lien

I understand how a mechanic's lien works for, say a subcontractor who was not paid by the GC... even though that GC has been paid by the homeowner, the subcontractor can still put a lien on the house rather than going after the GC (or maybe in addition to). And more obviously, a mechanic who...

Had a new roof installed which has never been completed as there are several outstanding issues regarding workmanship and state/county construction codes. The roofers showed up late on the first day and tried to make up for time by rushing and tearing off the entire roof despite it raining...

My mother put a lien on someone’s house years ago, she passed in 2014 but the house was foreclosed a few years ago. After hiring a lawyer part of the lien was awarded to her heirs including me, of approximately $29k divided three ways. I recently received a 1099-MISC, but I thought that a #1...

I went to the tax collectors office to obtain a title for a car I want to donate or give to a junkyard. When I gave them my lien release paperwork from the bank I paid the loan for the car to the tax collector told me there is a lien on the car from a totally different company. (An auto...

I can't afford an attorney, so I'm trying to fight a lien and lawsuit Per Se (representing myself). I paid in advance to have the drive train replaced and upgraded in my classic Land Rover Defender. The work was supposed to take 6-8 months. Now, 2 1/2 years later, I still don't have my truck...

A judgment lien attached to my grandma's property 6 yrs ago. My grandma passed away 10 yrs ago though. Her estate was never administered through probate, which is why the property is still in her name. Is the judgment lien still attached to the property if it is transferred to the rightful...

Ok, here's the deal. Our mother passed in 2019. The only assets in her Estate was approx. $300,000 in stock (a local bank stock, NOT the nasdaq, etc. The only heirs are siblings, 3 of us. We're all going to receive a 3rd ($100k a piece). Before the Estate was settled, one sister assigned part...

Hello. My credit is excellent and I have no debts. Unfortunately, I have a cousin with almost an exact full name as me (my middle name is Richard, his is Richmond). And unfortunately, this cousin has tones of bad debt, judgements and liens against him from Iowa all the way to California As you...

I sold a car to a dealership in Texas yet the bank has not recieved the payoff from them. Please advise, thanks for any help.

Three years ago, I made a contract with a client to store his car while he went back to his home country to get his visa renewed. He is still there. After a year, he quit paying the monthly rent. Over the next 18 months I notified him via email of his delinquent rent a total of 12 times and...

If a contractor placed a mechanic’s lien on a property years ago, but never filed a lawsuit, does the lien automatically expire? When does the lien expire ?

I am a homeowner and hired a landscape contractor to do landscaping from the ground up for my new home (new construction). Everything went fine until the contractor ran into personal and cash flow problems. By then the project was already 2 months behind. He started to show up once in a blue...

We are trying to close on a ssm ministry house to help couples in need. We tried to put the new home in our ministry. The title company refused to place the grantees name as the ssm ministry and suggest we do the purchase in a trust We worked on our trust documents which they accepted after...

In 2011, I filed Chapter 7 BK in the state of GA. At the time, I had a 1st & 2nd mortgage with the same lender. I chose to reaffirm the first mortgage but the second was included in the BK. Since that time, I have maintained the payments on the 1st with no delinquencies. The lender has not...

I signed a contract with a guy I sold cars to in December. The contract stated that I would furnish $20k towards renovations to the house in my name. The work would be done within 60 days. In return he would recieve 30% of the sales price after home sells. (My contribution will be taken out of...

A lien was placed against my bank account for unpaid child support. The child support became unpaid during the time I was out of work and looking for a job (4 months). Prior to receiving the paycheck, child support was taken out in the amount of $742. This amount and the amount in my bank...