Iowa’s Mechanics Lien

In Iowa , liens filed on private property or on funds relating to a public project are known as Mechanic’s Liens. When an Iowa mechanics lien is filed with regard to work performed on privately owned property, it attaches to and encumbers the fee simple ownership of property. Iowa construction liens do not attach to […]

Montana Mechanics Lien

In Montana, liens filed on private property or on funds relating to a public project are known as Montana Construction Liens or mechanics liens. When a Montana mechanics lien is filed with regard to work performed on privately owned property, it attaches to and encumbers the fee simple ownership of property. When a Montana mechanics […]

Baltimore’s Ready to Reduce Vacant Properties

According to the Los Angeles Times, Baltimore has many challenges with-in their city’s limits, but one of the greater challenges they have is an effort in trying to reduce the amount of vacant properties throughout the city.  As of now, they have an estimated 16,000 vacant properties, which comes out to about 1 in every 8th […]

Lien Filed by EOP Architects of Lexington

According to Kentucky.com, the CentrePointe project in downtown Lexington still owes EOP Architects more than $430,000 for their services.  According to files with Fayette County Clerk, EOP filed a lien against CentrePointe in the amount of $432,789.56 on Thursday.  The company withdrew from the project in August and unfortunately had to resort to placing a […]