It sounds like you have a good basis to record a mechanics lien for the value of the labor and materials that you furnished for which you have not...

In addition, you can file a claim against their license bond. You can obtaining information about their surety from their license page on the CSLB...

If they are licensed, you can also file a claim against their license bond. You can get information about the surety on the bond on the CSLB's...

The basic deadline to record a mechanics lien is 90 days after the earlier of completion of the work of improvement or cessation of the project for...

If you fully compensated your contractor, I would send a demand letter to the contractor to defend the lawsuit by the supplier. If they don't solve...

You probably need a contractors license. The California Contractors State License Board has helpful information. See...

The answer should be covered in Civil Code section 8446. If there is a single owner for the project, you can records one line and in the lien...

There are usually strong contractual protections to the builder and fixed timelines for requesting a refund. The right to recover could depend...

You could withhold payment. The biggest risk is that the contractor records a mechanics lien against your property and files a lawsuit to foreclose...

"Accord" in that context means that the cases following are in agreement with or support the previously cited case. But they may not have the same...