{"id":344,"date":"2014-10-18T17:08:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T17:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michaelsmithlaw.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/mechanics-liens-part-4-enforci.html"},"modified":"2023-11-28T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T18:40:09","slug":"mechanics-liens-part-4-enforci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hpindiana.law\/business-blog\/mechanics-liens-part-4-enforci\/","title":{"rendered":"Mechanics’ Liens: Part 4. Enforcing a Lien"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[Note: This one of a series of six posts regarding mechanics’ liens:<\/p>\n

Part 1. The basics of credit risk and subcontracting.<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 2. Reallocating risk in construction projects.<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 3. Acquiring a lien.<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 4. Enforcing a lien.<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 5. Personal liability notices.<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 6. No-lien agreements.<\/a>]<\/p>\n

So far we’ve looked at the basics of subcontracting and allocation of credit risk, how a mechanic’s lien changes things by reallocating credit risk, and how a contractor, subcontractor, supplier, or worker goes about acquiring a mechanic’s lien. Now we’ll discuss how to enforce a lien once you have it. Assume you are a subcontractor with a claim against the general contractor, or GC, for $15,000. The GC has withheld that amount from your fees, accusing you of not finishing your work on schedule. The general contractor says it incurred $15,000 in additional labor charges because its workers had to wait around with nothing else to do until your work was completed. You blame the general contractor for the delay and additional expense, and you have recorded a sworn statement and notice of intention to hold a mechanic’s lien in the amount of $15,000. A copy of it has been sent to the owner.<\/p>\n

Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  [Note: This one of a series of six posts regarding mechanics’ liens: Part 1. The basics of credit risk and subcontracting. Part 2. Reallocating risk in construction projects. Part 3. Acquiring a lien. Part 4. Enforcing a lien. Part 5. Personal liability notices. Part 6. No-lien agreements.] So far we’ve looked at the basics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-law-mechanics-liens","category-contract-law"],"yoast_head":"\nMechanics' Liens: Part 4. 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