Chart Explaining Miller Act Claim Rights and Deadlines
On February 22, 2010
By Scott Wolfe Jr
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We spend so much time talking about Mechanic Liens here at the Construction Lien Blog we sometimes overlook the equivalent tool available to contractors and suppliers on federal projects – claims under the Miller Act. Of course, we have (see here). And of course, Zlien is experienced in preparing and filing Miller Act Claims for contractors and suppliers across the country.
The good news about the Miller Act’s requirements is that they are the same across the country. As such, contractors on federal projects need only be familiar with one set of rules. The bad news, however, is that the requirements are often misstated.
To make things easy, we created this chart.
About the Author: Scott Wolfe Jr
A construction attorney and entrepreneur. Scott is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, obtaining his J.D. degree from Loyola University of New Orleans, and his B.A. from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. In 2006, 2007 and 2008 New Orleans City Business magazine named Scott Wolfe, Jr. as one the 50 Leaders in Law. The son and grandson of general contractors, Scott Wolfe, Jr. is a construction litigator in Louisiana and Washington, and the founding member of the bi-coastal firm, Wolfe Law Group. Scott is also the founder and CEO of Express Lien, Inc., a legal document preparation service for contractors. In 2008, City Business Magazine recognized Scott as one of its Innovators of the Year for the Express Lien concept. Scott is also the founder and CEO of The Web Lab, InCharge Technology, Blog No Evil, Inc., Publius, Inc. and Two Cities Publishing, LLC.
Really nice, handy chart Scott!!
I missed this when it went up to begin with, randomly ran across it now, this is very helpful.
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Great Chart Scott! I’ll have to spread it around!
[...] Over the years here at the Construction Lien Blog, we’ve published a number of resources on the Federal Miller Act and States’ Little Miller Acts. Browse the Topic “Miller Act Claims” for a sampling of blog posts on the Act’s requirements, and to just get an understanding about how these laws work. If you like to dig deep into the laws, you can read the federal law and every state’s law in full-text here. If you’re a “big picture” kind of person, take a look at the Miller Act chart we’ve created breaking down who needs to send what and when. [...]