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Reposted from the On the Level Newsletter. Ohio’s Mechanic’s lien laws, codified in R.C. §1311, provide a contractor, a subcontractor, material supplier, and more recently, an architect or ...

How can a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier secure payment for its work? One solution is to file a mechanics’ lien against a project’s property. Lien laws vary widely from state to state and time ...

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 ...

Furnishing labor or materials on a construction project can be risky. What if payment is delayed or disputed? Or worse — what if you don’t get paid at all? This can be especially complicated on large ...

The Mechanics Lien statutory scheme, 49 P.S. Section 1101, et seq., inter alia, sets forth time limits on when a lien can be filed after the last work is performed on real estate, the timing of ...

Preliminary notices are part of the construction payment process. Construction project participants send preliminary notices — sometimes called pre lien notices or notices to owner — in the early ...