Walk It Through: The Unpaid Contractor
No lien on an owner-occupied home without a direct written contract, a claim within 120 days, and six months to sue.
A contractor finishes work on a house, and part of the bill goes unpaid.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One unpaid bill on one house in Arizona. The preliminary twenty day notice, what counts as completion, and how a lien is discharged are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.