Construction Lien Law
Florida · Liens, Generally · §§ 713.001 to 713.37 · 46 sections
Overview
The act governs liens asserted against real property to secure payment for labor, services, and materials furnished to improve it, reaching general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and providers of professional design services alike. It defines who qualifies as a lienor — distinguishing those in direct contract with the owner from those who are not — and sets the steps for perfecting a claim, including notices of commencement and termination, demands for contracts and statements of account, prescribed methods of service, and the recording of a claim of lien, while fixing the priority, extent, and duration of the liens that result. It also supplies the machinery for resolving them: payment bonds and their waivers, transfer of a lien to other security, waiver, release, and discharge, enforcement through redemption and sale with personal or deficiency judgments, attorney fees, and remedies where a claim is fraudulent or collusive.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 64 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 644 F.2d 1097 - Ramada Development Co. v. Rauch
Sections covered
- Fla. Stat. § 713.001Short title of part
- Fla. Stat. § 713.01Definitions
- Fla. Stat. § 713.011Computation of time
- Fla. Stat. § 713.012Written notices, demands, or requests
- Fla. Stat. § 713.015Mandatory provisions for direct contracts
- Fla. Stat. § 713.02Types of lienors and exemptions
- Fla. Stat. § 713.03Liens for professional services
- Fla. Stat. § 713.04Subdivision improvements1 cite
- Fla. Stat. § 713.05Liens of persons in privity3 cites
- Fla. Stat. § 713.06Liens of persons not in privity; proper payments31 cites
- Fla. Stat. § 713.07Priority of liens
- Fla. Stat. § 713.08Claim of lien13 cites
- Fla. Stat. § 713.09Single claim of lien1 cite
- Fla. Stat. § 713.10Extent of liens
- Fla. Stat. § 713.11Liens for improving land in which the contracting party has no interest
- Fla. Stat. § 713.12Liens for improving real property under contract with husband or wife on property of the other or of both
- Fla. Stat. § 713.13Notice of commencement3 cites
- Fla. Stat. § 713.132Notice of termination
- Fla. Stat. § 713.135Notice of commencement and applicability of lien
- Fla. Stat. § 713.14Application of money to materials account
- Fla. Stat. § 713.15Repossession of materials not used
- Fla. Stat. § 713.16Demand for copy of contract and statements of account; form1 cite
- Fla. Stat. § 713.165Request for list of subcontractors and suppliers
- Fla. Stat. § 713.17Materials not attachable for debts of purchaser
- Fla. Stat. § 713.18Manner of serving documents2 cites
- Fla. Stat. § 713.19Assignment of lien
- Fla. Stat. § 713.20Waiver or release of liens
- Fla. Stat. § 713.21Discharge of lien
- Fla. Stat. § 713.22Duration of lien
- Fla. Stat. § 713.23Payment bond2 cites
- Fla. Stat. § 713.235Waivers of right to claim against payment bond; forms
- Fla. Stat. § 713.24Transfer of liens to security
- Fla. Stat. § 713.245Conditional payment bond1 cite
- Fla. Stat. § 713.26Redemption and sale
- Fla. Stat. § 713.27Interplead
- Fla. Stat. § 713.28Judgments in case of failure to establish liens; personal and deficiency judgments or decrees
- Fla. Stat. § 713.29Attorney fees1 cite
- Fla. Stat. § 713.30Other actions not barred
- Fla. Stat. § 713.31Remedies in case of fraud or collusion4 cites
- Fla. Stat. § 713.32Insurance proceeds liable for demands
- Fla. Stat. § 713.33Disbursing agent and others may rely on owner’s notices
- Fla. Stat. § 713.345Moneys received for real property improvements; penalty for misapplication1 cite
- Fla. Stat. § 713.346Payment on construction contracts
- Fla. Stat. § 713.3471Lender responsibilities with construction loans
- Fla. Stat. § 713.35Making or furnishing false statement
- Fla. Stat. § 713.37Rule of construction
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