To answer the question in your subject line, yes, eventually (and before the short statute of limitations in California), you will have to a bond...

The process is to provide the owner with a conditional waiver and release form — be careful as there are two forms —- one upon progress payment and...

To file a claim on a Miller Act Payment Bond, you might need to promptly serve a Miller Act Bond Claim notice. Even if you were exempted from the...

Assuming this is just a duplicative lien to try to impose an improper lien against the property when the lien claim has already been transferred to...

One immedate issue comes to mind: Do you as the GC have standing to bring the petition? Or does the property owner have to bring the...

You have to be very careful in properly reserving your rights to pursue the unpaid balance on the same project. Was the second invoice for...

The supplier and subcontractor have the right to separately record mechanics liens and the subcontractor's lien can also include the supplier's...

Preliminary notices do not "expire" -- so as long as the preliminary notice was proper when served and the project has been ongoing ever since,...

Yes, since you are done furnishing material, you can record a lien. Note, however, the extent to which you can assert a mechanics lien claim may...

No, you do not provide unconditional waivers for periods where you were working on the project even if you didn't generate an invoice during that...