Tools to Save You Time and Money

NCS has been such a helpful tool and what a time saver!!! Both Tanya and I love the system.

Over the past eight years with the assistance of NCS we have implemented a Lien Division in our company and utilized their software program Lien Tracker. This has enabled Carter Lumber to efficiently monitor and maintain thousands of lien rights on residential and commercial projects. In addition, NCS has also filed and collected on those lien claims on behalf of Carter Lumber Company.

Another great tool is the National Lien Digest. Once I find the information I need, I check the National Lien Digest to verify what steps I need to take, in each state, to protect lien rights. The daily updates let me know I am working with the most current information available. Getting notices out and letting clients know deadlines are being monitored is making a difference in the turnaround time for receiving payments.

Using the Corporate Monitoring service NCS has been providing, our company has already identified two accounts with open credit limits which could have resulted in material losses: First, a $100,000 open credit limit and open accounts receivable. NCS identified the account as inactive with the State. Subsequent conference calls with the CFO of our customer found that the customer was “very close to running out of cash and it is unlikely to be funded further by outside investors.” Given such dire status provided verbally as well as the State standing, we reduced the limit to $0. Second, a $250,000 open credit limit. NCS identified the account as inactive with the State. HTA had no open exposure and decided to reduce the limit to $0 until the business returns to active status or until a sufficient explanation can be provided. As a general rule, HTA does not do business with companies that are inactive with the State without sufficient explanation and understanding.

Within the first week, I found a lien against a current customer that forced them to come clean to me about why my company had not been paid. This information made it clear not to sell to them further until things were resolved. I can’t think of any other way I would have found that information without LienFinder – it just saved my company $75,000.

NCS has been outstanding with the entire process of transitioning our UCC records into their system for the filling, monitoring, and maintenance of our UCC records. Our records go back several decades; therefore, the transition has to be with a company that would help us every step of the way. NCS has exceeded all my expectations and has made our transition seamless.

Having essential project information is key to mitigating credit risk for Rain for Rent. As you know, we subscribed and began using LienFinder in January 2016. It has proved to be a very resourceful tool.

We had a project in New Jersey, and because the preliminary notice was not required, the project information was not gathered. The project was for $346,000 and all of a sudden payment became an issue. We decided to file a lien but did not have all of the entities in the ladder of supply required to file a lien. As happens in a lot of these situations, phone calls were not being answered. I logged into LienFinder and found a Lien had already filed on the project as well as all of the essential information I needed. This saved me considerable time trying to find the information and ultimately helped me get paid in full! LienFinder is an important tool in our process.

I highly recommend LienTracker Online to companies who are comfortable with managing the preliminary notice process in-house. The new cloud-based system with the convenience of the NCS mailing service, has saved me considerable time and money. LienTracker Online has been very easy to use and with consistent program enhancements, I look forward to actively using it to protect RBI Solar’s lien and claim rights. Great job NCS!

Whirlwind Steel Buildings has been utilizing, with great success, NCS’ LienTracker™ software for over 15 years now. We recently discussed the manual process we had to utilize ‘prior’ to LienTracker™ and realized we were not effective in tracking all our building and component order ship dates and had missed important notice dates threatening our ability to file liens when those situations arose.

I would recommend this service to any company looking to protect its lien rights for material provided to lienable projects.

With the constant upgrades, from NCS, reflecting the most recent changes of the state lien statutes, we feel confident that the auto-generated pre-lien notices we send are absolutely in compliance with the complicated requirements of the state lien codes.