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 to Fla. Stat. § 713.23 or 713.245 before construction begins. In general a payment bond is a contract among the surety, the owner, and the
Establishing a Florida Construction Lien
Florida Construction Liens: How Does the Supplier of Materials Establish that Product was Furnished to an Improvement or Subdivision?
By W Mason on
Posted in Construction & Real Estate, General Litigation
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 into the property. Specifically, Florida’s construction lien statute defines “furnish materials” to mean “to supply materials which are incorporated in the improvement including normal wastage…