Legal Resources: Mechanic’s Lien

Mechanic’s Liens/Collection Matters

Mechanics liens, with their many specific requirements, provide powerful leverage for contractors, landscapers, home builders and others seeking to get paid for the work they’ve provided. Goldman & Pease knows that time is of the essence, that the laws of mechanics liens are exacting, and we regularly obtains that leverage to help our clients collect outstanding monies due on contracts involving work on properties.  Recently we liened a multifamily property which had obtained sizable insurance recovery money from the 2018 Merrimack

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Mechanic’s Liens Provide Great Leverage For Creditors

By Howard Goldman Mechanic’s liens are a powerful, effective, and efficient tool for creditors.  Unlike mortgages and other real estate encumbrances, mechanic’s liens are involuntary.  This means that a mechanic’s lien does not require court approval before it is perfected.  Accordingly, creditors can put a cloud on the title of real estate where their work, material, or services were provided, without having to first navigate expensive and time-consuming court processes. Using the Massachusetts mechanic’s lien Statute, M.G.L. c. 254 (“Statute”), contractors,

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Mechanic’s Lien and Judicial Order to Freeze Insurance Proceeds Yields Excellent Recovery for Emergency Contractor

Recovered excellent mediation settlement for home improvement contractor who performed significant emergency tear-down and removal work of home destroyed by fire. The home was under-insured and heavily encumbered by mortgages, putting client at substantial risk of receiving little to no payment. Upon receiving case, we immediately investigated title and filed a Mechanic’s Lien under M.G.L 254 with the Essex Registry of Deeds, to secure the debt and prevent a sale or transfer of the subject property. We conducted a thorough investigation,

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Mechanic’s Liens/Collection Matters

Mechanics liens, with their many specific requirements, provide powerful leverage for contractors, landscapers, home builders and others seeking to get paid for the work they’ve provided. Goldman & Pease knows that time is of the essence, that the laws of mechanics liens are exacting, and we regularly obtains that leverage to help our clients collect outstanding monies due on contracts involving work on properties.  Recently we liened a multifamily property which had obtained sizable insurance recovery money from the 2018 Merrimack

Read More »

Mechanic’s Liens Provide Great Leverage For Creditors

By Howard Goldman Mechanic’s liens are a powerful, effective, and efficient tool for creditors.  Unlike mortgages and other real estate encumbrances, mechanic’s liens are involuntary.  This means that a mechanic’s lien does not require court approval before it is perfected.  Accordingly, creditors can put a cloud on the title of real estate where their work, material, or services were provided, without having to first navigate expensive and time-consuming court processes. Using the Massachusetts mechanic’s lien Statute, M.G.L. c. 254 (“Statute”), contractors,

Read More »

Mechanic’s Lien and Judicial Order to Freeze Insurance Proceeds Yields Excellent Recovery for Emergency Contractor

Recovered excellent mediation settlement for home improvement contractor who performed significant emergency tear-down and removal work of home destroyed by fire. The home was under-insured and heavily encumbered by mortgages, putting client at substantial risk of receiving little to no payment. Upon receiving case, we immediately investigated title and filed a Mechanic’s Lien under M.G.L 254 with the Essex Registry of Deeds, to secure the debt and prevent a sale or transfer of the subject property. We conducted a thorough investigation,

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