UPDATED April 25, 2020 San Francisco is both the City and County government authority for CALIFORNIA Mechanics Liens to be recorded with. Carmen Chu is the Assessor/Recorder. Recently our TRADITION…
UPDATED April 25, 2020 Recently a family owned HVAC business asked our TRADITION LIEN SERVICE division to record a California Mechanics Lien in Contra Costa County. It is a suburban…
Effective January 1, 2015, pursuant to Senate Bill 1050, all CALIFORNIA county Recorder’s Offices will require the Notary Consumer Disclosure. This bill requires a legible notice at the top in…
First page fees for recording Mechanic’s Liens and releasing those liens later in San Bernardino County in CALIFORNIA were increased on September 1, 2014. Cost now for the first page…
UPDATED April 25, 2020 Once in a while I like to record or release in person a CALIFORNIA Mechanics Lien at one of the local Northern California county recorder offices….
UPDATED April 26, 2020 Alameda County is in the East Bay region of the greater San Francisco Bay Area. It’s largest city is Oakland, with nearby Berkeley, home to the…
Solano County is located halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento, disected by Interstate 80. Recently a Fairfield, CA based General Contractor did insurance restoration at a personal residence and was…
A concrete resurfacing company contacted our TRADITION LIEN SERVICE division regarding a project where they did decorative concrete flooring at a vineyard in Hollister, CA, which is within San Benito…
After a major Sacramento area storm, a General Contractor completed a roof replacement on a commercial building in Sacramento County. The property owners decided they do not want to pay…
On private construction projects (commercial, residential existing and new) CALIFORNIA Civil Code § 8400 et seq. mandates that Direct Contractors and Subcontractors can record a notarized CALIFORNIA Mechanics Lien up…