Colorado Notice To Extend Time to File Mechanics Lien

When properly filed, the Notice to Extend Time to File Mechanics Lien form extends a claimant’s deadline to file a Colorado mechanics lien.

Claimants must file this notice to extend with the clerk in the Colorado county where the project is located. They must do so before the mechanic’s lien filing deadline.

The Colorado Notice to Extend lengthens the time in which a mechanics lien can be filed. After filing the notice, the new lien filing deadline will be 4 months after the project is completed or 6 months after filing the extension of time – whichever occurs first.

This extension is likely not available for one- or two-family residential projects.

Generally, the deadline for an unpaid contractor or supplier to file a mechanics lien in Colorado is 4 months after the date of the last furnishing. Laborers who did not provide materials must file within 2 months of work completion. For a one or two-family home, the normal 4-month period in which a mechanics lien may be filed is shortened to 2 months if there is a bona fide purchaser of the dwelling.