Simple Answers to Complex Questions.

After answering the questions needed to create your document, you will add the notary and e-filing services to your shopping cart before checking out. When you have selected the e-notarize service, Texas Easy Lien will email you with further instructions and a secure link to access the e-notarize site.YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO A CAMERA AND A VALID I.D. FOR THESE NEXT STEPS - After creating an account with the e-notarize site, you will be remotely connected with the notary that already has your documents. After answering the required questions to verify your identity and location, your document will get signed and stamped digitally by the notary and be emailed back to you. The document(s) will also be stored in your Texas Easy Lien dashboard and available to be printed as many times as you need.Once e-notarized, Texas Easy Lien will be notified and file the notarized document for you on the date you selected in your questionnaire. We will email you a copy of the recorded document once it is filed.

• Project Information: Owner, name of project, common address (or legal property description), county where the project is located.• Subcontractors: Name (or company name) and mailing address of the General (Prime) Contractor.• Sub-subcontractors: It is not required but preferred to have the name and mailing address of all Subcontractors involved in the contract chain.• Work: Invoice dates, description of the unpaid work performed and the amount owed per each individual month.

It is recommended to send notice for every month you perform work in the event of non-payment. Since the deadlines in Texas laws are strict and relatively narrow. It is very important for Subcontractors and Sub-subcontractors (1st and 2nd Tier contractors) to send notice of outstanding invoices for each month as soon as possible to protect their right to file a lien claim.It is a low cost letter that could prevent expensive litigation costs in the future.

The County Property Records Office assigns a “Document number” to the lien previously recorded. This number must be included in the document along with the project address (and/or legal property description), the name and company information of the entity that had the lien filed and is now removing.If you created the lien affidavit with Texas Easy Lien, you will just need your Document number to create your lien release, all other information required has been saved with your project.

The legal description is a record of the real property (piece of land) that contains information that clearly identifies it such as property dimensions and boundaries. This description can be written in a few different forms and will typically appear on sales contracts and the property deed.If it is not printed in the contract or blueprints, it can be found in the “Property Search” section of each individual county.Instructions on how to find the legal description of a property

No. The Texas constitution only allows a general contractor and those who have a direct contract with the owner to assert a constitutional lien (this lien does not require sending written prelien notices). Subcontractors do not have a direct contract with the owner, therefore those construction liens are called Mechanic’s Lien Affidavit.Exception: If a subcontractor has a direct contract with the project owner, then it might be able to assert a constitutional lien against the project.

If you have been paid for the month you filed a lien on a property and you received the request to release the lien, then you should sign a lien release. However, if you are still owed for more months and filed a lien(s) for them as well, those liens should remain in place until the balance gets paid.

Any person or company who provides labor, materials, equipment and supplies to a project and has not received payment for the work performed is entitled to file a lien on a property.Note: Landscapers, Landscape materials suppliers and those who furnishes labor or materials for, the demolition of a structure on real property, must have a written contract to file a lien.

The county appraisal district websites are free and can provide you with the project owner’s name, mailing address, and legal description of the property. Make sure to search the real property records and not the business/personal property records.To locate a county appraisal district website search online by typing (county name) Texas tax appraisal district website. For example: “Harris County, Texas, tax appraisal district website” or “Harris CAD.” Then select their “Property Search” link and enter owner’s name and/or street address to search for property information. Make sure you have identified the correct legal name of the owner of the property, it could also be a company name. Finding property information in the tax appraisal websites is sometimes difficult and although having the legal description in the lien documents is preferred, if you know the actual street address of the project, you may use that instead and your lien will still be valid. 

Any subcontractor or sub-subcontractor who provides work under a written or an oral agreement can file a bond claim to secure payment on unpaid labor or supplied materials on a public project.