FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS - FORECLOSURES AND MECHANICS LIENS

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
FORECLOSURES AND MECHANICS LIENS

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FORECLOSURE

Cuyahoga Common Pleas Court - Foreclosure Department: FAQ with links to forms and Local Rules.
Ohio Revised Code:
Don't Borrow Trouble , Cuyahoga County's foreclosure prevention program. Information about the foreclosure process and who to contact for help.

Save the Dream, Ohio's foreclosure prevention effort. Extensive site offering aid to homeowners. See especially County-Specific Local Resources.

Your Money Now - Foreclosure Intervention. A program by the Ohio Treasurer of State. Includes a number of links to state and local resources under Resources by County.

Ohio Home Rescue Fund. A program of the Ohio Department of Development.

US Department of Housing and Urban Development Pages:
- Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure
- Avoiding Foreclosure: Ohio
Ohio State Bar Association Law You Can Use:
- Worried About Foreclosure? What You Should Know
- After Foreclosure: What You Should Know
- Can Foreclosure Mediation Help Me?
- The Law and You: Real Property, "Types of Real Property: Mortgages and Liens (PDF, 135 KB)," pages 97-98. Brief discussion of foreclosure and marshalling of liens.
American Bar Association Book on Homeownership (PDF, 181 KB): See Page 40-41, .
The following books may be available at your local public library:
- Robert Curry & James Durham, 2006, /Ohio Real Property Law and Practice/, 6th ed., ch. 19, "Foreclosure and Judicial Sales."
- Brian Bash, Edward Bohnert, and Amelia Bower, 2001, /Ohio Foreclosure and Related Bankruptcy and Title Issues/.

MECHANICS LIENS

Ohio Constitution, Article II, Section 33: Mechanics' and Builders' Liens
Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1311: Liens
"No Lien" Contracts (Fortney & Klingshirn).
Ohio Home Improvement Law (Ohio Attorney General’s Office) (PDF, 197 KB)
Mechanic's Liens and Private Projects: A Primer (PDF, 431 KB) by F. Andrew Balcar, Ohio Construction Law.Com (a Bricker & Eckler Publication) at page 5. Great article on the basics of how to file a mechanics lien and commence suit on a lien.
Books which may be available at your local public library:
- Couse’s Ohio Form Book: v.1, Chapter 12, Mechanics Liens, 2002.
- Mechanics' Lien Law and Strategies in Ohio. Susan K. Cliffel, Kenneth A. Fisher and Donald B. Leach. National Business Institute, 2000.
- Construction Payment Remedies in Ohio. Stanley J. Dobrowski, Bryan L. Jeffries and Thomas L. Rosenberg. National Business Institute, 2000.

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