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Dataset · 51 jurisdictions

Mechanics lien deadlines by state

By Oussama Chicha, EditorUpdated Checked against primary sources · not yet reviewed by a licensed professional

Of the 51 jurisdictions, 9 are published with what their statutes say about the preliminary notice, the lien filing and the deadline to sue, and 42 are listed as not yet verified. Each line in a cell is one rule with its statute; a rule limited to some roles or to one project type names them, and a rule that turns on a condition names the condition. A row marked not yet verified says nothing about that state's law.

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What this table shows · as of 2026-10-01

Each row is one jurisdiction: what its statute says about the preliminary notice, the lien filing and the deadline to sue, one line per rule with its statute. The 9 published rows are in the downloads; the other 42 are listed as not yet verified, with nothing else.

All 51 jurisdictions

Mechanics lien deadlines by state: preliminary notice, lien filing and deadline to sue, with the statute
StatePreliminary noticeLien filingDeadline to suePageVerified
AlabamaNot yet verified
AlaskaNot yet verified
Arizona
Other rules (1)
State page2026-10-01
ArkansasNot yet verified
CaliforniaState page2026-10-01
ColoradoNot yet verified
ConnecticutNot yet verified
DelawareNot yet verified
District of ColumbiaNot yet verified
Florida
Other rules (1)
  • In every case, as an outer limit: Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor, Supplier: Before the owner disburses the final payment after the contractor has furnished its final payment affidavit. (Fla. Stat. § 713.06(2)(a))
Other rules (1)
  • If the original contract is terminated under section 713.07(4): The earlier of 90 days after the termination and 90 days after the lienor's final furnishing. (Fla. Stat. § 713.08(5))
  • 1 year after the claim of lien, or an amended claim of lien that shows a later date of final furnishing of labor, services, or materials, is recorded (Fla. Stat. § 713.22(1))
Other rules (1)
  • After the owner serves a notice of contest of lien: 60 days after service of the owner's notice of contest of lien. (Fla. Stat. § 713.22(2))
State page2026-10-01
Georgia
Other rules (1)
Other rules (1)
  • After the owner or the contractor records a notice of contest of lien: 60 days from receipt of the notice of contest of lien. (O.C.G.A. § 44-14-368(a))
State page2026-10-01
HawaiiNot yet verified
IdahoNot yet verified
Illinois
  • Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor, Supplier, Laborer: Within 90 days after the claimant's own contract is completed, or after completion of extra or additional work or final delivery of extra or additional material. (770 ILCS 60/24(a))
Other rules (1)
  • For work on an existing owner-occupied single family residence: Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor, Supplier, Laborer: 60 days after first furnishing (770 ILCS 60/21(c))
  • Against or to the prejudice of any other creditor or incumbrancer or purchaser: Direct contractor: 4 months after completion, or the completion of extra or additional work or the final delivery of extra or additional labor, services, material, fixtures, apparatus or machinery, forms or form work, occurs (770 ILCS 60/7(a))
  • As to the owner: Direct contractor: 2 years after the contract, or any extra work, is completed, or any extra labor, services, material, fixtures, apparatus or machinery, forms or form work is furnished under it (770 ILCS 60/7(a))
  • Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor, Supplier, Laborer: Within the same limits as to time the statute provides for the contractor in Section 7 and Sections 9 to 20. (770 ILCS 60/28)
  • Direct contractor: 2 years after the contract, or the extra or additional work, is completed, or extra or additional material is furnished under it (770 ILCS 60/9)
  • Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor, Supplier, Laborer: Within the same limits as to time the statute provides for the contractor in Section 7 and Sections 9 to 20. (770 ILCS 60/28; 770 ILCS 60/9)
Other rules (1)
  • After a written demand of the owner, lienor, a recorder under Section 3-5010.8 of the Counties Code, or any person interested in the real estate, or their agent or attorney, requiring suit to be commenced or answer to be filed in a pending suit: Suit commenced, or answer filed in a pending suit, within 30 days after the demand is served. (770 ILCS 60/34(a))
State page2026-10-01
IndianaNot yet verified
IowaNot yet verified
KansasNot yet verified
KentuckyNot yet verified
LouisianaNot yet verified
MaineNot yet verified
MarylandNot yet verified
