Your Lien Rights on the Line

ASA-OK joined forces with ASA National to file an appeal with the Oklahoma Supreme Court of what we believed to be an erroneous ruling from a trial court related to a contractor waiving a subcontractor’s lien rights.  

If this ruling was allowed to stand, it would have fundamentally changed the current process of lien rights protection of subcontractors and suppliers in Oklahoma.

On November 16, 2021, the Oklahoma Supreme Court held that a subcontractor’s statutory right to waive its lien rights may not be exercised by anyone other than the subcontractor. 

This was a HUGE victory for subcontractors across the state!

However, the case is a pressing reminder to carefully review all of your contracts, especially language that pertains to your essential lien rights.

Click the button below to read the full press release from ASA National about the case.

HB 1855

House Bill 1885 provides an in-state preference for bid selection. However, the bill does require specific verbiage to be included in your bid documents. 

Click the button below to download a pdf with sample language that you can include in your bids or that you can show to your GCs or CMS to include in their bid docs.

HB 1114

If a construction contract or subcontract is subject to a bond pursuant to Title 61 and when the work of the contractor or subcontractor has been determined by the holder to be at least fifty percent (50%) complete, and with respect to the balance of the work to be performed by the contractor or subcontractor, the retainage amount shall be two and one-half percent (2.5%).