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The agreement governing your use of National Lien & Bond.
Welcome to National Lien & Bond, operated by National Lien & Bond LLC ("National Lien & Bond," "Company," "we," "us," or "our"). These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of our public website and informational content (the "Site") together with our compliance tracking software and related tools (the "Platform"). The Site and the Platform are together the "Services." By accessing or using the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.
National Lien & Bond is a software-as-a-service tool that helps contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers in all fifty (50) U.S. states and the District of Columbia track mechanic's lien deadlines, manage project documentation, and request legal services. Our Site provides general information about mechanic's lien and bond compliance, including deadline references, articles, and other educational content. The Platform is a compliance tracking tool, and the Site is a general information resource. Neither constitutes legal advice, creates an attorney-client relationship, or guarantees any legal outcome. Statutory deadlines and procedural requirements vary by state and by project type. You are responsible for verifying every deadline and every filing with qualified counsel in the relevant jurisdiction before relying on it.
National Lien & Bond LLC is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not practice law. The Platform and the Site provide software, compliance tracking tools, and general legal information for your own self-help. The information and content we provide is legal information for your private use and does not constitute legal advice. If you need advice for your specific situation, it is your responsibility to obtain that advice from your own attorney.
The Platform may offer you the option to request legal services from a law firm. Requesting a legal service through the Platform does not, by itself, create an attorney-client relationship between you and National Lien & Bond LLC or any attorney, and no attorney-client privilege exists with respect to communications made on or through the Platform. Any attorney-client relationship arises only upon execution of a separate written engagement letter with the attorney or firm you choose. You are free to use any attorney of your choosing for any matter, and the Platform's referral to or facilitation of legal services is offered as a convenience only.
Who performs legal work. When you request a legal service through the Platform, that request is referred to Emalfarb Law LLC, a law firm licensed in Illinois. Emalfarb Law LLC performs the legal work, and where the matter is governed by the law of another state it works through counsel licensed in that state. Local counsel is selected and engaged by the firm, not by National Lien & Bond LLC. National Lien & Bond LLC is not a law firm and performs no legal work on your matter.
How legal work is billed. National Lien & Bond LLC charges only for its own non-legal services, which include intake, gathering and assembling project and property information, preparing and transmitting the file, coordinating your request, and handling mailing, service, and recording logistics. Emalfarb Law LLC bills you directly for its legal services, under a separate written engagement letter between you and the firm, and you pay the firm directly. National Lien & Bond LLC does not collect, share in, or receive any part of a legal fee. Any price the Platform displays for an attorney-prepared service is the firm's quoted fee, shown to you for planning purposes; the amount you actually owe the firm, and the terms on which you owe it, are governed by the firm's engagement letter and not by these Terms. If the firm divides its fee with local counsel in another state, that division will be disclosed to you in writing in the engagement letter, together with each lawyer's share, and it requires your agreement.
Common ownership, and your right to choose your own lawyer. You should know before you decide: National Lien & Bond LLC and Emalfarb Law LLC are separate companies that are commonly owned. Thomas Emalfarb, an attorney licensed in Illinois, holds an ownership interest in both. National Lien & Bond therefore has a financial interest in referring legal work to Emalfarb Law LLC, and that interest could affect the referral. You are under no obligation to use Emalfarb Law LLC or any lawyer we suggest. You are free to retain any attorney of your own choosing for any matter, and doing so will not affect your access to the Platform or the price of your subscription. You are encouraged to seek the advice of independent counsel about this arrangement before you engage the firm. By requesting a legal service through the Platform, you confirm that this disclosure was made to you and that you consent to the referral.
You must be at least 18 years old and a legally authorized representative of your company to use the Platform. By creating an account, you represent that the information you provide is accurate and complete and that you have authority to bind the entity on whose behalf you are using the Platform.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use. We are not liable for any loss arising from unauthorized access to your account.
Access to National Lien & Bond requires a paid subscription. Subscription plans, pricing, and billing cycles are as displayed at the time of purchase.
