Often it takes a tremendous amount of time to get an unfair law changed. But when the entire construction industry in Georgia needed to have an immediate change to the laws, everyone came together to move mountains and get the
On August 5, 2020, Governor Brian Kemp signed Georgia Senate Bill 315 into law. This new law, which is codified at Title 44, Chapter 14, Section 366 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, substantially changes the way Georgia interprets
A recent case decided by the Georgia Court of Appeals had a devastating impact on contractors’ rights to recover from non-payment. Given the severity of this decision, a bill was quickly introduced to amend Georgia’s lien waiver statutes. Let’s take
In each state, statutes govern the right to a construction lien. It is almost inevitable that someone, someday, will not meet a required step. The lien is lost, and with it, whatever leverage or payment security it represented.
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