Luxury Homes and Estates of Florida Magazine
by Houston E. Short

If you are a homeowner in Florida, you will no doubt have occasion to contract for repairs or improvements to your property. You should know that the Florida lien law provides homeowners certain protections and also provides particular warnings to help homeowners navigate payment of multiple bills often from unknown suppliers, subcontractors and laborers.

Each supplier, subcontractor or in some cases laborers are directed by statute to give homeowners a notice that they have worked on the property. This notice is called "Notice to Owner" and must be delivered within 45 days of the first delivery of material or first work performed on your home. The failure to provide you a Notice to Owner within the time requisites results in the absolute loss of any right to claim a lien against the home. More.....