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You Did the Work.Here's How to Keep the Right to Get Paid in Nevada.
Nevada law operates on a strict sliding window. You have exactly 31 days from first furnishing labor or materials to protect your full paycheck.
•THE RULE: You must serve a Notice of Right to Lien within 31 days of commencing work.
—THE RISK: File late, and you permanently forfeit your payment rights for any work performed more than 31 days prior to the mailing date.
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Steve M.
HVAC Subcontractor · Las Vegas, NV
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"Thought I had 60 days. Actually had 31. That confusion cost me $9,400 on a hotel renovation. LienFlash tells me the deadline instantly — no guessing."
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Why DIY Filing Fails
Three mistakes that void your notice
The 31-Day Sliding Window
Late notices are accepted, but they only protect the work you did in the 31 days immediately preceding the mailing. File on day 60? You lose the first 29 days of your pay.
The Residential Trap
Working on a single or multi-family home? Nevada requires an additional 15-Day 'Notice of Intent to Lien' before you can even file a claim.
Prime Contractor Penalties
You must serve this notice to both the Owner AND the Prime Contractor. Failing to notify the Prime can result in disciplinary action by the Nevada State Contractors Board.
The $280 billion mistake
This is not a small problem.
$280B
Lost by the construction industry annually — not to fraud, to missed deadlines
82%
Of contractors face payment delays exceeding 30 days (Rabbet 2024)
90 days
Average days sales outstanding in construction — double the healthy threshold
A plumbing contractor did a $40,000 job. Quality work. On time. The GC went quiet after the final invoice. By the time a lawyer looked at it, the contractor had missed his preliminary notice deadline by two weeks. No lien rights. No leverage. No recourse.
He did not lose that money because he did bad work. He lost it because nobody told him the clock was running from day one.
Most contractors think a lien is what you use when a GC doesn't pay you. So they wait — for the invoice to go past due, for the ignored voicemail, until they're angry enough to do something.
But lien law doesn't work that way. The window to protect your rights opens the moment you step on site — and it closes on a hard deadline, whether you know it or not.
The contractors who never fight to get paid don't have better lawyers. They file a piece of paper before the job even starts.
"Storm season means we're running 10 jobs a week. I missed one notice on a tear-off and lost $8,500. LienFlash is my insurance policy. $24.99 is nothing compared to losing a paycheck."
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Roofing Contractor · Tampa, FL
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You've been lucky so far.
Every job without a notice is a bet.
Eventually the bet loses.
$8,500
Average amount lost on a single missed notice job (contractor reported)
Day 1
When your legal window opens — not when you get stiffed
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What your lien rights are worth after the deadline passes
A GC who knows you filed a notice on day one pays differently than a GC who knows you didn't. Not because of the law. Because of what the notice signals: this contractor knows their rights. That signal, sent before the first invoice, changes how fast you get paid. The contractors who never fight to get paid don't have better lawyers. They file a piece of paper before the job starts.
Miss the notice. Lose the money.
Already finished the work?
Already finished the work and still not paid?
No account needed. A preliminary notice protects jobs you're starting. If the work is done and the money hasn't come, the next step is a formal demand letter — statute-cited, mailed certified, with tracking and proof of delivery.
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