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Contracts

Mar. 27, 2008

Liens: New Housewarming Gifts

A group of Elk Grove residents, some of whom are represented by attorney Jesse Atwal, recently discovered they are facing more than $1 million in liens because their homebuilder went belly-up before the subcontractors were paid.

By Linda Rapattoni
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1

      SACRAMENTO - In the bedroom community of Elk Grove, a dozen families had barely moved into their new homes last year when they were slapped with 20 to 30 liens by subcontractors and suppliers stiffed by the homebuilder.
      Notices of mechanics' liens began trickling in immediately after the ...

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