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Under Florida’s Construction Lien Law, a contractor is defined as “person other than a materialman or laborer who enters into a contract with the owner of real property for improving it or who [...]

Florida law requires that a copy of the construction lien be served on the owner of the real property “before recording or within 15 days after recording” the construction lien. Although a lienor [...]

The purpose of a statutory notice to owner is to protect an owner from the possibility of paying their contractor monies that are intended to be paid to subcontractors and/or materialmen who [...]

To be enforceable, a construction lien must be timely recorded in the clerk’s office of the county in which the real property is located. Generally, a construction lien is considered timely if it [...]

For most private (non-governmental) projects over $2,500, a notice of commencement is required to be recorded in the official records prior to commencement of work. If a recorded notice of [...]