Legal Question in Construction Law in New Jersey

Re: Job Payment

1. Determine whether your contract permits you to add the cost of collection to your damages.

2. File a construction lien with the county clerk for the amount due plus allowable costs. Do this within 90 days of the last work or materials provided. Notify both the customer and the landlord (if any).

3. File suit is Small Claims court in the county in which the property is located for the unpaid balance plus allowable costs.

Depending on whether your contract allows you to add attorey fees, it may be worth your while to have a lawyer help you with this.

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Re: Job Payment

You are going to need an attorney, and force them to pay. I do this kind of work and would be happy to help you. Call my office! I am in Hackensack. You can then decide how you would like to proceed.

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