MassachusettsNot yet verified
MichiganNot yet verified
MinnesotaNot yet verified
MississippiNot yet verified
MissouriNot yet verified
MontanaNot yet verified
NebraskaNot yet verified
NevadaNot yet verified
New HampshireNot yet verified
New JerseyNot yet verified
New MexicoNot yet verified
New York
Other rules (1)
  • For a notice of lien for retainage: 90 days after the date the retainage was due to be released. (N.Y. Lien Law § 10(1))
State page2026-10-01
North CarolinaState page2026-10-01
North DakotaNot yet verified
Ohio
Other rules (1)
Other rules (1)
Other rules (1)
  • After a notice to commence suit, given by the owner, part owner, lessee, mortgagee or another person with an interest in the real property, or by an original contractor or subcontractor who has provided a bond or other reasonable security, is served: 60 days after service of the notice to commence suit is completed (Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.11(A)(1); Ohio Rev. Code § 1311.11(B))
State page2026-10-01
OklahomaNot yet verified
OregonNot yet verified
PennsylvaniaNot yet verified
Rhode IslandNot yet verified
South CarolinaNot yet verified
South DakotaNot yet verified
TennesseeNot yet verified
Texas
  • Other than residential: Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor, Supplier, Laborer: Due for each month in which labor or materials were provided or undelivered specially fabricated materials would normally have been delivered: the 15th day of the third month after that month. (Tex. Prop. Code § 53.056(a); Tex. Prop. Code § 53.056(a-1)(1))
  • Residential: Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor, Supplier, Laborer: Due for each month in which labor or materials were provided or undelivered specially fabricated materials would normally have been delivered: the 15th day of the second month after that month. (Tex. Prop. Code § 53.056(a-1)(2); Tex. Prop. Code § 53.056(a))
Other rules (1)
  • For a claim for unpaid retainage: Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor, Supplier: The earlier of the 30th day after the claimant's contract is completed, terminated or abandoned and the 30th day after the original contract is terminated or abandoned. (Tex. Prop. Code § 53.057(a-1))
  • Other than residential: Direct contractor: the 15th day of the 4th month after the month in which the original contractor's work was completed, terminated, or abandoned (Tex. Prop. Code § 53.052(a)(1))
  • Residential: Direct contractor: the 15th day of the 3rd month after the month in which the original contractor's work was completed, terminated, or abandoned (Tex. Prop. Code § 53.052(a)(2))
  • Other than residential: Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor, Supplier, Laborer: the 15th day of the 4th month after the month in which the claimant last provided labor or materials or would normally have been required to deliver the last of specially fabricated materials that have not been actually delivered, whichever is later (Tex. Prop. Code § 53.052(b))
  • Residential: Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor, Supplier, Laborer: the 15th day of the 3rd month after the month in which the claimant last provided labor or materials or would normally have been required to deliver the last of specially fabricated materials that have not been actually delivered, whichever is later (Tex. Prop. Code § 53.052(c))
Other rules (1)
  • For a lien claim for retainage: Subcontractor, Sub-subcontractor, Supplier: the 15th day of the 3rd month after the month in which the original contract under which the claimant performed was completed, terminated, or abandoned (Tex. Prop. Code § 53.052(d))
State page2026-10-01
UtahNot yet verified
VermontNot yet verified
VirginiaNot yet verified
WashingtonNot yet verified
West VirginiaNot yet verified
WisconsinNot yet verified
WyomingNot yet verified

Preliminary notice: the deadline the statute sets for a preliminary notice, or None required where the statute requires no preliminary notice from the roles the line names (or from any role, when the line names none). Lien filing: the deadline for filing or recording the lien. Deadline to sue: the deadline for a suit to enforce the lien. In each cell, a rule limited to some roles or to one project type names them, a rule that turns on a condition names the condition, and each rule's statute follows it. Other rules: further rules that turn on a condition, such as a recorded notice of completion, each with its condition. Not yet verified: the row states nothing about that state's law.

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CC BY 4.0: free to reuse with a link back. The downloads carry the published rows only, with their sources and dates.

