When to use a Notice to the Owner?
A Notice to the Owner is used to notify the property owner that a Mechanics Lien will be filed on their property in Florida. The form should be completed and sent to the owner within 45 days of starting work on the project - be it providing labor or materials or the making of specialty materials.
Who uses a Notice to the Owner?
Typically, any party who does not have a direct contractual relationship with the property owner should prepare and send a Notice to the Owner as a way to protect their payment through the liens process. However, you can still send one if you have a direct contractual relationship (ex. Prime Contractors).
A subcontractor or material supplier should consider sending a notice to the owner to the property owner, the general contractor, and any other parties that contracted them.
Other exceptions:
- Laborers- laborers who performed labor on the site and with no furnished materials are excused from sending this notice.
- Professionals- Architects, Interior Designers, Mappers, Landscape Architects, Engineers, etc. are excused from sending this notice.
- Site Workers- Excavators, Site workers, and anyone who performs work on the site to make sure the site is in building cond