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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I have looked at an almost identical situation for a client at length awhile back. I believe my conclusion was that you cannot do anything to preserver lien rights that cannot, by statute, exist in the first place. We revised their contract/purchase order terms to create other ways to secure payment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>One option we explored was creating an LLC that bascially incorporated the entire supply chain from raw material to finished product which could be shipped directly to job sites, thus qualifying that entity as a material supplier. This obviously only works where the relevant entities do enough business together to make this make sense.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Robert E. Doan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Board Certified Construction Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator</span></i><span style='color:#1F497D'><br>Silverman, Vorhis & Doan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>311 NE 1st Street<br>Gainesville, FL 32601<br>PH: 352-337-8373<br>Fax: 352-505-6188<br>Email: robert@lawgainesville.com <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><img width=400 height=70 id=logo src="cid:image002.gif@01CD3F54.B3504F40" alt="The Law Office of The Law Office of Silverman, Vorhis & Doan - Family Law"></span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br>**This communication is intended for the sole use of the individual to whom<br>it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential<br>and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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Thank<br>you.</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrea Fair<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 31, 2012 2:44 PM<br><b>To:</b> clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [CLC-Discussion] question re: supplier furnishing materials to fabricator's warehouse<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have a client who is a supplier. He furnishes aluminum to a fabricator at the fabricator’s warehouse. After the aluminum is fabricated into hurricane shutters, the materials are then delivered to various jobsites for incorporation into the improvements. My client hasn’t been paid so, for all future deliveries, I have prepared an Affidavit for the fabricator to sign, testifying where the materials are going, who he has a contract with, who the GC is, who the owner is, and attaching the NOC. He also knows he will need to monitor the situation to make sure the materials are actually delivered to and incorporated into the improvements (assuming the exception re: specially fabricated materials doesn’t apply). However, for the materials my client has already furnished and which have already been fabricated and incorporated into the improvements, is there any method or mechanism to demand that information from the fabricator so my client can possibly preserve his lien rights, serve a NTO, record a lien, etc.? I know I can sue the fabricator and get the info via discovery but that will take too long for purposes of trying to preserve lien rights. Thank you all for your input. -Andrea<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#244061'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#244061'>Andrea M. 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