Liens & Payment Rights
Mechanics liens are your most powerful tool for getting paid on private work. Stop notices and payment bond claims cover public work. This hub links every guide, calculator, generator, workflow, and playbook for protecting and enforcing payment rights.
Critical deadlines
Missing a preliminary notice or lien filing deadline can permanently eliminate your rights. Use the calculators and workflows below — do not rely on memory.
Understand it
- Construction Lien Law — Deadlines, preliminary notices, and waivers
- Stop Notices — Public works payment remedies
- Joint Check Agreements — When and how joint checks work
- Payment Bond Claims — Claimant rights on public work
- State Lien Law Quick Reference
State-specific guides
Bill and collect
- Pay Applications — Clean apps and faster payment
- Retainage — How retention works and when you get it back
- Collections Strategy — Steps before filing a lien
Run it
- Preliminary Notice Procedure
- Lien Waiver Management
- Mechanics Lien Filing
- Stop Notice Procedure
- Notice Requirements Guide
- Payment Bond Claims Procedure
- Collections Procedure
- Pay Application Process
Tools
Calculators
- Lien Deadline Calculator
- Notice Deadline Calculator
- Progress Billing Calculator
- Retention Calculator
- Prompt Payment Calculator
Generators
Templates
Playbooks
Related
- Bonding & Surety Hub — Principal-side bonding (not claimant liens)
- Payment & Legal — Contracts, insurance, and dispute resolution