A mechanic’s lien is a lien that arises when a construction professional performs work on another person’s property. This type of a lien provides the construction professional with a security interest ...

In an unpublished opinion, a California appeals court has upheld a subcontractor’s mechanics lien claim despite the subcontractor’s failure to strictly follow the procedural requirements set forth in ...

In 1791, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison proposed the first mechanics liens legislation in order to promote development in Washington. The Maryland Assembly (which governed Washington at that time) ...

Pennsylvania's Mechanics Lien Law of 1963 was amended in late 2014 to require the commonwealth's Department of General Services to create an internet-based State Construction Notices Directory. As ...

Contractor liens related to improvements on the ground take priority over mortgages in determining who gets paid first in such disputes, the Supreme Court held on Aug. 28, taking a wrecking ball to a ...

Since 1879, the California Constitution has guaranteed contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and others who have not been paid for work and materials supplied to a private works project the right to ...

Mechanic's liens are a basic security right created by either constitutional or statutory law. They do not exist as a matter of equity or common law, but are instead legislative creatures.

A mechanic's lien limits your ability to finance or sell your property. Similar to a mortgage filing, a mechanic's lien is recorded against a property when contract work has gone unpaid. Whether a ...

ALTHOUGH MECHANIC’S liens are creatures of state laws, and no two laws (or state court systems) interpret them exactly the same way, some issues do come up frequently — but aren’t always explained to ...

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