What the fees cover. Your subscription fee buys access to the Platform's software and tools, and nothing else. It does not include, and you are not paying us to perform, the preparation, mailing, recording, service, or filing of any document, including without limitation preliminary notices, mechanic's lien claims, bond claims, demand letters, collection letters, or pleadings. All of that is ordered separately and billed separately from your subscription.
Who bills you for what. There are three separate things you can be charged for, and they do not overlap. (1) Your subscription to the Platform, billed by National Lien & Bond LLC at the price displayed when you subscribe. (2) Non-legal services you order through the Platform, billed by National Lien & Bond LLC under Section 23 — these include document preparation through our notice provider and certified mailing through NLB Mailing, and each is quoted to you before any work begins. (3) Legal services, which are referred to Emalfarb Law LLC and billed to you by the firm under its own separate engagement letter, as described in Section 2. National Lien & Bond LLC does not bill you for legal services and receives no part of a legal fee.
Auto-renewal. Unless you cancel before the end of a billing cycle, your subscription will automatically renew at the then-current price for successive periods of the same length as the initial term. You may cancel at any time through the account settings page or by emailing info@mechanicslien.com. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid period.
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee. If you are a first-time subscriber, you may cancel your subscription within thirty (30) days of your initial subscription charge and receive a full refund of that first charge. To request it, cancel through your account's billing portal or by emailing info@mechanicslien.com within the 30-day window; once we process a cancellation within that window, the refund of your first charge is issued to your original payment method. This guarantee applies once per customer and per organization, to your first subscription term only. It does not apply to renewal charges, to additional seats added after your initial purchase, or to any separately ordered or usage-based service, including preliminary notices, mechanic's lien claims, bond claims, demand letters, collection letters, mailings, or other per-use charges, all of which remain nonrefundable as described below.
NO REFUNDS. EXCEPT FOR THE 30-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE DESCRIBED ABOVE, ALL FEES ARE FINAL AND NONREFUNDABLE. EVERY AMOUNT YOU PAY, INCLUDING SUBSCRIPTION FEES, MAIL CREDITS, ADD-ON FEES, AND ANY OTHER CHARGE, IS EARNED BY US WHEN PAID AND WILL NOT BE REFUNDED OR CREDITED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, FOR ANY REASON, INCLUDING UNUSED TIME, UNUSED CREDITS, NONUSE, DISSATISFACTION, OR CANCELLATION. YOU MAY CANCEL AT ANY TIME, AND CANCELLATION STOPS FUTURE RENEWAL CHARGES, BUT EXCEPT FOR THAT 30-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE IT DOES NOT ENTITLE YOU TO ANY REFUND OR CREDIT. AFTER YOU CANCEL, YOU KEEP ACCESS TO THE PLATFORM AND TO WHAT YOU PAID FOR THROUGH THE END OF YOUR THEN-CURRENT PAID PERIOD, AND YOUR PAID ACCESS ENDS WHEN THAT PERIOD ENDS.
This no-refund policy applies to the fullest extent permitted by law. If applicable law gives you a non-waivable right to a refund or to cancel for a refund, including any right described below for residents of certain states, that right applies to the limited extent the law requires, and nothing in these Terms waives it.
State automatic-renewal rights. Many states, including Illinois, California, New York, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, and the District of Columbia, regulate automatic-renewal offers and give subscribers additional notice and cancellation rights. Wherever you reside, you may cancel at any time without penalty, and we will provide any renewal reminder, cancellation method, and disclosure required by the automatic-renewal law applicable to you. Nothing in these Terms waives or limits a right given to you by an automatic-renewal statute in your state.
Price changes. We may change pricing for future billing cycles with at least 30 days' advance notice by email or in-app notification.
Late payment. If any amount you owe is not paid when due, it may accrue a late charge at the lesser of 1.5% per month or the highest rate permitted by law, and you agree to reimburse National Lien & Bond for the reasonable costs of collecting a past-due balance, including reasonable attorneys' fees and court costs.
You may use the Platform solely for lawful business purposes related to construction project management and mechanic's lien compliance in any U.S. jurisdiction. You agree not to: (a) share your account with unauthorized users; (b) reverse-engineer, copy, or redistribute any part of the Platform; (c) use the Platform to engage in fraudulent or illegal activity; (d) upload malicious code or interfere with Platform operations; (e) use the Platform to harass, defame, or violate the rights of any third party; or (f) scrape, harvest, or otherwise extract data from the Platform other than your own data.
