Get Paid Using Construction Liens

Get Paid Using Construction Liens

Using construction liens to get paid can be an effective way to protect your work – if you follow the lien rules.

A lien is an encumbrance – a legal hold. This hold is placed on real property for the value of the work and materials you provided but for which you haven’t yet been paid. Someone who owns a piece of property cannot sell or refinance that property without resolving the issues connected to your lien.

There are guidelines and rules for using this construction tool. First, you need to be entitled to lien, generally because, through a written or oral contract, you have performed work on real property. Secondly, you need to fall within the chain of contracts provided by the lien law. The lowest “link” on that chain of potential lien holders is the sub-subcontractor and material supplier to a subcontractor.

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Alexander Barthet is a board certified construction attorney in Florida and holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He manages The Barthet Firm, a ten lawyer construction law firm in Miami, and maintains a construction law blog at www.TheLienZone.com. He can be reached at 305-347-5295 or alex@barthet.com.