Considerations for Contractors and Suppliers Before Bidding

By Mark A. Cobb As readers from our last post know, we are just days away from launching the Second Edition of the Georgia Construction Handbook for Materialmen's Liens and Payment Bonds. Since Georgia's new lien laws begin to take...

Highlights of Georgia’s 2020 Revisions to the Mechanics and Materialmen’s Act

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Signs the Bill Revising Georgia's Lien Laws; (from l to r) Rep. Alan Powell, Donna Washburn, Lee Lemke from Georgia Specialty Contractors, Rep. Dale Washburn, Gov. Brian Kemp, Sen. Lindsey Tippins, Mark Woodall of AGC Georgia,...

Breaking News: Governor Kemp Signs 2020 Lien Law Revision into Law

Governor Kemp presents the new law changing Georgia's Lien Laws (with from L to R Gov. Brian Kemp, Sen. Linsey Tippins, Mark Woodall, Jim Cooper, and Mark Cobb) Yesterday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp hosted a bill-signing ceremony wherein he signed...

2020 Lien Law Revisions Update: Bill SB315 Moves to Governor Kemp’s Desk!

Finally! Some great news! As our readers know, Mark Cobb, was on a drafting committee to revise Georgia’s Lien Laws–particularly as they related to Georgia’s statutory lien waivers. Using the legislative arm of the AGC Georgia (Associated General Contractors), the...

Update on Georgia’s 2020 Amendments to Lien Laws

As you may be aware, a September 2019 Georgia Court of Appeals case shook the foundation of Georgia’s Lien Laws by taking away contractors' contract rights through lien waivers. After learning about this legal "disaster", our attorneys have been actively...

Update on Proposed Changes to Georgia Lien Laws (SB 315 2020)

As many of our readers know, a recent Georgia Court of Appeals Case held that Georgia’s Statutory Lien Waivers (both Interim and Final) waive all rights a contractor or subcontractor have to their payments including their contractual right to payment...

Crushing News for Georgia Contractors: The GA Court of Appeals Holds That Lien Waivers Can Waive All Claims for Payment

by Mark A. Cobb For an update on the status of the 2020 proposed amendments to Georgia's Lien Laws, please click here. Recently, the Georgia Court of Appeals handed down a case which seriously impacts everyone on a construction project...

2009 Georgia Lien Law Changes: A Summary

by Mark A. Cobb Cobb Law Group Since our law firm has a significant core practice area in which we file and perfect mechanics & materialmen’s liens and payment bond claims throughout Georgia, we address prospective clients’ lien questions almost...

Affidavits of Payment, File Lien or Bond Claim–What do I do?

Recently, we wrote a post about Georgia Affidavits of Nonpayment which are documents with which every subcontractor and supplier working on Georgia construction projects should be familiar. In summary, if you sign a lien waiver but you don’t receive payment,...

I Signed a Lien Waiver, but I Haven’t Been Paid; What Can I Do?

I signed a Lien Waiver, but I haven’t gotten Paid What Can I Do? We are getting more and more questions about lien waivers every day so that tells me something is rotten in the State of Denmark, but I’ll...