We collect and store project data, contact information, and usage analytics necessary to operate the Platform. We do not sell your personal information to third parties. Data is stored using industry-standard encryption and access controls. You retain ownership of all project data you enter. We may use anonymized, aggregated data to improve the Platform. For full details on what we collect, how we use it, and your rights as a user, see our Privacy Policy.
The Platform provides deadline tracking and document automation based on each state's mechanic's lien and bond statutes, including the Illinois Mechanics Lien Act (770 ILCS 60/1 et seq.), the federal Miller Act (40 U.S.C. §§ 3131-3134), and the corresponding statutes of every U.S. state and the District of Columbia. This information is for compliance tracking purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Deadlines and requirements are general references and may not apply to your specific facts. Statutory law and case law change. Use of the Platform does not create an attorney-client relationship with National Lien & Bond LLC or with any attorney. For legal advice on your specific matter, retain an attorney of your choosing.
TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NATIONAL LIEN & BOND LLC, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND AFFILIATES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR MISSED STATUTORY DEADLINES, LOST OR FORFEITED LIEN OR BOND RIGHTS, LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR FINANCIAL LOSSES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE PLATFORM SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE FEES YOU ACTUALLY PAID TO US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).
The exclusions and the cap in this Section do not apply to liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, or to loss caused by our own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Allocation of risk. You acknowledge that the fees charged for the Services are set in reliance on the limitations in this Section and in Section 10, that those limitations are a material and bargained-for part of the agreement between us, and that National Lien & Bond would not provide the Services at these prices without them. These limitations apply even if a limited remedy is found to have failed of its essential purpose.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages; in those jurisdictions our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NATIONAL LIEN & BOND LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ACCURACY OF DEADLINE CALCULATIONS, STATUTORY CITATIONS, OR PROPERTY DATA RETURNED FROM THIRD-PARTY SOURCES. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE PLATFORM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.
The Platform integrates with and relies on third-party services for functions such as authentication, data storage, payment processing, email delivery, property-records lookups, and mapping and geocoding. It may also let you connect to, link to, or transmit data to other third-party products, websites, or services. These third-party services are not part of the Platform, and your use of them is governed solely by the separate terms and privacy policies between you and the applicable provider, not by these Terms. We do not control, endorse, or assume responsibility for any third-party service, and our warranties, indemnities, and service commitments under these Terms do not extend to it.
We are not liable for any act, omission, outage, delay, error, defect, or breach of a third-party service, or for any content, product, or service it provides. You are responsible for any account you open and any fee you incur with a third-party provider. We may add, change, suspend, or discontinue any third-party integration at any time, with or without notice, and when a third-party service is unavailable the Platform's affected features may also be unavailable.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless National Lien & Bond LLC, its officers, employees, agents, and affiliates from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from (a) your use of the Platform, (b) your violation of these Terms, (c) your violation of any third-party right, or (d) any content or data you submit to the Platform.
We reserve the right to update these Terms at any time. For material changes, we will provide notice by email or in-app notification and require your affirmative re-acceptance before continued use. Non-material changes (typo fixes, contact-info updates, clarifying language) take effect upon posting.
When you delete a project, it is moved to a "Deleted Projects" holding area, where it no longer appears in your active project list and where you may restore it. A deleted project and its associated data (contacts, notes, invoices, uploaded documents, and project records) remain stored on the Platform so that you can restore them; they are not purged on a fixed schedule. If you want a deleted project and its data permanently erased, email info@mechanicslien.com and we will purge it. Deleting your account, as described below, permanently erases your deleted projects along with the rest of your data.
