1.0Levelsethttps://www.levelset.comNate Buddehttps://www.levelset.com/payment-help/experts/nate-budde/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KaMo1hdQdI"><a href="https://www.levelset.com/blog/can-equipment-rental-companies-file-mechanics-liens/">Can an Equipment Rental Company File a Mechanics Lien?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.levelset.com/blog/can-equipment-rental-companies-file-mechanics-liens/embed/#?secret=KaMo1hdQdI" width="600" height="338" title="“Can an Equipment Rental Company File a Mechanics Lien?” — Levelset" data-secret="KaMo1hdQdI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.levelset.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/shutterstock_299826563.jpg1000667Mechanics lien laws are really state statutes created by each state's legislature, and most legislatures have noted that the protection afforded by mechanics liens should be broadly applied to the benefit of parties - all of the construction companies participating on the job - that are seeking protection. While this is by no means a hard and fast rule, the general idea would be that absent a provision that specifically defines a project participant as unprotected by mechanics liens, the scale would tip toward the availability of a mechanics lien as an option. In some states and some cases, participants like suppliers-to-suppliers or parties some significant way down the contracting chain, are expressly forbidden from claiming mechanics lien protection - but this is rarely the case for equipment rental companies.