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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Wait a minute – this is confusing – These reasons sound like some double-pinky swear stuff and are not real reasons at all. None of these can’t already be addressed in the contract or as the law
is currently interpreted. </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">“Sure. For example, if you are the owner or lender, you do not have a contract with the subs, subs-subs, or suppliers].
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">But the Owner has a (Prime) contract with the GC and the GC incorporated all the provisions in the Prime into the subcontracts and so on, down the line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">(same for the general contractor with respect to the sub-subs and suppliers),
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Again – everybody incorporated the main contract into (or made it a requirement or) all the succeeding one – or should have. We all have language demanding this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">so you might want the lien waivers obtained from each of these potential lienors during the course of construction to warrant the following to the owner, lender,
and/or general contractor:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Warrant that the work performed, or material supplied under the lien waiver is in accordance with the lienor’s contract.
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The contract requires this, at least the ones I see. Besides, Count 1 is usually “you did not perform in accordance with the contract” and the AIA pay app already says this for big jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Warrant that the work performed, or material supplied under the lien waiver is in accordance with the Florida Building Code (and any required product approvals
under the Code). </span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">How did it get passed by the AHJ, EOR, Arch, or Owner if it didn’t?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Warrant that the work under the lien waiver was performed in a workmanlike manner (for a sub or sub-sub).
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Really? And that promise is worth what in court? Also, in any Contract (and all standard pay apps).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Warrant that the materials supplied under the lien waiver were new and of good quality (for a supplier).
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your contract said this, too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Warrant that the lienor has not assigned its lien rights to another party.
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A release, by its nature, does this otherwise it is a fraudulent release because you had no ability to release anything because you had given it away.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Warrant that the lienor is not delinquent in paying any of its subs or suppliers on the project.
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Again, something that is inherent in a statutory release.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sorry, these sound like excuses for the changes to releases – but remember – the bill allows anything to be added as long as its in the contract and that includes surety notices for non-payment. That, I fear,
is the reason for these changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#2F5496"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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