Florida Notice to Owner, filled and dated.
Enter your first day on the job. Get the send-by date and a filled notice.
Serve it by Thu, Nov 19, 2026
The owner has to receive it within 45 days of your first day.
ToBayside Holdings LLC
FromGulf Coast Grading
Property4100 Industrial Pkwy, Tampa
First dayMon, Oct 5, 2026
Not legal advice. Check the statute or a construction lawyer before you count on a date.
Florida Notice to Owner, step by step
- Write down your first day on the job: the first day you furnished labor, services or materials.
- Count 45 days. The owner has to receive it by then, so mail it by about day 40.
- Fill the notice: owner, contractor, your customer, you, the property and what you're supplying.
- Send it to: owner; contractor.
- Keep the certified mail proof with the job.
Florida notice and lien rules by role
| Role | Preliminary notice | Record the lien |
|---|---|---|
| GC (contract with the owner) | None on a typical job | 90 days after your last day on the job Fla. Stat. § 713.08(5) |
| Subcontractor | Notice to Owner: 45 days after your first day on the job | 90 days after your last day on the job Fla. Stat. § 713.08(5) |
| Supplier | Notice to Owner: 45 days after your first day on the job | 90 days after your last day on the job Fla. Stat. § 713.08(5) |
Enforce it
Sue to enforce the lien: see the dates the tool works out above; The owner can cut this to 60 days by recording a notice of contest (§ 713.22(2)). (Fla. Stat. § 713.22(1))
This is not legal advice. Lien deadlines are strict and they change with the contract, the type of project (a home vs. a commercial job), and what the owner records. Public jobs don't take liens at all: you make a bond claim instead. Check the statute we cite, or call a construction lawyer in that state, before you count on a date. Main statute: Fla. Stat. §§ 713.001 to 713.37.
Dozer counts the days from your first day on site.
Your gate camera already knows the day you started. Dozer counts the 45 days, fills the notice and reminds you before it's late. Then it tracks the lien deadline.
- First day taken from the site record
- Notice filled and ready to send
- Reminders at day 30 and day 40
- Lien and waiver deadlines on the same job
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Questions crews ask
When is a Florida Notice to Owner due?
The owner must receive it within 45 days of your first day on the job, and before the owner makes final payment to the contractor (Fla. Stat. 713.06(2)(a)).
Who has to send a Notice to Owner in Florida?
Subs, sub-subs and suppliers who don't have a contract directly with the owner. Laborers don't need one, and a GC who contracts with the owner doesn't send one.
How do I serve a Notice to Owner?
By certified mail with return receipt, or another way 713.18 allows, to the owner and, for most, the contractor. Keep the proof. The owner must receive it within 45 days of your first day, and before the owner makes final payment. Send it by certified mail or another way § 713.18 allows, and keep the proof. Laborers don't need one.
What if I miss the 45 days?
Your lien rights are limited to work after the notice, or lost, depending on the facts. Send it anyway as soon as you can, and talk to a Florida construction lawyer.
What is the deadline to file a mechanics lien in Florida?
A GC records it 90 days after your last day on the job. A subcontractor or supplier records it 90 days after your last day on the job. (Fla. Stat. § 713.08(5)).
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