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Lien notice guides
Each guide is written from the statute text we pin from the official legislative site and cite on every document — plain language, section numbers on every claim, no legal advice. When a rule matters to your deadline, the free calculator applies it to your dates.
- Florida · Fla. Stat. §713.06, §713.18
Florida Notice to Owner: the 45-day deadline, explained from the statute
Who must serve it, the 45-day outer limit and the final-payment cutoff, why day 40 matters, and what counts as mailing evidence.
Read the guide - California · Civ. Code §8200–8204, §8110, §8116
California 20-day preliminary notice: who, when, what, and how to serve it
The three required recipients, the 20-day rule and what a late notice still protects, the required contents, and mail service that is complete on deposit.
Read the guide - Arizona · A.R.S. §33-992.01, §33-992.02, §33-981
Arizona preliminary twenty day notice: the 20-day rule and proof of mailing
Four recipients, the estimate and the 30% rule, the acknowledgment-or-affidavit proof requirement, and service complete on deposit.
Read the guide - Florida · California · Arizona
Certified mail for lien notices: what each statute actually requires
The service methods each statute names, when service is effective, what proof to keep, what a return receipt adds, and what happens when mail comes back.
Read the guide - Any state · customary demand
Notice of Intent to Lien: what it is, what it is not, and when contractors send one
The pre-lien demand letter in plain terms — how it differs from a preliminary notice and from a lien, what to put in it, and why certified mail.
Read the guide - Ohio · Ohio Rev. Code §1311.05, §1311.04, §1311.19
Ohio Notice of Furnishing: the 21-day rule, the Notice of Commencement, and who gets served
Who must serve an Ohio Notice of Furnishing under Ohio Rev. Code §1311.05, the 21-day deadline and the lookback a late notice keeps, the designee and original contractor recipients, the statutory form, and certified mail complete on mailing.
Read the guide - Michigan · MCL 570.1109, 570.1108, 570.1108a, 570.1111
Michigan Notice of Furnishing: 20 days, the Notice of Commencement, and the residential copy
Who serves a Michigan Notice of Furnishing under MCL 570.1109, the 20-day deadline and what a late notice keeps, the designee and general contractor named in the Notice of Commencement, the residential-structure branch that attaches a copy, and certified mail complete on mailing.
Read the guide - Texas · Tex. Prop. Code §53.055, §53.056, §53.057, §53.003, §53.001
Texas lien notices: the monthly notice, the retainage notice, and the copy of a filed affidavit
The three Texas Property Code Chapter 53 notices a subcontractor or supplier mails — the §53.056 monthly notice of claim, the §53.057 retainage notice, and the §53.055 copy of a filed lien affidavit — with each deadline, recipient list, form and the §53.003 mailing rules.
Read the guide - Washington · RCW 60.04.031, RCW 18.27.114
Washington Notice to Owner: the 60-day lookback, who is exempt, and the two-sided statutory form
Who gives the Washington notice of right to claim a lien under RCW 60.04.031, why there is no hard deadline but a 60-day (or 10-day) lookback from mailing, the owner and prime contractor recipients, the two-sided form, and certified or registered mail.
Read the guide - Nevada · NRS 108.245, NRS 108.246
Nevada lien notices: the Notice of Right to Lien and the prime contractor's NRS 108.245 notice
Who gives the Nevada Notice of Right to Lien under NRS 108.245 and who is exempt, the 31-day lookback, the owner and prime contractor recipients, the statutory form, and the prime contractor's own NRS 108.246 notice to the owner before the contract is signed.
Read the guide - Oregon · ORS 87.021, 87.023, 87.018
Oregon Notice of Right to a Lien: eight business days, the commercial exception, and the form
Who gives the Oregon Notice of Right to a Lien under ORS 87.021 and who need not on a commercial improvement, the eight-business-day lookback from mailing, the owner of the site as recipient, the ORS 87.023 two-sided form, and registered or certified mail under ORS 87.018.
Read the guide - Minnesota · Minn. Stat. § 514.011, § 514.08
Minnesota lien notices: the two pre-lien notices and the lien statement copy
Minnesota's § 514.011 pre-lien notices — the subcontractor's 45-day notice and the contractor's 10-day notice when there is no written contract — and the § 514.08 rule that the lien ceases at 120 days unless the statement is filed and a copy served: who, when, to whom, in what words.
Read the guide - Illinois · 770 ILCS 60/21(c), 60/24, 60/27
Illinois subcontractor notices: the 60-day notice to an owner-occupant and the section 24 notice of claim
The two Illinois Mechanics Lien Act notices a subcontractor mails — the 60-day notice to the occupant of an existing owner-occupied single family residence (770 ILCS 60/21(c)) and the notice of claim within 90 days after completion (770 ILCS 60/24) — with the recipients, the return-receipt method, and what a late notice keeps.
Read the guide - Mississippi · Miss. Code Ann. § 85-7-407, § 85-7-409, § 85-7-433(5), § 85-7-405
Mississippi lien notices: the Notice to Contractor and the residential pre-lien notice to the owner
Mississippi's two notices under §§ 85-7-407 and 85-7-409 — the 30-day Notice to Contractor for claimants without privity with the contractor (not single-family residential), and the residential pre-lien notice to the owner at least ten days before filing a claim of lien — with the recipients, contents, methods and consequences the enrolled statute states.
Read the guide - Wyoming · W.S. 29-2-112, 29-2-107, 29-1-312, 29-2-106, 29-1-201, 29-10-101 to 29-10-103
Wyoming lien notices: the preliminary notice, the notice of intention, and the notice of filing
The three Wyoming notices under the Revised Wyoming Statutory Lien Act — the 30-day preliminary notice of right to lien (W.S. 29-2-112), the notice of intention to file lien sent 20 days before the lien statement (29-2-107), and the notice of filing sent within 30 days after (29-1-312(c)) — with the statutory forms, the on-deposit rule, and what each one's lateness means.
Read the guide - Kentucky · KRS 376.010(4), (5); KRS 376.080(1); KRS 376.090(1)
Kentucky lien notices: the notice of intention to hold property liable and the lien statement copy
Kentucky's KRS 376.010 notice of intention — 75 or 120 days after the last item depending on the claim amount, 75 on an owner-occupied dwelling — and the KRS 376.080 lien statement filed within six months with a copy sent to the owner by regular mail within seven days, or the lien is dissolved.
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