Filing a Mechanic's Lien in Pa

What happens when a undertaker of a package deal performs work or delivers product for a Customer, and the customer doesn't pay? If he is smart, the undertaker of a package deal files a Mechanic's Lien against the Customer. A Mechanic's Lien is a legal procedure wherein a undertaker of a package deal or Sub-Contractor can place a lien on a asset owner's real estate when that owner has failed to pay for services or products. That lien prevents the homeowner from selling or transferring the asset unless and until the lien is satisfied. The lien is filed in the Court of coarse Pleas of the county in which the non-paying asset owner's asset is located.

In order to file a Mechanic's Lien, the undertaker of a package deal must set forth all of the following:

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(1) the terms of the contract;

(2) the whole alleged to be due and owing;

(3) the name of all parties complicated in the contract/transaction;

(4) the date of the breach of the agreement; and

(5) the asset location where the work was completed. In order for a undertaker of a package deal to file a lien in Pennsylvania, he must do so within six

(6) months of the time that the work was completed or the product was delivered.

It is prominent to know that a Sub-Contractor can file a Mechanic's Lien against a homeowner as well. This is a bit of a separate scenario because it is typically the undertaker of a package deal who is responsible for paying the Sub-Contractor. In a situation where the Sub-Contractor is owed money, he can file a lien against the homeowner. If a Sub-Contractor wishes to file a Mechanic's Lien, he must first give the asset owner thirty (30) days formal notice, in writing, of his intent to do so. That notice must explain that he performed work on the named property, but that he hasn't been paid for his services. The homeowner then must pay the Sub-Contractor for his services, and try to re-coup the monies from the former Contractor.

Filing a Mechanic's Lien in Pa