If you delete your own account using the Delete account button in your Workspace, the deletion is immediate: your account and all associated data (projects, contacts, notes, invoices, uploaded documents, profile, and credentials) are erased and cannot be recovered through the Platform. For a short period afterward the data may still exist in our routine encrypted backups. If you delete your account by mistake, email info@mechanicslien.com within twenty-four (24) hours and we will attempt, without any obligation to succeed, to restore it from backup; after that window the deletion is permanent. If your account is instead closed or removed by us, your account data is retained for thirty (30) days and then permanently purged, and the deletion can be reversed during that thirty (30) day period by contacting us at info@mechanicslien.com before the period ends. Certain records (such as Terms acceptance records and required financial records) may be retained longer where law permits or requires. By using the Platform, you acknowledge and accept this retention and purge schedule.
Please read this section carefully. It affects your legal rights.
(a) Agreement to arbitrate. Except as set forth in (c) below, you and National Lien & Bond LLC agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform shall be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules and, where applicable, its Consumer Arbitration Rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in Cook County, Illinois, or by remote videoconference at the claimant's election. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) CLASS-ACTION AND JURY-TRIAL WAIVER. YOU AND WE EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY AND THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, CLASS ARBITRATION, OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. CLAIMS MUST BE BROUGHT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS ONLY.
(c) Carve-outs. Either party may (i) bring an individual action in small-claims court, or (ii) seek injunctive or other equitable relief in court to protect intellectual property rights.
(d) Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by sending written notice to info@mechanicslien.com within thirty (30) days after first acceptance of these Terms. The notice must state your full name, account email, and an unambiguous statement that you opt out of arbitration. Opting out does not affect any other provision of these Terms.
(e) Severability of this Section. If the class-action and representative-proceeding waiver in (b) is held unenforceable as to any claim or as to any request for particular relief, then that claim or request shall be severed from arbitration and brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois, and any remaining claims shall proceed in arbitration. Under no circumstances will a class, collective, or representative proceeding be arbitrated, and the waiver in (b) is not severable from the agreement to arbitrate as to any claim that does proceed in arbitration. If any other provision of this Section is held unenforceable, that provision shall be severed and the remainder of this Section shall remain in full force and effect.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. For any claim not subject to arbitration under Section 15, the parties consent to exclusive jurisdiction in the state and federal courts located in Cook County, Illinois.
If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and the unenforceable provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable.
Neither party shall be liable for any delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, civil unrest, pandemic, government action, internet or utility outages, or third-party service failures.
These Terms, together with any order form or subscription agreement, constitute the entire agreement between you and National Lien & Bond LLC regarding the Platform and supersede all prior or contemporaneous understandings.
You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms to a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets.
Notices to you may be delivered by email to the address associated with your account or by in-app notification. Notices to us must be sent to: National Lien & Bond LLC, PO Box 2011, Northbrook, IL 60062, with a copy to info@mechanicslien.com.
The following sections survive termination of these Terms: Section 5 (Subscription, Billing, and Auto-Renewal, as to any amount that accrued before termination and as to the no-refund terms), Section 7 (Data, Privacy, and Ownership), Section 8 (No Legal Advice Disclaimer), Section 9 (Limitation of Liability), Section 10 (Disclaimer of Warranties), Section 11 (Third-Party Services), Section 12 (Indemnification), Section 14 (Project and Account Deletion; Data Retention), Section 15 (Arbitration), Section 16 (Governing Law), Section 17 (Severability), Section 19 (Entire Agreement), Section 21 (Notices), this Section 22 (Survival), Section 23 (Service Requests, Lead Time, and Deadline Responsibility), Section 25 (Legal Materials and Generated Documents), Section 26 (Artificial Intelligence Features), Section 28 (Reporting Claims of Copyright Infringement), Section 29 (No Waiver), Section 30 (Public Website and Informational Content), and Section 31 (Release and Hold-Harmless for Service Work).
The Platform lets you request that National Lien & Bond perform or arrange a time-sensitive service on your project, including without limitation serving a preliminary notice, preparing or recording a mechanic's lien claim, preparing or serving a bond claim, sending a demand or collection letter, or commencing litigation (each, a "Service Request"). These services are governed by strict statutory deadlines that generally cannot be extended and that, once missed, permanently forfeit the right involved. Preparing them correctly takes time to review your file, confirm the facts and the controlling deadline, and, where the work is legal in nature, coordinate with and engage counsel licensed in the relevant jurisdiction.
