FirstFurnishCONSTRUCTION LIEN MANAGEMENTThe deadline runs from the claimant's first furnishing date. A qualifying remote claimant generally serves the owner, direct contractor, and construction lender using the names and addresses available for the project.
Enter the date requested for the selected state.
General deadline information. Requirements depend on role, project type, and project facts. No card is required to save a job.
Use the first day the claimant supplied labor, service, equipment, or material to the work of improvement. The contract date, invoice date, and date payment became late are different facts and should not replace first furnishing.
Service after day 20 does not necessarily make the notice useless. Under Civil Code § 8204, the notice can cover work furnished during the 20 days before service and work furnished afterward. Earlier contributions may remain outside that reach.
A subcontractor or material supplier commonly serves the owner or reputed owner, direct contractor, and construction lender. Direct contractors and claimants on public works use different recipient rules. The job intake should preserve each recipient's statutory role rather than treating every address as interchangeable.
California permits specified delivery methods under Civil Code § 8110. FirstFurnish sends approved private-work notices by certified mail with electronic return receipt and stores the mailing identifier and tracking result with the job.
Save the calculated date. Review the notice facts and recipients before payment.
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