Legal Expertise for Oklahoma Contractors
Protecting your Rights Through Mechanic's Lien
A lien, a mechanic's lien or materialman's lien, oftentimes called M&M liens, is to secure payment for worker materials provided to a job when not paid. And it's a document that's filed with the land records in your jurisdiction. It is dependent oftentimes on the type of project, whether it's a residential or a commercial, and the status of the contractor involved, whether it's a prime contractor, general contractor, a subcontractor, a material supplier. Read more »Is a Contractor's License Required in Oklahoma?
Currently, the state of Oklahoma does not require general contractors to be licensed. However, other trades are required to be licensed such as electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and roofing contractors, as well as those who do inspections. With regard to the trades that required licensing, more information can be found at the Oklahoma Construction Industries board website, which is a CIB.ok.gov. And there is good information on the licensing requirements and the procedure to go about becoming licensed. Read more »What is the Discovery Rule in Oklahoma?
In Oklahoma, actions based in tort, and for our purposes we'll stick with negligence, there's a two year statute of limitations. Now that period doesn't begin to run until the negligent act is discovered or when it should have been discovered through reasonable care diligence. With respect to the statute of repose in Oklahoma, it's a 10 year statute, so any negligent act discovered outside that 10 year period would not be actionable. However, within that 10 year period, the statute of limitations will come into play where an injured party would have two years to take action. Read more »What is a Warranty of Habitability?
When someone builds a house or sells a house, a new home, there is an implied warranty that the new home is or will be completed in a workman-like manner, and is or will be reasonably fit for occupancy as a place of abode in absence of an agreement to the contrary, and that such implied warranty exists as a matter of law, both when the home is being sold completely constructed and when, at the time of the sale, the home is being constructed or is to be constructed. Read more »What is the Difference Between a Statute of Limitations and a Statute of Repose?
Most folks have a generalization of what a statute of limitations is. For example, in Oklahoma actions based in tort and for purposes of this video I'm going to focus on the negligence. There is a two year statute of limitations whereas contracts or if a written contract, it's a five year statute. If it is a oral contract, it's three and then intentional acts have a short statute of one year. Statute of limitations begins to run upon the date that the harm is discovered. So a two year period for negligence would begin to run when the negligent act is discovered and obviously this doesn't apply to actions based in contract where, as a contract statute would begin to run upon completion of the contract. Some things that can toll the statute of limitations is fraud or concealment. There are other situations that can affect that time as well. Read more »The Most Common Disputes in Construction Projects
Disputes can come from a multitude of areas including design, permitting, construction, and supply of services and materials to a given project, disputes over the scope of work, or plans, and specifications, which usually involve interpretation of work or plans and specifications as well, as to the scope of work to be performed. Read more »Oklahoma's Right To Repair Law
Oklahoma's Right To Repair Law was designed to protect parties to residential improvements in construction to save time and money, and hopefully avoid unnecessary litigation in the event that there is a problem. Read more »
