to enter more than one lien on this screen. After you save a lien, payments to this vendor are held via their voucher vendor ID until the lien is released.Use this subtask of the Subcontractor Payment Control block 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, click to enter more than one lien on this screen. After you save a lien, payments to this vendor are held via their voucher vendor ID until the lien is released.
To learn more about subcontractors, see Subcontractors.
Use this subtask whenever you need to maintain information regarding subcontractor liens.
Enter, or click
to select, the project to which the lien applies.
This field displays the project name.
This field displays the lien's effective (beginning) date. This field defaults to the Costpoint date (today's date) but you can change it.
Enter the name of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. Deltek recommends that you use this field to keep track of the lien issuer.
This is the lien release status.
Y (Yes) — Indicates that the lien has been released and payments will be allowed to proceed.
N (No) — Indicates that the lien has not been released and payments will be held until the lien is released. This is the default.
After the lien is released, enter, or click 
to select, the release date here. This field is not required until the lien status is set to Y in the Released field.
Enter the phone number of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. Deltek recommends 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. Deltek recommends that you use these address fields to keep track of the lien issuer.
Enter the city name of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. Deltek recommends that you use this field to keep track of the lien issuer.
Enter, or click to select, the state or province name of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. Deltek recommends that you use this field to keep track of the lien issuer.
Enter, or click to select, the country name of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. Deltek recommends that you use this field to keep track of the lien issuer.
Enter, or click to select, the postal code of the company or organization that has enacted the lien. Deltek recommends that you use this field to keep track of the lien issuer.