How it works
- Fill in the short form below for one job.
- Job Clock fills in your state's notice with the names and addresses you give, and tells you if something looks missing.
- You get a PDF by email. You check it, sign it, and send it the way your state allows (listed below). Keep the receipt.
Not legal advice. Job Clock fills in the form from the information you give. You check it, sign it, and serve it. Job Clock does not file, record, mail, or serve any notice.
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Texas: Notice of Claim for Unpaid Labor or Materials
- Who sends it: anyone who was not hired by the owner (subcontractors and suppliers). Tex. Prop. Code § 53.056(a).
- Sent to: the owner or reputed owner and the original contractor. § 53.056(a-1).
- Deadline: for each month of unpaid work, by the 15th day of the 3rd month after that month; on a residential construction project, the 15th day of the 2nd month. § 53.056(a-1).
- The form: the wording in § 53.056(a-2), with the claim amount. An invoice may be attached (§ 53.056(a-3)). Unpaid retainage has its own notice, the Notice of Claim for Unpaid Retainage (§ 53.057); tell us if your contract holds retainage.
- How to send it: in person, by certified mail, or by a traceable private delivery service that can confirm receipt. § 53.003(b). If the deadline falls on a weekend or legal holiday, it moves to the next business day. § 53.003(e).
- These rules are for original contracts signed on or after January 1, 2022 (HB 2237).
Statute text checked October 21, 2026: Tex. Prop. Code §§ 53.003, 53.056, 53.057 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov). See the dates for your job
California: Preliminary Notice (private works)
- Who sends it: everyone with lien rights except a laborer. If you were hired by the owner, you send it only to the construction lender. Cal. Civ. Code § 8200(e).
- Sent to: the owner or reputed owner, the direct contractor, and the construction lender, if any. § 8200(a).
- Deadline: within 20 days after you first furnish work. A late notice still works, but only for work from 20 days before it was served and after. § 8204(a).
- The form: the information in § 8102 plus a description of the work, an estimate of the total price, and the bold NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER statement in § 8202(a).
- How to send it: personal delivery, or registered or certified mail, express mail, or overnight delivery by an express service carrier. §§ 8106, 8110.
- Public works use different rules (§§ 9000 and after). This prep is for private jobs only.
Statute text checked October 21, 2026: Cal. Civ. Code § 8200 · § 8202 · § 8204 · § 8102 · § 8110. See the dates for your job
Georgia: Notice to Contractor
- Who sends it: anyone with lien rights who has no contract with the contractor (for example, a supplier to a subcontractor, or a sub-subcontractor). O.C.G.A. § 44-14-361.5(a).
- It applies only when a Notice of Commencement was filed with the clerk of superior court for the job. § 44-14-361.5(a), (d).
- Deadline: within 30 days after the Notice of Commencement was filed or 30 days after your first delivery of labor, services, or materials, whichever is later. § 44-14-361.5(a).
- Sent to: the owner or the owner's agent and the contractor, at the addresses in the Notice of Commencement. § 44-14-361.5(c).
- The form: your name, address, and phone; who you furnish to; the project name and location from the Notice of Commencement; and what you furnish, with the price or amount due if known. § 44-14-361.5(c)(1)-(4).
- How to send it: registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery. § 44-14-361.5(c).
Statute text checked October 21, 2026: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-361.5 (copy posted by the Cobb County Superior Court Clerk). See the dates for your job
Arizona: Arizona Preliminary Twenty Day Lien Notice
- Who sends it: everyone with lien rights except a person working for wages. A.R.S. § 33-992.01(B).
- Sent to: the owner or reputed owner, the original contractor, the construction lender if any, and the person who hired you. § 33-992.01(B).
- Deadline: within 20 days after you first furnish labor, services, materials, or equipment to the jobsite. A late notice covers only what you furnished within 20 days before it was served and after. § 33-992.01(C), (E).
- The form: the statutory form in § 33-992.01(D), with an estimate of the total price, plus the acknowledgment of receipt from § 33-992.02.
- How to send it: first class mail with a certificate of mailing, or registered or certified mail. Service is complete when it is mailed. § 33-992.01(F).
Statute text checked October 21, 2026: A.R.S. § 33-992.01 · A.R.S. § 33-992.02. See the dates for your job
This is general information, not legal advice. Rules change. Check the current statute or ask a construction attorney in that state before you rely on a date. Job Clock does not file liens, mail notices, pull permits, or give legal advice.