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Ohio's New Lien Law for Architects, Landscape Architects, Engineers and Surveyors Real estate professionals have been known to talk about “soft” or “pursuit costs” in a deal as opposed to “hard costs.” For more than 100 years, the Ohio Constitution, at Art. II, Sect. 33, has recognized the blue-collar lien rights of tradesmen and material providers for the hard cost of bricks and mortar value in getting a site ready for vertical construction, from site preparation, excavation, foundation, framing, weather-proofing and mechanical, plumbing and electrical work, all the way through to a turn-key facility certified for occupancy. Among other things, they were adding tangible, quantifiable value to the tax base. Mechanics liens may not often be foreclosed against, but such a lien can often provide a way to get paid directly by an owner, if not from contract retainage, then at the closing of permanent financing or a sale. Until recently though, the white-collar professionals didn’t have such lien rights for what they represented in the way of soft costs, such as zoning, preliminary and final development plans and design.