We have purchased material from a PA based corporation and have requested a conditional release upon payment. The Pa corporation is stating that it is illegal under PA law for them to provide a conditional release even if it is contingent upon payment. My understanding of the applicable stautes is that as long as the release is predicated upon their receipt of payment they are legal under PA law....Read More
B & B submitted a mechanics lien and received a letter back basically saying that what we submitted is not valid. I'd like to review the letter that we received to make sure that we do not need to release our lien....Read More
I am located in PA and completing AIA G901-2022 for App 5. App 5 is for work through 5/31 for $10,000. Apps 1-3 have been paid. App 4 for work through 4/30, totaling $5,000 remains unpaid. When completing this Conditional Waiver on Progress Payment, shouldn't the unpaid $5k for app 4 be listed as an exception? Thanks!...Read More
We are trying to sell a house we bought. The former owner put a lien on the house for owed money. Which has been paid off. Former owner moved to a different state and is living off the grid in a camp site. Which is what she said she would be doing. Now we go to sell the house and the lien has not been released. We don’t know what to do next...Read More
A client for who we completed a full house renovation ended up losing money on the property and subsequently didn’t pay our final payment. We gave them over three months, during that time they completely ignored all correspondence. Once they received an offer on the property and the lien was found by the closing company they were forced to communicate with us. They gave a sob story about losing money and asked if we could negotiate from $7,232.00 to $4,000.00. I said absolutely not, but finally agreed to $6,500.00 to just be done with the situation. I sent an invoice and she responded with this email:
Hi Diana,
Sorry for the delay, I am just checking with our escrow company and waiting to hear. We would like to pay you part on card toward the invoice and then leave the rest until you submit the release of lien doc's to escrow. Does that sound ok? They will confirm they have the funds from us and will release them to you once she receives those. Does that sound ok? I just want both parties to feel ensured of getting as per agreement.
Thanks!
Stacey
I have never had to file before so I’m a little uneducated on the subject, but this sounds strange to me. They already showed their intentions when they ignored us for three months until they received an offer and were forced to communicate. Should I stand firm with total payment before releasing?
Thanks!...Read More
A notice of Mechanics Lien Claim came in the mail, but it was for only $300. Pennsylvania states liens can only be placed that exceed $500. How do I get it removed using this knowledge?...Read More