The Preliminary Notice of Lien is required, at least in California, for all material suppliers, subcontractors, prime contractors, rental companies ..... in short everybody involved in the supply process.
You are required to sign a lien release to be paid.
If you eliminate this step in the process, you lose your right to lien the job.
I think that in the absence of a GC, Hertz made a mistake in sending prelim notices to the other subs. Hertz should have sent the notice only to the owner.
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