About this data

Each published row gives, for one jurisdiction, the rules its lien statute sets for the preliminary notice, the lien filing and the deadline to sue, each with its citation. The labels are written from the statute's words, and the JSON download carries the statute sentences themselves. The published rows were retrieved between 2026-09-30 and 2026-10-01 and verified on 2026-10-01, and the next review is due by 2026-12-31. Each source behind the published rows is listed below with its date. Every other row is marked Not yet verified and carries nothing else.

Sources behind the published rows

  1. A.R.S. § 33-992.01, Arizona Legislature (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  2. Laws 2024, ch. 89 (H.B. 2110), Arizona Legislature (retrieved 2026-10-01)
  3. A.R.S. § 33-993, Arizona Legislature (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  4. A.R.S. § 33-998, Arizona Legislature (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  5. A.R.S. § 33-1002, Arizona Legislature (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  6. A.R.S. § 1-243, Arizona Legislature (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  7. A.R.S. § 1-303, Arizona Legislature (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  8. A.R.S. § 1-301, Arizona Legislature (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  9. Cal. Civ. Code § 8204, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  10. Cal. Civ. Code § 8200, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  11. Cal. Civ. Code § 8110, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  12. Cal. Civ. Code § 8412, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  13. Cal. Civ. Code § 8190, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  14. Cal. Civ. Code § 8414, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  15. Cal. Civ. Code § 8460, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  16. Cal. Civ. Code § 8180, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  17. Cal. Civ. Code § 8182, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  18. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 12, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  19. Cal. Civ. Code § 8058, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  20. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 12a, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  21. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 135, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  22. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 12b, California Legislative Information (retrieved 2026-10-01)
  23. Fla. Stat. ch. 713 (2025), Online Sunshine (archived copy, captured 2026-05-17)
  24. Fla. Stat. § 110.117 (2025), Online Sunshine (archived copy, captured 2025-11-18)
  25. Official Code of Georgia Annotated, LexisNexis public access for the Georgia General Assembly (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  26. 770 ILCS 60, Mechanics Lien Act, Illinois General Assembly (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  27. 770 ILCS 60, Mechanics Lien Act, Illinois General Assembly (archived copy, captured 2026-04-09)
  28. 5 ILCS 70/1.11, Illinois General Assembly (archived copy, captured 2025-05-02)
  29. 205 ILCS 630/17, Illinois General Assembly (archived copy, captured 2025-03-11)
  30. N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 44A, art. 2, North Carolina General Assembly (archived copy, captured 2026-05-17)
  31. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-593, North Carolina General Assembly (archived copy, captured 2026-03-11)
  32. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1, Rule 6, North Carolina General Assembly (archived copy, captured 2026-06-14)
  33. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 103-5, North Carolina General Assembly (archived copy, captured 2025-06-20)
  34. N.Y. Lien Law § 3, New York State Senate (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  35. N.Y. Lien Law § 10, New York State Senate (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  36. N.Y. Lien Law § 10, New York State Senate (archived copy, captured 2026-09-22)
  37. N.Y. Lien Law § 11, New York State Senate (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  38. N.Y. Lien Law § 11-b, New York State Senate (archived copy, captured 2025-04-18)
  39. N.Y. Lien Law § 11-b, New York State Senate (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  40. N.Y. Lien Law § 17, New York State Senate (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  41. N.Y. Gen. Constr. Law § 20, New York State Senate (archived copy, captured 2025-11-08)
  42. N.Y. Gen. Constr. Law § 25-a, New York State Senate (archived copy, captured 2025-08-25)
  43. N.Y. Gen. Constr. Law § 24, New York State Senate (archived copy, captured 2026-02-11)
  44. Ohio Rev. Code ch. 1311, Ohio Laws (archived copy, captured 2026-05-20)
  45. Ohio Rev. Code § 1.14, Ohio Laws (archived copy, captured 2026-06-12)
  46. Tex. Prop. Code ch. 53, Texas Legislative Council (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  47. Tex. Gov't Code ch. 311, Texas Legislative Council (retrieved 2026-09-30)
  48. Tex. Prop. Code ch. 1, Texas Legislative Council (retrieved 2026-10-01)
  49. Tex. Gov't Code ch. 662, Texas Legislative Council (retrieved 2026-09-30)

Changelog

  1. : Dataset first published: 9 of 51 jurisdictions published.