Filing Your Nebraska Lien

Nebraska Lien Filing Who Can File: Anyone who has provided work that changes the condition of the property is entitled to a mechanic’s lien.  However, suppliers of suppliers and and Claimant in the tiers below cannot file as their relationship to the project is too distant. What Can Be Claimed: Anything that changes the condition of the […]

EPA Announces Stormwater Enforcement Settlement with Toll Brothers

USEPA announced that it has settled a stormwater enforcement case against Toll Brothers, one of the largest home building companies in the United States. This case is one of a series of stormwater enforcement cases targeting residential developers and big-box retailers for violations of construction stormwater regulations. While this enforcement priority has been in place for a […]

Arkansas Pre-Lien Notices for Commercial Projects

In Arkansas, lien claimants on commercial projects are required to provide a Notice to Owner and Contractor (also known as a pre-lien) within 75 days of last providing work or materials to the project. The Notice to Owner must be served to both the Owner and the General Contractor whether be hand-delivered or mailed via return receipt requested, […]

Arkansas Pre-Lien Notices for Residential Projects

On a residential project, a General Contractor is required to provide a Pre-Construction Notice to Owner PRIOR to the start of work or all lien rights are invalidated.  Although the general contractor’s notice to owner covers the subcontractors and suppliers, in the event that he fail to give the required notice, the subcontractors and suppliers are left out […]

Filing a Utah Mechanic’s Lien

Know Your Utah Lien Laws Before Filing Preliminary Notices: As is the case in most states, meeting preliminary lien requirements can determine the validity of you final lien document.  However, unlike most states, Utah requires that the preliminary notice be filed with the register of deeds.  This notice does not need to be filed by prime […]