Supplier – Preliminary notice requirements to file mechanic lien
Best Practice: Notice of lien rights served on owner prior to providing labor or materials and must send updated statement of account every 30 days.
Supplier – Mechanic Lien
120 days: Lien must be filed within 120 days of last providing labor or materials.
Subcontractor – Preliminary notice requirements to file mechanic lien
Best Practice: Notice of lien rights served on owner prior to providing labor or materials and must send updated statement of account every 30 days.
Subcontractor – Mechanic Lien
120 days: Lien must be filed within 120 days of last providing labor or materials.
General Contractor – Preliminary notice requirements to file mechanic lien
No preliminary notice is required.
General Contractor – Mechanic Lien
120 days: Lien must be filed within 120 days of last providing labor or materials.
Timeframe to foreclose lien
One hundred twenty consecutive calendar days after the last furnishing of labor and/or materials.
Construction participants not covered by lien law
It is unsettled whether third tier subcontractors are protected. A material supplier to a material supplier, however, is not afforded protection.
Cost and damages not allowed in lien claim
interest, attorney fees, lost profits, equipment not attached as a fixture to building, and indirect or consequential damages.