Add-on service, separate from your subscription. Each Service Request is a separate, add-on service that is billed per request. It is not included in or covered by your monthly platform subscription, and your subscription fee does not pay for any preliminary notice, lien, bond claim, demand, lawsuit, or other requested service. The price for each Service Request is quoted to you for your review and confirmation before any work begins, as described below.
YOU MUST SUBMIT EACH SERVICE REQUEST TO RECORD OR SERVE A MECHANIC'S LIEN CLAIM, OR TO MAKE A PAYMENT BOND OR MILLER ACT CLAIM, AT LEAST TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE THE APPLICABLE DEADLINE. EVERY OTHER SERVICE REQUEST, INCLUDING A PRELIMINARY NOTICE, A STOP PAYMENT NOTICE, A DEMAND OR COLLECTION LETTER, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF LITIGATION, MUST BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST THREE (3) BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE THE APPLICABLE DEADLINE. NATIONAL LIEN & BOND WILL NOT, AND IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO, ACCEPT, PREPARE, SERVE, FILE, RECORD, OR OTHERWISE ACT ON ANY SERVICE REQUEST SUBMITTED INSIDE THE APPLICABLE LEAD-TIME WINDOW. NO SERVICE REQUEST IS PROCESSED ON THE DAY IT IS SUBMITTED.
A lien claim and a bond claim carry the longer window because preparing them correctly is not a same-day task: it requires confirming the owner of record and the legal description of the property or the identity of the surety and the bond, obtaining the verification or notarization the jurisdiction requires, and delivering the claim to the recorder or to each party entitled to service. A claim recorded against the wrong parcel or served on the wrong party can be worse for you than no claim at all.
For purposes of this Section, a "business day" is any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday observed by National Lien & Bond, and the applicable lead-time period is counted from the date the Company actually receives your complete Service Request. The Company's good-faith determination of the applicable deadline and of the number of business days remaining, as reflected in the Platform at the time of submission, governs. The Platform is configured to prevent submission of a Service Request that falls within the applicable lead-time window. If such a request nonetheless reaches the Company by any means, the Company may decline it, and a request that is declined or blocked is treated as never having been submitted.
Submitting a Service Request does not transfer responsibility for your deadline to National Lien & Bond and does not by itself obligate the Company to perform any work. The Company assumes no responsibility for any deadline, and no notice, lien, bond claim, demand, pleading, or other action will be prepared, served, filed, or recorded, unless and until the Company confirms its acceptance of the request in writing and you review and confirm the applicable pricing. Until you receive that written confirmation, you remain solely responsible for protecting your own rights and deadlines, including by retaining other counsel or acting on your own behalf.
Authorization to act on an accepted Service Request. When National Lien & Bond confirms its acceptance of a Service Request and you confirm the applicable pricing, you authorize National Lien & Bond and the local notice provider it engages, and, for a legal service, Emalfarb Law LLC and any local counsel that firm engages, to prepare, complete, and, where lawful and customary, sign and verify the requested notice, claim, affidavit, or proof of service and related documents, and to serve, mail, file, and record them on your behalf in connection with that request. This authorization is limited to the accepted Service Request, and you may revoke it as to any document not yet served, filed, or recorded by notifying National Lien & Bond in writing. Where the law of the relevant jurisdiction requires that a document be signed or verified by you personally, you remain responsible for providing that signature or verification, and National Lien & Bond may decline to proceed until it is provided. This authorization does not obligate National Lien & Bond to act and does not create an attorney-client relationship except as established by a separate written engagement under Section 2.
The lead-time calculation depends on the dates and information you enter, including the date you last furnished labor or materials and other facts that determine the deadline. You are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of that information. If it is inaccurate or incomplete, the controlling deadline may be earlier than the Platform shows, and any resulting loss is your responsibility and not the Company's.
