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Mechanic's Liens & Bond Claims (18)

2016 Changes for Securing Pennsylvania Lien Rights

Changes for Securing Lien Rights in Pennsylvania Coming 2016 New Notice procedures in Pennsylvania become effective for qualifying projects commenced...

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California 20 Day Notice

20 Facts About California’s 20 Day Preliminary Notice Need to serve a preliminary notice in California? (aka CA 20 Day Prelim) The general rule, when...

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Carelessness is Worse Than a Lien Waiver Thief

Carelessness is Worse than a Lien-Waiver-Gauntlet-Throwing-Thief “Carelessness is worse than a thief.” And, in this case, “Carelessness means...

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Reduce the Need for Collections with Liens

Filing Mechanic’s Liens Will Reduce the Need to Place Accounts for Collections Every day, credit professionals across all industries review and...

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Navigating Preliminary Notices on Leased Property

Furnishing to a Property that’s Leased? Serve the Owner & the Tenant It sounds simple enough – serve the owner with a preliminary notice. If ABC...

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Lien Waiver Language: Unconditional

Lien Waiver Language Part 2: Unconditional Lien Waivers Every lien waiver should clearly identify the property name & project location, the debtor’s...

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Lien Waiver Language: Conditional

Lien Waiver Language Part 1: Conditional Lien Waivers We’ve previously discussed the 4 primary types of lien waivers; today we’d like to discuss...

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Complying with the Michigan Notice of Commencement

Did I Comply with the Michigan Notice of Commencement? We have previously discussed “substantial compliance” with regard to mechanic’s lien and bond...

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Sometimes Substantial Compliance is Enough

Turns Out, Sometimes Substantial Compliance with Mechanic’s Lien Law is Enough At NCS, we constantly stress the importance of complying with each...

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Include a Proper Estimate in Preliminary Notice

California Case Highlights the Importance of Including a Proper Estimate in Your Preliminary Notice It’s likely you have read this (or heard this)...

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