ORS 87.021 · 87.023 — Oregon notice of right to a lien service
Your Oregon Notice
of Right to a Lien.
$39 flat, certified to the owner.
Suppliers, service providers and lower-tier furnishers on an Oregon job give the owner of the site a notice of right to a lien; mailed by certified mail it protects everything provided after a date eight business days before the mailing (ORS 87.021(1)). A 3-minute wizard becomes the statutory two-sided form, submitted for certified mailing in minutes, with the mailing date archived permanently.
Statutory text pinned from oregonlegislature.gov — cited on every document.
WARNING: READ THIS NOTICE. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM PAYING ANY CONTRACTOR OR SUPPLIER TWICE FOR THE SAME SERVICE.
The window, exactly
The notice "only protects the right to perfect a lien for materials, equipment and labor or services provided after a date which is eight days, not including Saturdays, Sundays and other holidays as defined in ORS 187.010, before the notice is delivered or mailed" (87.021(1)).
Notices "must be in writing and be delivered in person or by registered or certified mail" (ORS 87.018(1)), and the lookback runs from the mailing date. The mailing evidence is exactly what your archive holds.
There is no cutoff — a later notice still protects the rolling window, and a lien may be perfected "only to the extent that the notice … is given" (87.021(3)(a)). Mail now.
Not sure where you stand? Run the free deadline calculator — it shows the last mailing date that protects everything from your first furnishing.
Who must be served, and who is exempt
The only mandatory recipient (87.021(1)). The statutory form warns the owner, tells them this is not a lien, and lists the ways to protect themselves — in the statute's own words, both sides.
On a commercial improvement, a hold-harmless clause is enforceable only if a copy of the notice reaches the original contractor within 10 days after the owner's receipt (87.021(4)). One click adds the copy to the same $39.
Anyone furnishing at the request of the owner (87.021(1)); and on a commercial improvement, those who perform labor, provide labor and material, or rent equipment (87.021(3)(b)). The wizard will not sell you a notice you do not need.
How it works
Answer a short wizard
The three gating questions, the owner, who ordered from you, what you furnish, the property, and your first-furnishing date — about 3 minutes. The document carries the statutory form text, both sides, verbatim.
We certified-mail the owner
Submitted for certified mailing in minutes of payment — and the original contractor's copy if you chose it. You verify every name and address before paying.
Your evidence archive
The PDF, the certified tracking number for each recipient, and a timestamped record of the mailing date — the date the eight-day lookback runs from — kept on a permanent page.
Questions, answered straight
Who has to give an Oregon Notice of Right to a Lien?
Under ORS 87.021(1), a person furnishing materials, equipment, services or labor for which a lien may be perfected gives the owner of the site a notice of right to a lien — except when it is furnished at the request of the owner. On a commercial improvement, a person who performs labor, provides labor and material, or rents equipment need not give it (87.021(3)(b)); materials-only suppliers and service providers still do. Whether that describes your job is a legal question we cannot answer.
Is there a deadline?
The notice may be given at any time during the progress of the improvement, but it only protects the right to perfect a lien for what was provided after a date eight days — not counting Saturdays, Sundays and holidays under ORS 187.010 — before it is delivered or mailed (87.021(1)). Mail within eight business days of first furnishing to protect everything; a later mailing still protects the rolling window. A lien may be perfected only to the extent the notice is given (87.021(3)(a)).
Does the contractor get a copy?
The statute requires the notice only to the owner of the site. On a commercial improvement, a hold-harmless clause in the construction agreement is enforceable only if a copy of the notice reaches the original contractor within 10 days after the owner receives it (87.021(4)) — the wizard offers the copy with one click.
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 statutory NOTICE OF RIGHT TO A LIEN form, both sides, with your details in the blanks; USPS certified mailing with tracking to the owner (and the original contractor if you choose); and a permanent archive page with a timestamped record of the mailing date — for one flat $39.
A Notice of Intent to Lien, generated and certified-mailed to the owner — and the contractor, if you choose — for $49 flat, any state.
Send a Notice of Intent to Lien — $49Run the calculator once per job and we'll email you 10, 5, and 2 days before the last full-protection mailing date. No account; stop anytime.
Track a deadline freeThe clock is statutory. The proof should be too.
Eight business days back from the mailing date. One flat $39.
Start your noticeMore for Oregon
- Oregon Notice of Right to a Lien: eight business days, the commercial exception, and the form
Guide · quoted from the statute