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PROBLEM 5 If the general contractor of a project fails to pay its subcontractors, the subcontractors...

PROBLEM 5

If the general contractor of a project fails to pay its subcontractors, the subcontractors may file a lien against the owner’s property, and the project owner is required to pay the subcontractors. To avoid the lien against the property and payment to the subcontractors, what measures could the owner do?

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