An incorrect General Contracting Company was listed as a General under "Project Stakeholders" in addition to the correct General Contractor, who was listed as "We were hired by". The General that was listed incorrectly contacted me to let me know they were not the General for this project. Does this Notice need to be corrected and resent or because the correct General was listed under "We were hired by", is it okay?...Read More
Hello, are there any special requirements for U.S. Government (Military) projects, or does it default back to the rules of the State in which the Military Base is located?
Specifically, we are an equipment vendor and installer, who was a subcontractor to a contractor working at a military base in the State of Ohio. (Military Base ==> Contractor A (holds contract with military base) ==> Our Company
Contractor A is refusing to pay us the remaining balance of our Invoice. Contractor A has credit and cash flow issues, and we've found out that it is defaulting on other payments for other projects.
We did not send a "Preliminary Notice" but we would like to go ahead with a Lien anyways.
Thank you!!
PS - We are a NC Corporation that is a Construction Materials supplier, however we can work in all 50 states (not as a licensed Contractor, but as an equipment supplier.) If you are a Construction Attorney, we'd be interested in learning more about your services so we can be better educated in Contract Law and Construction/Payment Law (and possibly having all of our Contracts reviewed prior to signing the Contracts....Read More
Our customer works at a university and orders material for maintenance projects all the time. We provide supplies for each PO# and for different locations. We bill our customer and then they bill the university. Would a NOF work in this situation? If not, what would to protect our interest?...Read More
i finished a job at school ran by a church . The church hired me to do water mitigation on Jan 1, 2021. I completed the work on Jan 9, 2021. I m having trouble getting my invoice paid. Need to know whether I have 60 days or 75 days to file a mechanic lien. ...Read More
We are a construction company that pours residential concrete driveways. Can the concrete supplier put a lien on our customers homes if we have not paid for the concrete bills. We have paid our balance partially but not in full yet and are being threatened that they will put mechanics liens on all of our customers homes with outstanding balances....Read More
My father's house burnt down almost a year ago. We decided to go with the contractor the insurance company is in contract with. The house has been down to the studs since April with no progress. I was just looking at the claim and found out the insurance company has paid the restoration company over $160,000 for content and dwelling. My question is, If the company has received payment why is no work being done and is this normal?...Read More
My question is related to the following.
We did a preliminary notice on an address that we thought was the location. This was to the best of our knowledge at the time.
The customer did not pay. We contacted the GC but they agreed to pay us but then changed there mind and stated that they never received a preliminary notice. Looks like the job was near the location we had our equipment at.
Do we have any recourse? Can we still move forward with a mechanics lien? ...Read More
I am in Ohio. If I start engineering work for a project, does that constitute my first day on the job with respect to the timing of the Notice of Furnishing? Also, same question with regard to ordering material. Will that count as my first day on the job?...Read More
The Cleveland Browns Foundation hired us to construct a field for the Akron Public Schools. We would be the GC. Not sure who would be the customer. The Browns pay us, but they are not a GC they are just an intermediary. Would it be Browns or Akron Scools?...Read More
We are the CG on 2 public school projects in Ohio. The projects that are already recently started, but I cannot locate Notices of Commencement on the respective county recorders' websites. Should I still file a NOF immediately or wait to see if the produce an NOC? Since we are the GC should we file the NOC in 10 days if the NOC does not appear to be filed? Or would we need to be specifically asked by the school to be an Owner Designee? In that case should we also file an NOF or just NOC? Also do I need to obtain bond information and how? We are bonded, but I'm not sure, should the need arise, how we would make a claim against the public bond without the info.
Thanks!...Read More
Hello my name is Scott reading up on filing a lien on a homeowner that I worked for .I did work for him for about 8 months and we talked about it and I would get paid weekly for work that was performed .then he started not waiting to pay what I was asking even after bring in another person..I'm get confused because it sounds like I had to give him something before I started working for him stating if he doesn't pay then I will file a lien .am I understand that correctly
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In Ohio, if the General Contractor has a direct executed contract with the Owner -does the General Contractor have to send out a "Notice of Furnishings" or is the Notice of Furnishings in Ohio only for Subcontractors and Material Suppliers who do not have a "direct Contract" with the Owner. The General Contractor is using subcontractors on the Project. We know "when" there is "no" Notice of Commencement filed with the County, no one has to send out a "Notice of Furnishings" to preserve Lien rights in Ohio. It seems everything is silent on any specific process for the General Contractor to follow other than for the General Contractor to file a lien if he does not get paid without anything being said about doing anything before the lien is filed to preserve the General Contractor's lien rights. ...Read More
Hello, We are a sub-contractor in the state of Ohio and we have been sending NOC's to our suppliers. However, I was just told as a sub that we should actually be sending Notice of Furnishings to the GC, Property Owner, and possibly the finance company. Can you help clarify the notice I should be sending as a subcontractor? ...Read More
Does a general contractor have to file a notice of commencement before beginning a project in Ohio in order to be eligible to file a mechanics lien? This is a bank funded project and the home owners are refusing to sign off on having a final inspection and final draw as they are unhappy with certain items that they asked us to do and I will not change for free. ...Read More