Construction payment rights

Prepare and send the required Notice to Owner.

Notice to Owner is a state-specific document name. Florida, Washington, and Alabama use different forms, deadlines, claimant rules, and recipient requirements under that label.

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45 daysFlorida timing

60 daysWashington general timing

Before supplyAlabama full-price route

Florida uses a mandatory statutory warning

A qualifying lienor generally serves the owner before beginning or no later than 45 days after beginning to furnish labor, services, or materials. Lower-tier claimants may also need to serve the contractor or subcontractor. The notice is not itself a lien.

Washington measures the protected reach

Washington's notice identifies professional services, materials, or equipment supplied to the improvement. The general 60-day period and the shorter reach for new single-family construction require the correct project classification.

Alabama has a pre-supply path for material suppliers

A material supplier seeking the full-price protection described by Alabama law gives written notice before furnishing. Other remote claimants use a different notice before filing a verified lien statement.

Select the state before preparing the notice.

The calculator applies the state's trigger date and sends the job to the required mailing or filing method.

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