Construction legal support
Mechanics lien filing support
Lien rights die on deadlines that vary by state, by role on the project, and by whether a preliminary notice went out months earlier. We compute the chain, prepare the documents, and calendar every date.
- Published price
- $100–400 / lien
- Turnaround
- 48 hours
- Without us
- $400–1,200
Fixed per unit, not hourly. No minimum engagement. Quoted before we start.
What you receive
Lien documents prepared and calendared to each jurisdiction's filing deadline.
- A deadline chain per project computed from the state, the role and the project milestones
- Preliminary and pre-lien notices prepared where the jurisdiction requires them
- The lien claim prepared in the state's required form with the statutory content included
- Service and recording requirements identified per jurisdiction, including who must be served and how
- Releases and waivers prepared in the statutory form where one is prescribed
- A tracking register across all projects with the next action and date for each
What it costs, and what it replaces
Both figures are published ranges for the same unit of work. Ours is fixed before we start; if our process gets faster, that is our gain and your price does not move.
How engagements are structured →- Adnah Legal
- $100–400 / lien
- Typical cost without us
- $400–1,200 / lien
Roughly 69% lower at the midpoint of each published range.
How the work runs
01
Role and jurisdiction analysis
Deadlines depend on the state, the tier your client occupies and whether the project is public or private. We establish those first, because every subsequent date flows from them.
02
Deadline chain
The full chain is computed — preliminary notice, notice of intent, lien filing, suit to foreclose — with each date tied to its triggering event rather than estimated.
03
Document preparation
Documents are prepared in the state's required form with the statutory content, since many states prescribe both and reject substantial compliance.
04
Service and tracking
Service and recording requirements are set out per document, and the project goes onto a register showing the next action and date until the rights are resolved.
What we need from you
- The project details: owner, general contractor, your client's role and tier
- Contract, invoices and the dates of first and last furnishing
- The property description and county
- Any notices already served
What we check before delivery
- Every deadline is computed against the current statute for that state and role
- Required statutory content is checked line by line against the prescribed form
- Service lists are verified against the ownership and contracting chain
- The last-furnishing date is verified against the invoices rather than taken from recollection
When firms send us this
- Contractors and suppliers with continuous filing requirements across states
- Projects where the preliminary notice deadline is days away
- Firms carrying a lien practice without a dedicated paralegal for it
- Portfolio tracking across dozens of active projects
Questions about lien filing support
Do you record the lien?
We prepare the documents and set out the recording and service requirements. Recording and service go out under the firm's or the client's name.
Can you handle multiple states?
Yes, and it is the main reason firms use this. Each state's chain is computed separately against its own statute rather than by analogy to a neighbouring state.
What if a deadline has already passed?
We tell you immediately and in writing rather than preparing a document that will not achieve anything, and set out what remedies remain.
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Lien filing support at $100–400 per lien, 48 hours. No minimum, no scoping call, no onboarding cycle.