Lately, I've been in a handful of conversations with subcontractors across different states, and one thing keeps coming up: how easy it is to assume lien rights work the same everywhere. And as we all know-they don't!
It's been painful to hear, and the conversations always seem to go the same route: the sub does the work, doesn't get paid, goes to file a lien, and finds out they missed a preliminary notice deadline two months ago.
It's been a good reminder to my team and me that the more education we can provide upfront, the better. We recently put together a free 50-state lien rights directory that lays out notice requirements, filing windows, and enforcement deadlines for each state-hopefully a useful bookmark for your teams too:
siteline.com/mechanics-lien-rights.
Curious what you're all seeing out there, whether you're working with subs, GCs, owners, or somewhere in between:
- Are your clients (or your own teams) keeping up with lien rights across state lines, or is this still a gap you're managing around?
- What's your go-to process for making sure deadlines don't fall through the cracks, especially on multi-state work?
Always learning from this group; would love to hear how you're handling it!
- Claire
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Claire Wilson
Construction Solutions
Siteline
San Francisco CA
(650) 360-1267
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