My son was a satellite installer for DirecTV, until being let go some weeks ago.
He has paperwork proving that DirecTV owes him some $1000 for work he did for them.

They are refusing to pay.

Someone told him, that in the case he's unable to get satisfaction from DirecTV, he can go to court and have a lien put on the houses of the customers for whom he installed the equipment.

Is this so?

Thanks in advance!

No lien on the customer's homes. He needs to take DirectTV to court for the monies owed to him.

In the state of Texas, we can go to the TEC. They monitor complaints like that for employee abuses. I know of a man who installed cable, and he has done exactly that a couple of times (the lien) Mostly it depends on his status when he worked for Directv. If he was working for a company that was subcontracting for DTV, he will need to take it up with that company. If he worked for DTV owned and operated, he will need to take it up with DTV.

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He needs to sue them in small claims court. It's quick, cheap and easy.

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Well, I will slightly disagree

1. it is easier to merely sue in small claims court.

2. suppliers of labor ( sub contractors) and suppliers of material, such as lumber yard, often file for liens against the owners of the property where they do work, if the main contractor does not pay them. *** you see this with lumber yards all the time where they don't get paid,
So yes he could, but then only to the amount of labor for each job on each home, so he would have to end up in court for dozens of cases, instead of just one.

If there was a belief that the TV company was going broke, or could or would not ever pay, this is a choice,

But small claims court, one case, a lot easier

It's called a "mechanic's lien". There are specific deadlines and other requirements. One would have to look at the specific statute, for whichever state you are in.