We are a Flood dryout company who went to Houston after Hurricane Harvey, our work consisted of - extracting water, removing flooring, walls, furniture, appliances and remaining contents for home owners who filed insurance claims. We would like to protect our position to get paid. I want to know ...Read More...Read More
We are a zlien, but we currently do not use zlien for waivers. Instead of printing, signing/notarizing waivers and then uploading them, can zlien notarize with a saved signature to help make that process faster in states like Texas that need a notary for waivers? Is there some requirement that would not allow this?...Read More
We have a job that we are still owed half of retainage. We just received the first half of retainage on September 2017. We submitted the invoice for final retainage two years ago August 2015. Our question is what else can we do? Could we still place a lien, just to cover ourselves?...Read More
I was subcontracted through a contractor to provide commercial goods and installation on a commercial job site. The contractor was paid an advance by the owner and then fired for excessively marking up the invoice. Can I file a lien in Texas if the contractor has been paid by the owner? if not what ar...Read More...Read More
hired as general contractor for new home on lake Athens, Texas. Homeowner only borrowed 80,000 from the bank and was to have the remainder of cost himself. he did not and ran out of money. he then fired me. he owes me 27,000 dollars. I have taken him to court and have a judgement for 27,0...Read More...Read More
We completed a residential insurance remodel job in 2016 and was not paid the insurance proceeds by the homeowner but we did enter into a payment agreement. They have now defaulted on those payments ....Read More
I've rented a few dumpsters to a business that was not a construction job. I wanted to know if I have any lien rights for nonconstruction jobs....Read More
We did some work for a homeowner after Hurricane Harvey. We were originally working with another contractor but he backed out so we did the work ourselves. The homeowner is well aware which contractor did the work on her home. The problem is she does not want to pay and the contract t...Read More...Read More
it is my understanding pre-lien notices are due the 15th of the 3rd month after services have been performed (we are the subcontractor) at what point is the lien to be filed?...Read More
We need to know if there is avenue to file a lien on a residential job in Texas. We have been told that certain things (like a contract filed with the county) have to be in place before a lien is filed on a residence....Read More
I am the sub-subcontractor on a state/county school in Texas. I sent the bond claim to the property owner and general contractor, but I didn't have the bonding company information so it wasn't sent to them. My attorney is telling me that the bond claim is not valid because it wasn't sent to the bo...Read More...Read More
I am an Architect and I am owed 50k for architectural services for a contract directly with the owner. My invoices are over 4 months old. Can I send updated or corrected invoice to be under 4 month deadline? Also we have continued to work on the project at the owners request and he issued 2 post d...Read More...Read More
We are a subcontractor. We completed work on a condominium complex. The general contractor has not been paid so we are not being paid. Do we file a mechanic's lien against the contractor or the property where the work was done? Technically, the general contractor owes us the money....Read More
I hope this question isn't confusing. We have a client that we have worked for for years and they are having financial difficulty. We have about 4 open projects we are currently working on for them. Can I file a lien for the total amount due now even though some of the work will be performed in ...Read More...Read More