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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>This New Orleans company prepared, signed as “agent,” and recorded a lien against one of my client’s projects on behalf of a local Florida subcontractor. The lien is untimely on its face (by nearly a year), but the owner wants my client to have it bonded off or removed. This clearly violates FS 713.08(2) restrictions on who can prepare and sign liens. Recommendations on how to pursue a complaint against these yahoos??<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Chuck<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Charles B. Hernicz, Esq.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Board Certified in Construction Law by The Florida Bar </span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:blue'>Hernicz Legal Services, P.L.<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:navy'>1460 Wood Row Way <br>Wellington, FL 33414 <br>Telephone: (561) 753-7511 <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'><a href="Chernicz@HerniczLegal.com"><span style='color:blue'>Chernicz@HerniczLegal.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#747170'>Confidentiality Notice: This communication is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2521. It is legally privileged (including attachments) and is intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity(ies) to which it is addressed. It may contain information that is confidential, proprietary, privileged, and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us so that we may take the appropriate action and avoid troubling you further. If you are not the intended recipient(s), please destroy this message, and any attachments, and notify the sender by return e-mail. Thank you for your cooperation. </span></b><span style='color:#1F3864'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://app.levelset.com/wizard/PreSelectDocument/lien?_ga=2.223525851.1117085832.1626114190-1102640736.1626114190">https://app.levelset.com/wizard/PreSelectDocument/lien?_ga=2.223525851.1117085832.1626114190-1102640736.1626114190</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F3864'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>