Quiet Titles, Mechanic's liens, bad contractor.
Background info - We built our house in the summer/fall of 2005. We moved in on November 4th of that year. Our builder, who we now know to be a con artist, went over by $40,000 but we only had a verbal contract with him and it was a cost-plus loan. His father in law was the lender for the mortgage company that we used and was just as crooked. We ended up closing out on our house in December of 2005 giving AMPLE time for all bills to come in.
We got a letter in the mail on February 18th of 2006 saying that he had put $10,000 of liens on our property. We had definitely paid some of them and I believe some of them to be forged. No one ever did any work on our home once we moved in, so Feb 16th (the date of the liens) is past the 90 days limit anyhow.
Now to my question... We want to refinance but we have liens looming over us. We were told about Quiet Titles but do not understand how they work or how to get one? Do we have to have a lawyer or is it something that we can file or petition here in the state of Georgia? Thank you in advanced.
christienbryan