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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#642828'>IMHO, seems to me the fundamental question is whether the financer takes title to the goods, and resells them. If so, seems to me they’d be like any other supplier who buys from a manufacturer, or supply wholesaler, or the like and then resells them at a profit. I agree that makes them a materialman with lien rights. If they are only financing the purchase, and are not in the “chain of title” then they are lenders rather than suppliers, with no lien rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#642828'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#642828'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#642828'>Langfred W. 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Pursuant to IRS Circular 230, please be advised this message, and any advice contained in it, is not intended to be used and may not be used to avoid any tax penalties that may be imposed on you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#642828'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#642828'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org <clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>RPPTL CLC-Discussion<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 20, 2022 4:15 PM<br><b>To:</b> clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [CLC-Discussion] Supplier Finance Company Lien Rights<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>We have a general contractor client whose sub on a project has been something of a nightmare. One of the ways they have been a nightmare, we believe, is that they have engaged a company to buy materials for them. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>That company is not the supplier itself, and all indications are that that company is not either a labor provider or subcontractor. Instead, they purchase the materials and allow the sub to pay them back over 120 days rather than having to pay immediately for the materials purchased. Of course, there’s probably some interest in that transaction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>My question: does this finance company have lien rights, assuming they otherwise comply with the notice provisions required by law?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Thanks. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #10294B 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 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