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Part I - Construction Liens (Ss. 713.001-713.37)
713.001 - Short title of part. - History.—s. 1, ch. 90-109.
713.01 - Definitions. - (1) “Abandoned property” means all tangible personal property that has...
713.012 - Written notices, demands, or requests. - History.—s. 3, ch. 2007-221.
713.015 - Mandatory provisions for direct contracts. - (1) Any direct contract greater than $2,500 between an owner...
713.02 - Types of lienors and exemptions. - (1) Persons performing the services described in s. 713.03 shall...
713.03 - Liens for professional services. - (1) Any person who performs services as architect, landscape architect,...
713.04 - Subdivision improvements. - (1) Any lienor who, regardless of privity, performs services or...
713.05 - Liens of persons in privity. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 3, ch. 65-456; s. 2,...
713.06 - Liens of persons not in privity; proper payments. - (1) A materialman or laborer, either of whom is not...
713.07 - Priority of liens. - (1) Liens under ss. 713.03 and 713.04 shall attach at...
713.08 - Claim of lien. - (1) For the purpose of perfecting her or his lien...
713.09 - Single claim of lien. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 8, ch. 65-456; s. 35,...
713.10 - Extent of liens. - (1) Except as provided in s. 713.12, a lien under...
713.11 - Liens for improving land in which the contracting party has no interest. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 807,...
713.12 - Liens for improving real property under contract with husband or wife on property of the other or of both. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254. Note.—Former s....
713.13 - Notice of commencement. - (1)(a) Except for an improvement that is exempt pursuant to...
713.132 - Notice of termination. - (1) An owner may terminate the period of effectiveness of...
713.135 - Notice of commencement and applicability of lien. - (1) When any person applies for a building permit, the...
713.14 - Application of money to materials account. - (1) Any owner, contractor, subcontractor, or sub-subcontractor, in making any...
713.15 - Repossession of materials not used. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 809,...
713.16 - Demand for copy of contract and statements of account; form. - (1) A copy of the contract of a lienor or...
713.165 - Request for list of subcontractors and suppliers. - (1) An owner of real property may request from the...
713.17 - Materials not attachable for debts of purchaser. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254. Note.—Former s....
713.18 - Manner of serving notices and other instruments. - (1) Service of notices, claims of lien, affidavits, assignments, and...
713.19 - Assignment of lien. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 12, ch. 65-456; s. 35,...
713.20 - Waiver or release of liens. - (1) The acceptance by the lienor of an unsecured note...
713.21 - Discharge of lien. - (1) By entering satisfaction of the lien upon the margin...
713.22 - Duration of lien. - (1) A lien provided by this part does not continue...
713.23 - Payment bond. - (1)(a) The payment bond required to exempt an owner under...
713.235 - Waivers of right to claim against payment bond; forms. - (1) When a person is required to execute a waiver...
713.24 - Transfer of liens to security. - (1) Any lien claimed under this part may be transferred,...
713.245 - Conditional payment bond. - (1) Notwithstanding any provisions of ss. 713.23 and 713.24 to...
713.25 - Applicability of ch. 65-456. - History.—s. 17, ch. 65-456; s. 35, ch. 67-254. Note.—Former s....
713.26 - Redemption and sale. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 4,...
713.27 - Interplead. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254. Note.—Former s....
713.28 - Judgments in case of failure to establish liens; personal and deficiency judgments or decrees. - (1) If a lienor shall fail, for any reason, to...
713.29 - Attorney’s fees. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 11,...
713.30 - Other actions not barred. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 817,...
713.31 - Remedies in case of fraud or collusion. - (1) When the owner or any lienor shall, by fraud...
713.32 - Insurance proceeds liable for demands. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 13,...
713.33 - Disbursing agent and others may rely on owner’s notices. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254. Note.—Former s....
713.345 - Moneys received for real property improvements; penalty for misapplication. - (1)(a) A person, firm, or corporation, or an agent, officer,...
713.346 - Payment on construction contracts. - (1) Any person who receives a payment for constructing or...
713.3471 - Lender responsibilities with construction loans. - (1) Prior to a lender making any loan disbursement on...
713.35 - Making or furnishing false statement. - History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 9,...
713.37 - Rule of construction. - History.—s. 15, ch. 77-353.
Part II - Miscellaneous Liens (Ss. 713.50-713.79)
713.50 - Liens upon property. - History.—ss. 1, 6, ch. 3747, 1887; RS 1726, 1730; s....
713.56 - Liens for labor on and with machines, etc. - History.—s. 6, ch. 3747, 1887; RS 1730; s. 1, ch....
713.57 - Liens for labor on logs and timber. - History.—s. 7, ch. 3747, 1887; RS 1731; GS 2197; RGS...
713.58 - Liens for labor or services on personal property. - (1) In favor of persons performing labor or services for...
