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    • PRELIMINARY NOTICE LANGUAGE
    • MECHANICS LIEN and STOP NOTICE TIMELINE
    • REQUIRED MECHANICS LIEN LANGUAGE
    • EVER BEEN BIT BY A DEAD BEE? WHY ATTORNEY FEES ARE A BAD IDEA- article
    • THE FALSE CLAIM ACT- article
    • PATRICK McNAMARA CSU SACRAMENTO CLASS ORDER FORM
    • TIM McINERNEY UC BERKELEY CLASS ORDER FORM

Mechanics Lien & Stop Notice Timeline

The Prerequisites:

   Properly  licensed at all times
   
   Preliminary notice served

1- When the Owner Records a Notice of Completion Or a Notice of  Cessation

     For General Contractors

 • Owner files Notice of Completion or Notice of Cessation
 • You have 60 days to Record the Mechanic Lien
 • Before you Record the Lien, you must provide NOTICE to the Owner. 
    [Any Mechanic Lien is invalid without it!!!]
 • Record the Mechanic Lien in the Recorders or Assessor’s Office 
     of the County or Town where the project is located.
 • File Your Lawsuit within 90 days of recording the Mechanics Lien
 • Record a Lis Pendens in the Recorders or Assessor’s Office

     For Subcontractors &  Suppliers

The same sequence of events needs to occur EXCEPT
 you have only 30 Days to Record the Lien following Notice of Completion or Notice of Cessation.


2- When Owner Accepts Project or Takes Beneficial Oc
cupancy Without Filing a 
    Notice of Completion or Cessation

 For General, Subcontractors & Suppliers

 • Owner files Notice of Completion or Notice of Cessation
 • You have 90 days to Record the Mechanic Lien
 • Before you Record the Lien, you must provide NOTICE to 
     the Owner.
 • Record the Mechanic Lien in the Recorders or Assessor’s Office 
     of the County or Town where the project is located.
 • File Your Lawsuit within 90 days of recording the Mechanics Lien
 • Record a Lis Pendens in the Recorders or Assessor’s Office


3- When the Owner Does NOT File Notice of Completion
or Cessation, 
    Does Not Take Possession and Work
Stops for 60 days

For General, Subcontractors & Suppliers

 • Work stops for a continuous 60 days =’s completion
 • All contractors have 90 days to Record Lien from end of 60 day cessation
     (150 day total- 60 + 90)
 •  Before you Record the Lien, you must provide NOTICE to the Owner.
 • Record the Mechanic Lien in the Recorders or Assessor’s Office 
     of the County or Town where the project is located.
 • File Your Lawsuit within 90 days of recording the Mechanics Lien
 • Record a Lis Pendens in the Recorders or Assessor’s Office

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