Walk It Through: The Unpaid Contractor
Notice of intent 30 days before, a claim within 6 months, and 2 years 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 Wisconsin. Lien waivers, the owner's right to pay the subcontractor directly, 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.
- IssueThe intestacy statute's word for a person's children and their descendants. When someone dies without a will, what does not go to the surviving spouse or domestic partner, or all of it if there is none, goes to the issue.
- Pecuniary lossA money loss from an untrue, deceptive or misleading representation to the public, which a person may sue to recover with costs, including reasonable attorney fees.