Who is responsible for lifting a lien on a project when the general contractor goes bankrupt and there is only a performance bond on the project?
Well right off, under the circumstances your giving, I'm not
sure what lien would be in effect. Generally, whoever has placed
the lien has to remove it, or you may be able to get it done filing
Docs showing it has been satisfied.
Certainly the owner didn't put a lien on his own project for
what the contractor owes/has to do. If the job is liened for
payment by a subcontractor to the primary, and he put a mechanics
lien on, these may not be cleared by BK. Your going to have to get
more involved.
The performance bond is there for exactly such an event, and the
sureity co should step in and complete the job, to do so they may
need to pay the subs off.