Filing Your Mechanic’s Lien in the Lone Star State In most states, the preliminary notice is an important step for Subcontractors and Suppliers in the lien filing process. Texas is no exception. Luckily, you may have already met these requirements without knowing it. While Texas does have a specific prelien form, an invoice or request […]
Month: June 2012
What information must be included In a Alaska Mechanic’s Lien?
Should you need to enforce the mechanic’s lien, you must be careful that the information included in the Alaska Mechanic’s Lien is valid and will not void the lien. Almost every day, I am asked if the cost of filing a lien is allowed to be included in the amount due listed on the mechanic’s […]
Filing Your Hawaii Mechanic’s Lien
The Hawaii Lien Filing Process Filing a Hawaiian mechanic’s lien properly requires very specific timing on the part of the contractor. In addition to timing, the proper paperwork must make its way through the Hawaiian court system before it can be served. It is best to begin the entire process as early as possible in […]
Does Alaska require pre-lien notices?
WHAT: A Preliminary Notice or a Notice of Right to Lien is not required to file a valid Claim of Lien in Alaska. However, it may be filed and served on the property owner PRIOR to providing labor or materials to the project. Not only can a preliminary notice make the enforcement of the lien easier, it can […]
Alaska – Who has lien rights?
You have the right to file a mechanic’s lien in Alaska if you belong to one of these categories: a general contractor , a union trust and trustees, materialmen who furnished materials directly installed on the site, equipment supplier who supplied equipment to the site, an architect, a surveyor, an engineer, or a company or individual who performed labor for the improvement of real […]