Construction collections · Houston, TX
When a Houston construction customer stops paying, most collectors send three letters and close the file. We do not. We recover unpaid construction invoices throughout the Gulf Coast using the leverage that actually moves these accounts — and you pay nothing unless we collect.
Houston businesses across the Gulf Coast run up unpaid construction invoices like everywhere else, and many creditors write them off rather than chase them across the state. We do not. We pursue construction accounts in Houston with the same work we bring to the major metros: research first, then contact, then enforcement through counsel. An unpaid invoice does not become uncollectible just because the customer stopped paying and stopped calling back.
Texas gives a construction creditor leverage that most trades never get: a mechanic's and materialman's lien under Property Code ch. 53, prompt-payment interest under ch. 28, and the Construction Trust Fund Act in ch. 162, which treats construction payments as trust funds and can expose the people who misapplied them. The deadlines are short and they are unforgiving — and since H.B. 2237 took effect in 2022, suit to foreclose a lien must be brought within one year of the last day the affidavit could have been filed, not the two years many published guides still claim.
A suit on a Houston account is filed in Harris County, with the Harris County District Clerk. Harris County runs 5 statutory county courts at law. Houston is not contained by one county. The city limits reach into Fort Bend, Montgomery and Waller Counties as well, and that matters here more than it sounds: a mechanic's and materialman's lien affidavit is recorded with the county clerk where the property actually sits, not where your office is or where the customer's billing address happens to be. A Houston address is not by itself an answer to which clerk gets the filing. Most commercial accounts resolve long before any of that, and we are a collection agency rather than a law firm — but knowing where the account would land is part of deciding whether pursuing it is worth your money.
Houston is roughly a 3.6-hour drive from Dallas. We still go — it just means a field visit is planned rather than spontaneous, and we tell you before we spend a day on one.
General information for commercial creditors, not legal advice. Deadlines turn on facts we have not seen — confirm specifics with qualified counsel before relying on any of it.
Your leverage
In Texas, lien and bond-claim deadlines run on a strict calendar after the work or delivery — and once they lapse, your strongest leverage is gone. We move fast to preserve and assert those rights where they apply, through licensed counsel.
Owner, general contractor, lender, surety — we map who actually controls payment on the project and apply pressure where it works, instead of chasing the party with the emptiest pockets.
FAQ
Yes. We pursue construction accounts throughout Houston and the Gulf Coast, and nationwide through a network of licensed collection attorneys. There is no upfront cost — we work on contingency, and the fee is agreed before you place anything.
Stop calling and start documenting. Pull the invoices, the contract or purchase order, proof of delivery or acceptance, and the exact legal entity name of the debtor — not the trade name. Then check which deadline governs the account, because the leverage in this trade runs on a short clock. Silence usually means the debtor has decided you are not a priority, which is a different problem from inability to pay and is solved differently.
In Harris County, with the Harris County District Clerk. Which court depends on the amount and the relief sought, and that is the filing attorney's decision. Below the district and county courts, a justice court anywhere in Texas handles claims up to $20,000 (Tex. Gov't Code § 27.031) — the same ceiling in all 254 counties, not a local rule.
As soon as it is clearly past due rather than merely late. Texas lien deadlines run on months, not years, and they are not extended by a customer promising to pay next week. The expensive mistake is almost never acting too early.
No. We take commercial accounts only — money one business owes another. That is why the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which governs consumer debt, generally does not reach this work. If the person who owes you is an individual consumer, we are not the right agency and we will tell you so.
Nothing upfront. We work on contingency — no retainer, no monthly minimum, and a fee charged only against funds actually recovered. The fee is agreed before you place anything.
Tell us what you're owed and we'll tell you exactly how we'd go after it. The review is free, and you pay nothing unless we collect.
Free and confidential · No upfront cost · You pay only if we collect
