Denver Mechanics Lien Lawyer

Stutheit & Gartland, P.C., is a Denver Mechanics Lien Lawyer who represents property owners and businesses threatened by mechanics liens, and it can help you protect your property. Mechanics liens are dangerous. Property owners can be forced to pay the lien holder (the person claiming the lien), or ordered to sell the property for payment.

We analyze whether the contractor has met the time constraints, and detailed procedural requirements to file a claim. We answer questions such as what can you do to force the release of a lien? Is it best, under the circumstances, to wait it out? What should you do if your contractor does not pay subcontractors, employees, rental equipment or material suppliers? What protection is it to you that you paid your contractor, already?

We recommend that any property owner dealing with a contractor get signed lien waivers from subcontractors, material providers or others who are owed money for work on your property. Do not make the final payment to the contractor until you are satisfied with the work and have obtained signed waivers showing that every subcontractor has been paid. Or, make you checks jointly payable to the contractor and its subcontractor.

We represent general contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers and owners in mechanic’s lien foreclosure matters. We let you do your business while we get your notices out on time, to the right people. We know that mechanic liens will impair a property until the lien is paid, and we protect you against having your rights expire.

Enforcing a mechanic’s lien is not always the best way to secure payment. Rather than relying solely on
the lien law to get you paid we advise our clients of all of the other potential courses of action that are available to them, including claims for breach of contract, and violations of the general contractor trust statute. Our role as attorneys is to provide you, the client, with all of the legal options available to you and allow you to make an educated business decision about the best way for you to proceed. We will provide you with alternatives to get you paid as quickly and efficiently as possible.