On May 21, 2014, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Snell v. Mott’s Contracting Services, Inc. affecting construction claims of lien and arbitration proceedings. The court
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Florida Construction Liens: Lienor’s Notice to Contractor of Intent to be Protected by Bond.
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Before, beginning, or within 45 days after beginning to furnish labor, materials, or supplies, a lienor who is not in privity with the contractor, except a laborer, shall serve the…
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Florida Construction Liens: Payment Bonds
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Owners of real property in Florida can exempt their property from all future liens at the outset of construction by requiring their general contractor to post a payment bond pursuant…
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Florida Construction Liens: Transferring a Lien to Bond in Order to Clear Title to Real Estate
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Under Florida’s Construction Lien Law, a lien may be transferred by any person having interest in the real property upon which the line is imposed or the contract under which…
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Florida Construction Liens: How Does the Supplier of Materials Establish that Product was Furnished to an Improvement or Subdivision?
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In order for a supplier of materials or a “materialman” to have a construction lien on a property, his product must either be specially fabricated or actually incorporated…
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Florida Construction Liens: Enforcing Liens for Improvements to Subdivisions
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Florida construction lien law specifically addresses the situation where one performs services or furnishes materials for the purpose of making a site suitable for construction of an improvement. This typically…
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Florida Construction Liens: Improvements that Create an Enforceable Construction Lien
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Previously in this series, I discussed the property that could be the subject of a construction lien. In this part, we take a look at the definition of improvement …
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Florida Construction Liens: Liens for Architects, Engineers, Design Professionals, and Surveyors
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Pursuant to the Florida Statute, Section 713.03, a person performing professional services has a lien on the improved real property for money that is owed to him or her for…
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Florida Construction Liens: The “Laborer” Under Florida’s Construction Lien Law
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Pursuant to the Construction Lien Law statute, a laborer is any person other than an architect, landscape architect, engineer, surveyor and mapper, and the like who, under a properly authorized…
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Florida Construction Liens: Qualifying as a “Materialman” under Florida’s Construction Lien Law
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Under Florida’s Construction Lien Law, a “materialman” is a person who furnishes materials under contract to the owner, contractor, subcontractor, or sub-subcontractor on the site of the improvement or for…
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