{"id":1002,"date":"2012-05-08T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lienitnow.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/05\/08\/kc-v-kc-what-a-difference-a-river-makes\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T19:15:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T19:15:00","slug":"kc-v-kc-what-difference-river-makes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lienitnow.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/kc-v-kc-what-difference-river-makes.html","title":{"rendered":"KC v. KC &#8211; What A Difference A River Makes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-YkA0ht3yjHw\/T6lgb-AGKlI\/AAAAAAAAAJU\/WroEEn5DTKQ\/s1600\/kansas.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" dba=\"true\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-YkA0ht3yjHw\/T6lgb-AGKlI\/AAAAAAAAAJU\/WroEEn5DTKQ\/s320\/kansas.jpg\" width=\"254\" \/><\/a>Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri share a border, a river, and that&#8217;s about it.&nbsp;The rivaly between Kansas and Missouri has been document since before the two were states.&nbsp; So it should come as no suprise that when mechanic\u2019s lien rights are involved, the two States are like night and day.<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">In Missouri, unpaid contractors have 6 months to file a mechanic\u2019s lien, but in while in Kansas&nbsp;unpaid contractors have 3 or 4 months to <a href=\"http:\/\/lienitnow.com\/file-lien.asp\">file a mechanics lien<\/a>, depending on whether they are a general contractor or subcontractor.&nbsp; <\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Missouri&#8217;s mechanic\u2019s lien claimants have to serve a pre-lien notice on the owner,; Kansas&nbsp;has no preliminary notice requirements. <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">But are the substantive requirements of the mechanics lien different in the two States? The answer, of course, is yes.&nbsp; Missouri requires a \u201cjust and true account\u201d to be included in a subcontractor mechanic\u2019s liens. In Kansas,&nbsp;the amount due must be itemized and submitted with the lien.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">For more information on what Kansas requires for the <a href=\"http:\/\/lienitnow.com\/kansas-faq.asp\">filing of a Kansas mechanics lien<\/a>, check out LienItnow&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/lienitnow.com\/kansas.asp\">Kansas lien information pages<\/a>.<\/div>\n<p>For information on what&nbsp;Missouir requires for the <a href=\"http:\/\/lienitnow.com\/missouri-faq.asp\">filing of a Missouri mechanics lien<\/a>, check out LienItnow&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/lienitnow.com\/missouri.asp\">Missouri&nbsp;lien information pages<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri share a border, a river, and that&#8217;s about it.&nbsp;The rivaly between Kansas and Missouri has been document since before the two were states.&nbsp; So it should come as no suprise that when mechanic\u2019s lien rights are involved, the two States are like night and day. 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