Liens

Sometimes those performing work on a job site don’t easily fall into the category of a subcontractor or supplier. Laborer A laborer, generally defined as any person other than an architect, landscape architect, engineer, surveyor or…

A Notice of Commencement for improvements greater than $2,500 to real property must be signed by the owner and recorded with the Clerk of Courts. Then a certified copy of the recorded notice must be posted at the actual construction site.…

Claims of lien are often a contractor’s last resort. But sometimes filed at the last minute, when all other attempts at obtaining payment have failed, some of these liens may be defective and not enforceable. Defective Liens While some…

Florida’s construction lien statute says the prevailing party in any action to enforce a lien is entitled to recover a reasonable fee for the services of his or her attorney. So what happens if a lien dispute between a contractor and his…

(This article first appeared on Lowe's popular Lowe's for Pros blog.) As today’s construction projects become more and more complicated, so do the corresponding materials needed for each job. And more often than not, suppliers are being…