Mechanic's lien rights exist in all 50 states. They are an American institution as old as the Bill of Rights, but as creatures of statute, they vary from state to state. To enforce lien rights, claimants must strictly follow statutory requirements. A typical statutory scheme says that a contractor's mechanic's lien must be filed within a certain number of days or months after the subcontractor performs its last work on the project. There are vast differences in how courts interpret what was the last day worked on a project for purposes of starting the clock ticking for lien purposes.
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