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Mechanics Lien
Virginia
We are a subcontractor on a public project in Fairfax VA for the Fairfax County Housing & Development Authority. The GC is based out of Maryland. The current Balance is $93k. GC is insisting we sign an Unconditional Lien Release in order for them to release payment. (They are paying 95%.) They will not accept a conditional release. Terms of the contract state "all Waivers of Lien and Subcontractor’s Affidavits shall be in a form that is acceptable to GC". I am not giving up our bond claim rights without having payment in hand. Job is bonded but we failed to send the required Preliminary Notice. Can you advise a way to proceed? Thank you in advance for any help.
Melissa Benson
GameTime
256-997-5296
VirginiaWe have about 18K owed to us from property in Arlington that will be up for sale. We last worked there in October of 2020. My boss wants to put a Mechanic Lien on the property because the listed owner/RA might try to sell before paying us?
VirginiaI am the contractor.
VirginiaThree days prior to closing on my home it was discovered a lien had been placed against my property.
My roommate (lived with me for two years) who has a contractor’s license was performing work on my townhouse. The agreement was in lieu of rent he performed the labor I paid for the materials.
In April he wanted to add a wood floor to my upstairs loft area replacing the carpeting. I told him that the timing was not good I was against investing my money at this time (corona virus I was laid off April 10). He insisted he wanted to keep busy and that he would purchase the materials at his own expense and do the work. The work was completed prior to the end of April (I have pictures that show this).
He filed a lien on September 17 he was bitter he had to move out because I was selling. I informed him in March he would be required to move out by February. It was not a surprise I gave him advanced notice that I had moved the date up and he would have to move out by the end of October, I am getting married.
He filed the lien on September 17 outside the required 90 days upon completion of the work. He did not send me notification none at all that he was going to file a $7200 dollar lien. Per page 2 of the lien he was to provide me a copy of the lien which he failed to do. $8500 dollars is being held by my closing attorney to settle this. He said that he spent $3000 in materials. He filed the lien for $7200. He said he will settle for $5500. I will agree to pay him the $3000 for the materials but he wants the $5000. It appears the money above $3000 is for labor but as I have stated labor was rent. He is bitter against me and has done this maliciously.
Should I hire and attorney? It would appear he violated many of the conditions of filing.
VirginiaWe are a Material Supplier of solar panels to a couple projects in Virginia, and we have an agreed contract to supply on certain projects, and invoiced for them. However, we never received the initial overdue payment, so we never delivered. If we did not fully delivery as a material supplier in Virginia, but had the materials prepared for and agreed for to be incorporated on the project site , do we still have a right to file a Mechanic's Lien? Thank you.
VirginiaWe worked as a subcontractor for a GC in Virginia, completed the work. We filed a mechanic Lien on the property and now they're agreed on the payment. How we can release the lien?
Thank you,
Nalan Mutlu
VirginiaWE HAVE A DEBT OF OVER $6000.00 OWED TO US.
THIS WAS A MECHANIC JOB OF REPLACING AND ENGINE.
WE ARE IN VIRGINIA AND THE OWNER OF THE VEHICLE LIVES IN WV.
WE HAVE POSSECSSION OF THE TRUCK
VirginiaWe filed a lien through Levelset earlier this year. One of the people listed on the lien called and left threatening messages last night on our voicemail. She stated that she had not been married to the individual for 2 years and had nothing to do with the property in question.
VirginiaIn our case, this was a solar project and the Owner of the land and project subcontracted our company out for installation of the Solar Array. We supplied our own labor and we further subcontracted out post pounding and racking/module installations.
VirginiaA Mechanics Lien was placed on my condominium unit (one of 38 in the condo community) by a company who had erected/installed a telecommunications tower on city property adjacent to the condo community in which I live. My unit was arbitrarily cited for the lien. I never received any notice of the lien until a letter arrived on 9/30/2020 stating the Mechanics Lien had been released approximately five to six weeks after having been filed. I called the person from the Prime Contractor who had sent the release and his only explanation was "They had to have a physical address as they could not use just a street name" despite the fact that no work had been done on the private property of either the condo community nor mine own. How could my specific unit be "selected" for the lien to be filed against, particularly without my knowledge. It is my understanding that this lien and it's subsequent release will stay on my property record for at least seven years. I'm not a lawyer, but somehow this doesn't seem legal. Do I have a legal leg upon which to stand were I incline to pursue any course of restitution?
Virginiaa general contractor perfect a lien against an owner. a subcontractor notifies the owner that the general contractor still owes the subcontractor for work performed on the owner's project. the owner has not yet paid the general contractor, in this situation
1. the subcontractor may be paid directly by the owner?
2. the subcontractor is not due any money?
3. only general contractor can perfect a lien against the owner?
4. the subcontractor must perfect a lien against the contractor?
can someone help me with this please.
VirginiaThe company that I filed the lien against has asked to petition and order the lien be bonded out.
From: Sosebee, Kirk M.
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2020 4:13 PM
To: solarpanel2016@outlook.com
Subject: Petition to bond off mechanic's lien
Good afternoon,
My name is Kirk Sosebee, and my firm represents Energix EPC US LLC. I am contacting you about the attached mechanic’s lien which was filed by Solar Panel Solutions, LLC on September 18, 2020. On behalf of Energix, my firm is preparing a petition and order to bond off the mechanic’s lien, and to substitute a bond in place of the lien. Please let me know who I can talk to from Solar Panel Solutions, LLC, in order to coordinate this, or if you have counsel that I can work with on this. We would like to do this through a consent order.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Kirk Sosebee
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VirginiaI do shop drawings for flooring contractors. I did some shop drawings for a commercial flooring contractor and he has not paid me. The project is a large condominium project currently under contruction in Arlington, Virginia. Can I file a mechanic's lien on the project?
VirginiaI'm from a GC, we did some fogging for one of our Clients but they do not own the actual building.
As of now our invoice is still unpaid and we are coming close to our lien rights expiring.
Can I lien the property even though they aren't the Owner?
VirginiaI got referred to by a family member to another friend myself and a couple other gentleman went out order material and build a deck for the customer she said she was pulling our permits she was serving as the general contractor of her own property because she has a construction background she gave us a deposit and she fell to pay the other $6300 how do I go about selling a lien or retrieving my money just being hired as a labor
Virginia