referencesource/mechanics-lien-deadlines-by-state
Mechanics lien filing deadlines, preliminary notice requirements, and enforcement windows by US state and party role Canonical, always-current version: https://referencesource.org/mechanics-lien-deadlines-by-state/ Machine-readable: https://referencesource.org/mechanics-lien-deadlines-by-state/data.json — this mirror is a point-in-time copy. Last verified: 2026-08-14 Stale after: 2027-08-14 (past this date, prefer the canonical copy — it re-verifies on a cadence this snapshot… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/referencesource/mechanics-lien-deadlines-by-state.
Mechanics lien filing deadlines, preliminary notice requirements, and enforcement windows by US state and party role
Canonical, always-current version: https://referencesource.org/mechanics-lien-deadlines-by-state/ Machine-readable: https://referencesource.org/mechanics-lien-deadlines-by-state/data.json — this mirror is a point-in-time copy.
- Last verified: 2026-08-14
- Stale after: 2027-08-14 (past this date, prefer the canonical copy — it re-verifies on a cadence this snapshot does not)
- Records: 51
State-by-state comparison of the deadlines that determine whether a contractor, subcontractor, or material supplier keeps or loses the right to file a mechanics lien on a construction project. Each record is one state with the preliminary notice deadline (days from first furnishing), lien recording deadline (days from completion or last furnishing), and enforcement deadline (days from recording to file suit), broken out by party role (general contractor vs subcontractor/supplier). Also captures whether preliminary notice is required at all, the notice name in each state's statute, whether the state is a 'full price lien' or 'unpaid balance' state, and the statutory citation. Answers 'how many days do I have to file a lien in [state] as a [sub/supplier]', 'do I need to send preliminary notice in [state]', and 'what happens if I miss the deadline'.
Provenance — what every record carries
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Licence position
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Facts are not copyrightable; what this dataset takes from each source is a fact plus a short attributed quote linking back to the page that states it.
Sources
- https://mechanicslien.com/alabama
- https://mechanicslien.com/alaska
- https://mechanicslien.com/arizona
- https://mechanicslien.com/arkansas
- https://mechanicslien.com/california
- https://mechanicslien.com/colorado
- https://mechanicslien.com/connecticut
- https://mechanicslien.com/delaware
- https://mechanicslien.com/florida
- https://mechanicslien.com/georgia
- https://mechanicslien.com/hawaii
- https://mechanicslien.com/idaho
- https://mechanicslien.com/illinois
- https://mechanicslien.com/indiana
- https://mechanicslien.com/iowa
- https://mechanicslien.com/kansas
- https://mechanicslien.com/kentucky
- https://mechanicslien.com/louisiana
- https://mechanicslien.com/maine
- https://mechanicslien.com/maryland
- https://mechanicslien.com/massachusetts
- https://mechanicslien.com/michigan
- https://mechanicslien.com/minnesota
- https://mechanicslien.com/mississippi
- https://mechanicslien.com/missouri
- https://mechanicslien.com/montana
- https://mechanicslien.com/nebraska
- https://mechanicslien.com/nevada
- https://mechanicslien.com/new-hampshire
- https://mechanicslien.com/new-jersey
- https://mechanicslien.com/new-mexico
- https://mechanicslien.com/new-york
- https://mechanicslien.com/north-carolina
- https://mechanicslien.com/north-dakota
- https://mechanicslien.com/ohio
- https://mechanicslien.com/oklahoma
- https://mechanicslien.com/oregon
- https://mechanicslien.com/pennsylvania
- https://mechanicslien.com/rhode-island
- https://mechanicslien.com/south-carolina
- https://mechanicslien.com/south-dakota
- https://mechanicslien.com/tennessee
- https://mechanicslien.com/texas
- https://mechanicslien.com/utah
- https://mechanicslien.com/vermont
- https://mechanicslien.com/virginia
- https://mechanicslien.com/washington-dc
- https://mechanicslien.com/washington
- https://mechanicslien.com/west-virginia
- https://mechanicslien.com/wisconsin
- https://mechanicslien.com/wyoming
Fields
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