The New Georgia Lien Laws are Effective Today. Will Your Lien Comply?

As previously reported, Georgia Senate Bill 374 with proposed changes to the state’s lien laws has been passed and becomes effective today, March 31, 2009.    The new rules consist of substantive changes to the Georgia lien laws that affects contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, homebuilders and property owners.

We discussed the changes on the Construction Lien Blog back in December 2008  – click here.

Is your company prepared for these changes?   Will your Georgia construction lien meet the new requirements?

Express Lien files your lien and send the new required Notice of Lien to the interested parties.  Express Lien can also prepare Notices to Contractor, Notice of Contest, and suits to perfect your lien.

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Efforts to Change California Lien Law Dead…for now

Senate Bill 1691 went to Governor Schwarzenegger’s desk, and he vetoed the bill.   The law would have made significant changes to the California Mechanic’s Lien Law – but for the time being, the legislative efforts to make changes to the state’s laws have failed.

Considering the governor’s non-substantive veto message (which was copied and pasted to a number of different bills), it’s safe to assume that the matter will be re-examined in future legislative sessions.

For the time being, however, the California lien laws will remain unchanged.

The governor’s veto message was:

“I am returning Senate Bill 1691 without my signature.  The historic delay in passing the 2008-2009 State Budget has forced me to prioritize the bills sent to my desk at the end of the year’s legislative session.  Given the delay, I am only signing bills that are the highest priority for California.   This bill does not meet that standard and I cannot sign it at this time.”

Express Lien will monitor California’s efforts to make changes to the California mechanic’s lien law.