• 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.

To prepare a lien affidavit, you will need the general information of the project and your contract. Below is a list of most of the information that is most needed to file a lien. • Project Information: Owner, name of project, common address (or legal property description), county where the project is located. • For Subcontractors: Name (or company name) and mailing address of the General (Prime) Contractor. • For 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.

Only contractors who have a direct agreement with the project owner can file a lien on a property without sending notice first.

No. Texas Easy Lien system is currently designed to prepare lien and bond documents for commercial and Texas government public projects.

The dates and deadlines related for lien claims are based off the month and year in which the work was actually performed. The invoice date and company accounting methods are irrelevant in these cases.
Additionally, to qualify to file a lien claim on a property for a commercial project, the subcontractor or supplier, is required to send the invoice or request payment by the 15th day of the second month after the month the work was performed.
A subcontractor who has a direct contract with the General Contractor is called a Tier 1 Subcontractor. The chart below shows the deadline to send Invoices, Pre-lien Notice Letter and Lien Affidavit for private commercial projects for Tier 1 Subcontractors:

FOR CLAIMS RESULTING FROM A CONTRACT SIGNED BEFORE DECEMBER 31^ST, 2021
IF THE 15th OF THE MONTH FALLS ON A WEEKEND OR A HOLIDAY, THE LAST DAY TO FILE A VALID LIEN WILL BE THE EARLIEST BUSINESS DAY.

FOR CLAIMS RESULTING FROM A CONTRACT SIGNED AFTER JANUARY 1^ST, 2022
IF THE 15th OF THE MONTH FALLS ON A WEEKEND OR A HOLIDAY, THE LAST DAY TO FILE A VALID LIEN WILL EXTEND TO THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY AFTER THAT WEEKEND OR HOLIDAY.