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Yes, Georgia requires lien waivers to comply with the statutory forms provided in order for the waiver to be valid and enforceable. Any modifications to the required forms could potentially invalidate the waiver. These statutory form requirements are governed by O.C.G.A.

You must file your mechanics lien in the clerk's office of the county where the property you worked on is located. You must also include a description of the property in the lien sufficient to be able to correctly identify the property.

Georgia requires preliminary notice to protect your right to file a mechanics lien only in specific cases. If you did not contract with the prime contractor, and they filed a GA Notice of Commencement on the project, you must send preliminary notice.

A mechanics lien (also known as a materialmen's lien) allows unpaid contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers to secure their payment rights by filing a lien on the property in question.

Once a lien is properly filed in Georgia, it currently is valid for twelve (12) months from the date the claim became due, which is the last date labor, services, or materials were rendered to the project. ingly, before the twelve month period expires, the lien claimant must perfect the lien.

Georgia's lien law is designed to protect those who at the request of the property owner or the owner's representative (i.e., the general contractor) provide materials or services that are used to improve the owner's property and to provide such persons a means of insuring payment from the property they improved if the ...