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Walk It Through: The Unpaid Contractor

A notice in the contract, 120 days to record the lien statement, and one year to enforce it.

A contractor signs a written contract to remodel a house, with subcontractors and suppliers doing part of the work.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

One remodel and one unpaid supplier. Lien waivers, how a lien is discharged, and the duties of a contractor paid in full are not worked through here.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.