Florida Notice to Owner form

Read the statutory form in § 713.06(2)(c)

What the statute says

• Who serves it: all lienors under § 713.06 except laborers, as a prerequisite to perfecting a lien and recording a claim of lien. That covers subcontractors, sub-subcontractors, and material suppliers who are not in privity with the owner. § 713.06(1), (2)(a).
• When: before commencing, or not later than 45 days after commencing, to furnish labor, services, or materials, and in any event before the owner's final payment after the contractor's final payment affidavit. Failing to serve it, or to serve it on time, is a complete defense to enforcement of a lien. § 713.06(2)(a).
• What it must contain: the lienor's name and address, a description sufficient to identify the property, and the nature of the services or materials. The notice may be in substantially the statutory form, and must include the information and the warning in that form. § 713.06(2)(a), (2)(c).
• Copies: a sub-subcontractor or a supplier to a subcontractor serves a copy on the contractor, and a copy goes to anyone the owner named in the Notice of Commencement. § 713.06(2)(a), (2)(b).
• Mistakes: substantial compliance can be enough for errors or omissions that did not hurt anyone, but the time requirements must be met strictly. § 713.06(2)(f).
• How notices are served is in § 713.18. Fla. Stat. § 713.18

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