Use this screen to maintain information regarding subcontractor liens. A lien is a legal claim against another's property and care should be used when creating or releasing liens. Each vendor/project combination (this includes all levels of the project) can exist only once. If more than one lien exists for the same vendor/project combination, use the New Line button in the toolbar to enter more than one lien on this screen. Once you have saved a lien, payments to this vendor will be held via their voucher vendor ID until the lien is released. To learn more about subcontractor status, please see Special Topic AP-11, "Subcontractors."
Use this screen whenever you need to maintain information regarding subcontractor liens.
Use Lookup, Find, or Query to select the vendor to whom the lien applies. Only those vendors designated as subcontractors in the Subcontractor Payment Control subtask of the Maintain Vendors screen will be available. These fields will display the vendor ID, name, and location.
Use Lookup, Find, or Query to select the project to which the lien applies. These fields will display the project ID and project name.
Using the New Line button on the toolbar to enter lien information in this table.
This field displays the lien's effective (beginning) date. This field is required and, if not changed, will default to the system date (today's date).
This is the lien release status. A "Y" (Yes) indicates the lien has been released and payments will be allowed to proceed. An "N" (No) indicates the lien has not been released and payments will be held until the lien is released. The default for this column is "N."
Once the lien has been released, enter the release date here. This field is not required until the lien status is set to "Y" in the Released field.
Enter the name of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. This field is not required, but we suggest that you use this field to keep track of the lien issuer.
Enter the phone number of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. This field is not required, but we suggest that you use this field to keep track of the lien issuer.
Enter the address of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. These fields are not required, but we suggest that you use them to keep track of the lien issuer.
Enter the city name of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. This field is not required, but we suggest that you use this field to keep track of the lien issuer.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the state or province name of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. This field is not required, but we suggest that you use this field to keep track of the lien issuer.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the country name of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. This field is not required, but we suggest that you use this field to keep track of the lien issuer.
Enter, or use Lookup to select, the postal code of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. This field is not required, but we suggest that you use this field to keep track of the lien issuer.