713.585 - Enforcement of lien by sale of motor vehicle. - (1) The lienor or the lienor’s agent must give notice...
713.59 - Liens for labor in raising crops. - History.—ch. 1899, 1872; s. 9, ch. 3747, 1887; RS 1733;...
713.595 - Liens for labor or services in ginning cotton. - (1) A lien prior in dignity to all others accruing...
713.596 - Molder’s liens. - (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: (a) “Customer”...
713.60 - Liens for labor on or for vessels. - History.—s. 1, ch. 3612, 1885; RS 1734; GS 2200; s....
713.61 - Liens for manufacturing and repairing articles. - History.—s. 5, ch. 3747, 1887; RS 1735; GS 2201; RGS...
713.62 - Liens for furnishing articles to be manufactured. - History.—s. 7, ch. 3747, 1887; RS 1736; GS 2202; RGS...
713.63 - Liens for furnishing locomotives, machinery, etc. - History.—s. 9, ch. 3747, 1887; RS 1737; GS 2203; RGS...
713.64 - Liens for furnishing material for vessels. - History.—s. 14, ch. 40, 1845; ss. 1-4, ch. 1128, 1861;...
713.65 - Liens for care and maintenance of animals. - History.—s. 1, ch. 3618, 1885; RS 1739; GS 2205; RGS...
713.655 - Liens for professional services of veterinarians. - History.—s. 1, ch. 88-249.
713.66 - Liens for feed, etc., for racehorses, polo ponies and race dogs. - History.—s. 1, ch. 17092, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5373(1); s....
713.665 - Liens for furnishing pest control. - (1) A lien on real property improved for any money...
713.67 - Liens for board, lodging, etc., at hotels, etc. - History.—s. 6, ch. 1999, 1874; RS 1740; GS 2206; RGS...
713.68 - Liens for hotels, apartment houses, roominghouses, boardinghouses, etc. - History.—s. 1, ch. 12080, 1927; CGL 5375; s. 36, ch....
713.69 - Unlawful to remove property upon which lien has accrued. - History.—ss. 2, 3, ch. 12080, 1927; CGL 5376, 7323; s....
713.691 - Landlord’s lien for rent; exemptions. - (1) With regard to a residential tenancy, the landlord has...
713.70 - Lien for service of stallions and other animals. - History.—s. 1, ch. 4352, 1895; GS 2207; s. 1, ch....
713.71 - Liens for loans and advances. - History.—s. 1, ch. 4163, 1893; GS 2208; RGS 3515; CGL...
713.73 - Priority of foregoing liens. - History.—s. 12, ch. 5143, 1903; GS 2209; RGS 3516; CGL...
713.74 - Acquisition of liens by persons in privity with the owner. - History.—RS 1742; s. 1, ch. 4582, 1897; ss. 8, 9,...
713.75 - Acquisition of liens by persons not in privity with the owner. - History.—RS 1743; s. 2, ch. 4582, 1897; ss. 1, 15,...
713.76 - Release of lien by filing bond. - (1) Any lienee may release his or her property from...
713.77 - Liens of owners, operators, or keepers of mobile home or recreational vehicle parks; ejection of occupants. - History.—s. 11, ch. 12419, 1927; s. 1, ch. 19365, 1939;...
713.78 - Liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles and vessels. - (1) For the purposes of this section, the term: (a)...
713.785 - Liens for recovering, towing, or storing mobile homes. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Mobile...
713.79 - Liens for interior design services. - History.—s. 3, ch. 85-103; s. 831, ch. 97-102.
Part III - Oil and Gas Liens (Ss. 713.801-713.825)
713.801 - Definitions. - (1) “Interest holder” means a person, or his or her...
713.803 - Entitlement to lien. - (1) In the drilling or operating of any oil or...
713.805 - Property subject to lien. - (1) The leasehold interest or that portion thereof covered by...
713.807 - Subcontractors’ lien. - History.—s. 1, ch. 75-51; s. 834, ch. 97-102.
713.809 - Forfeiture or failure of title. - History.—s. 1, ch. 75-51.
713.811 - Notice to purchasers of oil and gas. - History.—s. 1, ch. 75-51; s. 835, ch. 97-102.
713.813 - Liability of interest holder to subcontractors. - History.—s. 1, ch. 75-51.
713.815 - Date lien arises. - History.—s. 1, ch. 75-51.
713.817 - Parity of liens; exception. - History.—s. 1, ch. 75-51.
713.819 - When single claim of lien sufficient. - History.—s. 1, ch. 75-51.
713.821 - Claim of lien. - History.—s. 1, ch. 75-51.
713.823 - Release of lien by filing bond. - History.—s. 1, ch. 75-51; s. 836, ch. 97-102.
713.825 - Duration of lien. - History.—s. 1, ch. 75-51.
Part IV - Florida Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act (S. 713.901)
713.901 - Florida Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act. - (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Florida...