On a project where a notice of completion is recorded, missing the 30-day lien deadline (for a non-direct claimant) generally means:

Explicación

Civil Code §8414 gives a claimant other than the direct contractor 30 days after a recorded notice of completion; miss it and the lien remedy is gone, though a payment bond claim, a timely stop payment notice, or a plain breach-of-contract action may remain. (a) borrows the direct contractor's 60-day period under §8412, which is not available to lower-tier claimants. (c) is the no-notice rule the recording displaced. (d) states the §8460 deadline for suing on a lien already recorded, which never revives a lien that was recorded too late.