Miss. Code Ann. § 85-7-409 · § 85-7-433(5) — Mississippi residential pre-lien notice service
Your Mississippi
pre-lien notice.
$39 flat, the homeowner served.
On a single-family home, a Mississippi subcontractor, supplier or design professional with no contract with the owner must provide the owner a pre-lien notice at least ten days before filing a claim of lien — a condition precedent to the lien itself (§ 85-7-409). A 3-minute wizard becomes the statutory form, submitted for certified mailing in minutes, with the proof archived permanently.
Statutory text pinned from the Legislature's enrolled bills — cited on every document.
TAKE NOTICE THAT THE UNDERSIGNED IS A PERSON HAVING A RIGHT TO A LIEN PURSUANT TO SECTION 85-7-403, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHO DOES NOT HAVE A DIRECT CONTRACT WITH THE OWNER …
The timing, exactly
"The claimant must provide the owner a pre-lien written notice at least ten (10) days before filing a claim of lien under Section 85-7-405, which can be evidenced by any reliable means of delivery" (§ 85-7-409(2)).
The claim of lien is filed "within ninety (90) days after the claimant's last work performed, labor, services or materials provided" (§ 85-7-405(1)(b)) — so the notice goes out well inside that window.
The notice is "a condition precedent of any right to a special lien under Section 85-7-403" for the claimants it covers (§ 85-7-409(2)); the pinned text states no cure for skipping it.
Not sure where you stand? Run the free deadline calculator — enter the date you intend to file and it counts back, citing each rule.
Who sends it, who gets it
"A subcontractor, materialman or design professional not in privity with the owner" on single-family residential construction (§ 85-7-409(2)).
The owner — named and addressed in the form's "TO:" line and served by certified mail with tracking, so the delivery is evidenced.
A party in privity with the owner. On jobs that are not single-family residential, the § 85-7-407 Notice to Contractor is the document instead. The wizard will not sell you a notice you do not need.
How it works
Answer a short wizard
The gating question, you and your signer, the owner, the property as commonly known, the sum unpaid, and the date you intend to file — about 3 minutes. The document carries the § 85-7-433(5) form word for word.
We certified-mail the owner
Submitted for certified mailing in minutes of payment, tracked end to end. You verify the owner's name and address before paying.
Your evidence archive
The PDF, the certified tracking number, and a timestamped record of the deposit and delivery scans — the "reliable means of delivery" the statute asks for — kept on a permanent page.
Questions, answered straight
Who has to send the Mississippi pre-lien notice?
Under Miss. Code Ann. § 85-7-409(2), as to single-family residential construction only, a subcontractor, materialman or design professional not in privity with the owner must provide the owner a pre-lien written notice at least ten days before filing a claim of lien, as a condition precedent of any right to a special lien. Whether that describes your job is a legal question we cannot answer.
When is it due?
At least ten days before you file the claim of lien under § 85-7-405 (§ 85-7-409(2)). The claim of lien itself is filed within ninety days after your last work, labor, services or materials (§ 85-7-405(1)(b)). Enter the date you intend to file and the calculator counts back.
What does the notice change?
An owner's payment to the contractor is an absolute defense to your lien only to the extent the owner has not received the pre-lien notice before the payment (§ 85-7-409(1)). Once the owner has it, later payments to the contractor stop shielding the property.
Is this legal advice?
No. NoticeSent is a document preparation and mailing service, not a law firm. We prepare and mail documents from the information you provide and give no advice or guarantees about outcomes.
What exactly do I get?
The notice in the § 85-7-433(5) statutory form, USPS certified mailing with tracking to the owner, and a permanent archive page with a timestamped record of the deposit — for one flat $39.
The § 85-7-407 Notice to Contractor — for claimants with no privity with the contractor, within thirty days of first delivery — for $39 flat.
Send the Notice to Contractor — $39Run the calculator once per job and we'll email you 10, 5, and 2 days before your send-by date. No account; stop anytime.
Track a deadline freeThe clock is statutory. The proof should be too.
Ten days before you file. One flat $39.
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$39 flat, certified-mailed · Miss. Code Ann. § 85-7-407(2)