What's involved in placing a lien?

[Jane S.]

well it had to happen sometime ...

How does a contractor go about placing a lien on my property. We are having an argument over the lies he told me. He said "the police are interested in the issue" which is BS. They could care less, they are notorious for ignoring problems.

He refused to pay the $7 fee the bank charges to cash non-account holders check.

So should I worry about it or rely on his lack of sophistication? He's honesty-challenged ... and in the midst of a divorce with 5 kids and asked me to pay him in advance so he could buy gas to get to the worksite. 😠 thats a new one!

When i looked up info on INternet there were pages full of 3rd party companies charging money ot explain how to do it but no official site.