIGNATURE AND TITLE NOTARY: * EXTRAS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHANGE ORDERS, BOTH ORAL AND WRITTEN, TO THE CONTRACT....Read More
I am a contractor, cleaning apartments and the company I work with requires me to present a "Lien Waiver" to pay me what they owe me, I need a format that conforms to this requirement and that will not harm me in anything, I appreciate if you can suggest me a shape that conforms to this condition. Thanks. Note: I have an "S" Corporation...Read More
As a construction company that elicits work from sub-contractors in the state of Illinois, is it possible to create a lien waiver that is applicable to multiple instances of work rendered?
For example, either:
1. We can create a single waiver document that outlines all the projects rendered with a subcontractor as it pertains to multiple job locations and job amounts at a specific given time (weekly).
Or
2. We can fashion some contractual waiver of lien that suffices as a general waiver sufficient for all projects performed in a given year- so long as the division of subsequent payments, and the breakdown of such, is outlined in the contract.
Is there any legal way to fashion either of the two aforementioned scenarios in the state of Illinois? ...Read More
I'm in Illinois and My general contractor told me to order a particular piece of equipment and now does not want to pay me for it. Hes willing to pay for everything else but that. I want to sue him but he is requiring a final lien wavier before I can get my check. I want to sign a partial for what I have done so that I can still sue him. ...Read More
We signed an agreement for a contractor to do work on a property. We chose to cancel the contract. I want to know if there is a way that I can find out if that General Contractor has a lien waiver on my property. I need to pay them for the work that they have done, but want to make sure that once paid, I am free and clear from them.
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