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The Texas Legislature is currently in session and is scheduled to adjourn on June 2, 2025. Porter Hedges is actively monitoring any legislation that influences Texas construction law and impacts construction projects,...more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of June. Be sure to subscribe to the Texas Construction Law Blog to automatically receive our monthly lien and bond guides, as well as other...more
Why Understanding Liens is Important Construction liens are a critical aspect of the construction industry, providing security for those who contribute labor, materials, or services to a project. Understanding construction...more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of May....more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of April. Be sure to subscribe to the Texas Construction Law Blog to automatically receive our monthly lien and bond guides, as well as other...more
Not all liens are created equal. The most commonly discussed lien is related to construction improvements under Chapter 53 of the Texas Property Code. For those in the oil & gas/energy segment lien rights exist under Chapter...more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of February....more
Liens provide a means of recourse for contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers who have not been paid. In Washington, there are specific disclosure requirements that must be met before a licensed and registered contractor...more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of January. Lien and Bond Claim Notices and Filings Required by: January 15, 2025...more
When a construction project goes bad, there will often be more than one party looking for payment. The project owner might fail to pay both the contractor and the lender. If both the contractor and lender have liens, whose...more
Although many contractors have never heard of the expression “lien fund” having an understanding as to what this phrase means is crucially important in the context of seeking payment pursuant to a construction lien. In...more
In a recent case, the California Court of Appeal held that a contractor could foreclose a mechanic's lien, over the project owner's objection, even though the contractor had not provided a preliminary notice of lien to the...more
One of the most common protections for laborers, contractors, suppliers, and others providing construction services or materials for a project is the right to a lien against the project property for the value of the work...more
You did not get paid for your labor and material, so you ask, what can I do? Alabama’s lien law provides you an opportunity to place a lien on the property for certain unpaid amounts for labor and materials. If you follow the...more
Dans l’affaire Pinnacle Living (Capstan Village) Lands Inc. v. Fairway Recycle Group Inc. (l’« affaire Pinnacle Living »), la Cour d’appel de la Colombie-Britannique (la « CACB ») s’est récemment penchée sur la capacité d’un...more
Dans l’affaire Lesenko v. Wild Rose Ready Mix Ltd. (l’« affaire Lesenko »), la Cour du Banc du Roi de l’Alberta (la « CBRA ») a envoyé un message clair au Comité des règles de procédure et à la Cour d’appel de l’Alberta (la «...more
In Pinnacle Living (Capstan Village) Lands Inc. v. Fairway Recycle Group Inc. (Pinnacle Living), the British Columbia Court of Appeal (Court) recently considered the ability of an owner to obtain a discharge of a lien by...more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of July....more
The Court of King's Bench, in Lesenko v. Wild Rose Ready Mix Ltd. (Lesenko), has sent a clear message to the Rules of Court Committee and the Alberta Court of Appeal about the desire for new standard of review rules for...more
Use this guide as a reference when filing lien and bond claim notices for the month of June....more
The Washington Supreme Court recently held that a contractor is not required to provide a property owner with a prelien notice in order to have a valid lien for labor provided to a construction project. Washington...more
A mechanics’ lien is a powerful remedy that provides a contractor with a priority lien on a property and a fast means of being made whole if payment is not rendered at the completion of a job. In order to successfully obtain...more
This Article is Part 1 in a series of articles discussing common considerations that homeowners should look for before, during, and after a residential construction project. Part 1 focuses on arguably the most important...more
Washington’s construction lien statute, RCW 60.04, balances the interests of persons performing work to improve real property with the interests of property owners in avoiding the necessity of paying for the same work twice....more
This quick reference describes general time requirements for filing lien notices in each state, plus Washington, DC. Seyfarth’s Construction team prepared the survey for use primarily by commercial contractors and real estate...more