It depends on the laws of the jurisdiction in which the homeowner's association is organized.
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The time delay depends on why the association wants to file and lien, and against what property title.
When the association wants to cloud the title to a property owned by someone who is in arrears for paying assessments, the time is defined in your governing documents.
Filing a lien, however, is one of the last actions that the association may take. The final action being foreclosure on the home, to sell it in order to collect past due amounts.
Finally, you are best advised to work with your association's association-savvy attorney, to insure that the correct lien for the correct amount is filed properly in order to protect the association.
If you agree to work and do not pay a contractor can file a lien at any time.
Yes
No, you cannot file against the contractor if you carry a ghost policy as a sub. The only way to file against the contractor is via a worker's compensation claim.
Yes.
To file a lien on homeowner association you have to file at the court house.
If in the US, find the closest title company to the address of the property in question and file a lean against it. This doesn't force them to pay, but they will not be able to do anything financially with the place until the lean is taken care of. (Sell, refinance, etc)
The owner cannot mortgage or sell the property until the lien is paid.
depending if your a corp. and what type s-corp,LLC.etc.. No they can still file suits against you but it can help with lawyers and payments. No it does not.
No
No. You, (The new owner) was not a party to the contract between the previous homeowner and the trade contractor. The contractor has no obligation to a subsequent owner with whom he did not contract or make warranty. It's no different than when you buy a used car. You would have no recourse for work you might consider substandard against a mechanic that did repairs for the previous owner because you did not own the property at that time and were not a party to the repair agreement. Hopefully you purchased a home warranty through your realtor when you purchased the home they are very inexpensive. Your recourse would be to file a claim on the home warranty offered to you when you made your home purchase.
In this case, apparently, the bank is the owner. So yes, the HOA can file the lien against the bank's ownership of this unit.
Yes and no. The contractor can file a lien against your house for non-payment. Even if you honestly don't owe the contractor any money, he may still lien your house; he will eventually have to prove the lien's validity in court or it is automatically released. No lien can be filed against your car. However, if the contractor gets a judgment against you, that judgment may be executed against your car and home to secure payment.
You are required as an independent contractor to file what type of taxes?