To prepare and serve a requested document, National Lien & Bond or its local notice provider may gather information from public records and other third-party sources, including the owner of record, the legal description, the reputed general contractor, the lender, and tax-assessment and permit records. That information is gathered as a convenience, without independent verification, and National Lien & Bond does not warrant its accuracy, completeness, or currency. Public records are frequently incomplete, out of date, or in conflict, and the correct owner or party may differ from what those sources show. You are responsible for reviewing each prepared document before it is served, filed, or recorded and for promptly reporting any error, and National Lien & Bond is not liable for any loss arising from inaccurate or incomplete information obtained from public records or third-party sources.
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT NATIONAL LIEN & BOND IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY LIEN, BOND, NOTICE, CLAIM, OR OTHER RIGHT THAT IS LOST, REDUCED, OR FORFEITED BECAUSE A SERVICE REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED LATE, WAS DECLINED OR BLOCKED, HAD NOT YET BEEN CONFIRMED IN WRITING, OR RELIED ON INACCURATE OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED. THIS SECTION IS IN ADDITION TO, AND DOES NOT LIMIT, THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES STATED ELSEWHERE IN THESE TERMS.
If a deadline is approaching, submit your Service Request as early as possible and do not wait until the last days. If you believe a deadline falls inside the applicable lead-time window, call National Lien & Bond at (800) 432-7799 immediately. The Company may, in its sole discretion, tell you whether anything can still be done, but it has no obligation to act on a request inside the window and assumes no responsibility for any deadline it has not accepted in writing.
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Platform at any time for violation of these Terms or non-payment. Upon termination, your right to use the Platform ceases immediately. Because access ends at termination, you should export anything you need from the Platform before that point. If you need a copy of your project data afterward, email info@mechanicslien.com within thirty (30) days of termination and we will provide it in a machine-readable format at no charge. We are not obliged to retain or produce your data after that thirty (30) day period.
The Platform makes available, and may automatically generate from the information you enter, materials such as deadline calculations, statutory references, checklists, form templates, sample language, and draft documents, including without limitation preliminary notices, mechanic's lien claims, bond claims, demand and collection letters, worksheets, and intake forms (collectively, the "Materials"). The Materials are provided for general informational and compliance-tracking convenience only. They are not legal advice, are not a substitute for the judgment of an attorney licensed in the relevant jurisdiction, and do not create an attorney-client relationship. Sections 2 and 8 apply to the Materials.
THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CURRENCY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. STATUTES, COURT RULES, FILING REQUIREMENTS, AND DEADLINES VARY BY JURISDICTION AND CHANGE OVER TIME, AND A GENERATED DOCUMENT MAY NOT FIT YOUR SPECIFIC FACTS. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING, CORRECTING, AND VERIFYING EVERY MATERIAL WITH QUALIFIED COUNSEL BEFORE YOU SIGN, SEND, SERVE, RECORD, FILE, OR OTHERWISE RELY ON IT, AND YOU ASSUME ALL RISK OF DOING SO.
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Materials for your own internal business purposes on your own projects. You may not resell, redistribute, sublicense, or publish the Materials, or use them to build or provide a competing service. This license ends when your access to the Platform ends.
The Platform may use artificial intelligence and machine-learning technology, including services provided by third-party AI vendors, to classify and organize the documents you upload, extract or summarize information, suggest or draft text, and otherwise assist your work ("AI Features"). Content the AI Features generate or return is the "Output."
AI FEATURES AND THEIR OUTPUT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." WE DO NOT REVIEW OUTPUT FOR ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS, AND OUTPUT MAY BE INCORRECT, INCOMPLETE, OUTDATED, OR INAPPROPRIATE FOR YOUR SITUATION AND MAY NOT REFLECT CURRENT LAW. OUTPUT IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING AND VERIFYING OUTPUT BEFORE RELYING ON IT, AND FOR ANY DECISION YOU MAKE OR ACTION YOU TAKE BASED ON IT.
You agree not to use the AI Features to violate any law or any third-party right, to generate harmful, misleading, or infringing content, or to develop, train, or improve any product, service, or machine-learning model that competes with the Platform. We may use de-identified and aggregated data derived from your use of the AI Features to operate, secure, and improve the Platform, consistent with our Privacy Policy; we do not sell your personal information. The AI Features may depend on third-party services, which are governed by Section 11.
From time to time we may offer features identified as beta, preview, pilot, or experimental, or that are otherwise still in development ("Beta Features"). Beta Features are provided for evaluation only, "as is" and "as available," may contain errors, and may be changed, suspended, or withdrawn at any time without notice. We may, but are not obligated to, make any Beta Feature generally available. Your use of a Beta Feature is at your own risk, and Sections 9 and 10 apply to it in full.
We respect the intellectual property rights of others and ask that you do the same. If you believe that material available through the Platform infringes a copyright you own or control, you may notify our designated agent for claims of copyright infringement.
Send a written notice to National Lien & Bond LLC, Attn: Copyright Agent, PO Box 2011, Northbrook, IL 60062, or by email to info@mechanicslien.com, that includes: (a) your physical or electronic signature; (b) identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed; (c) identification of the material you claim is infringing and information reasonably sufficient to let us locate it; (d) your name, address, telephone number, and email address; (e) a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and (f) a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner's behalf.
Upon receiving a valid notice, we may remove or disable access to the material and, in appropriate circumstances, terminate the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. If you believe material you submitted was removed or disabled in error, you may send a written counter-notification to the same agent.
Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms, or any delay in enforcing it, is not a waiver of that provision or of our right to enforce it later. No waiver of any term is effective unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized representative of National Lien & Bond LLC, and no waiver of one breach is a waiver of any other or later breach.
Our Site, including any deadline references, statutory summaries, articles, guides, FAQs, and other educational content (the "Content"), is provided for general informational purposes only. The Content is not legal advice, is not a substitute for the judgment of an attorney licensed in the relevant jurisdiction, and does not create an attorney-client relationship. Sections 2 and 8 apply to the Content. Deadlines, statutes, and procedural requirements vary by jurisdiction and change over time, and the Content may be incomplete, out of date, or inapplicable to your facts. You are responsible for verifying any deadline, requirement, or other information with qualified counsel before relying on it.
The Site and all Content, including text, graphics, logos, layouts, and the National Lien & Bond name and marks, are owned by National Lien & Bond LLC or its licensors and are protected by intellectual-property laws. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and view the Content for your own personal or internal business reference. You may not copy, reproduce, republish, scrape, harvest, frame, sell, or redistribute the Content, or use it to build or provide a competing service, without our prior written consent.
Your use of the Site is also subject to the acceptable-use restrictions in Section 6. The disclaimers, limitations of liability, dispute-resolution, governing-law, and other general provisions of these Terms apply to your access to and use of the Site and the Content to the same extent they apply to the Platform.
When National Lien & Bond, a local notice provider it engages, or Emalfarb Law LLC or local counsel that firm engages, prepares, signs, serves, mails, files, or records a notice, lien claim, bond claim, demand, or other document at your request and based on the information and direction you provide, it does so on your behalf and as a service to you; you are the claimant and the party in interest.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, you release National Lien & Bond LLC and its officers, employees, agents, and affiliates, and the local notice providers it engages (together, the "Released Parties"), from, and agree to hold them harmless and indemnify them against, any claim, demand, damage, loss, liability, cost, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) brought by you or by any third party, including any property owner, contractor, subcontractor, lender, or surety, that arises out of or relates to the preparation, signing, service, mailing, filing, or recording of a document performed at your request, including any claim of slander of title, wrongful or excessive lien, improper or defective service, or disclosure of project information. This applies to claims arising from information that was inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date, and to a document later determined to be untimely, invalid, or unenforceable.
This release and hold-harmless does not apply to, and you do not release, any loss caused by a Released Party's own gross negligence or willful misconduct; and it does not waive any right or remedy that cannot be waived under applicable law.
This Section does not release any lawyer. Emalfarb Law LLC and any local counsel it engages are not Released Parties, and nothing in these Terms limits, waives, or modifies any duty a lawyer owes you under the applicable rules of professional conduct, or your rights against a lawyer for the legal services performed on your matter. Those rights are governed by the firm's separate engagement letter and by applicable law.
If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us:
National Lien & Bond LLC
PO Box 2011, Northbrook, IL 60062
Email: info@mechanicslien.com
Phone: (800) 432-7799