Minnesota Mechanics Lien Form

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When unpaid on a construction project, those providing materials or services in Minnesota can file a Mechanics Lien Statement. This must be filed and served upon property parties within 120 days from last furnishing labor and/or materials to the project.

Fill out the form on the right to download your Minnesota Mechanics Lien Form. Use this form to file a lien in Minnesota.

Rules and regulations for sending a Minnesota Mechanics Lien

Deadline for Property Owner / Public Entity to send the Minnesota Mechanics Lien

120 days after

Last Furnishing Date

A Mechanic Lien Statement must be filed with the proper recording office and served upon the property owner and the party who hired the claimant (if different from owner), within 120 days after last furnishing labor and/or materials to the project. This deadline marks the end of this 120 day period.

Information that goes on Minnesota Mechanics Lien

Amount of Your Lien Claim

Identify the total amount of your lien claim. This should be the total amount owed to you, after applying all credits, for labor and/or materials furnished to the project.

Current Order Text

Extra Text to be used in Forms

Select Unpaid Invoices

Select which invoices to associate with this order.

Specific Description of Labor or Materials

This will impact if your lien will be accepted by the county as “lien-able work". The more specific you can be, the better, here. For examples, please see levelset.com/description-of-labor

Date Lien Claimant's Notice Served

Please enter the date your Lien Claimant's Notice was served. Or, if one of the exceptions apply, and you were not required to send the Lien Claimant's Notice, please enter "N/A"

Who should you send this notice to?

Mail to the Property Owner / Public Entity with Affidavit of Service

After completing the Minnesota Mechanics Lien Form, you must deliver it to the appropriate parties required by statute. Notices are typically served on the property owner and, for sub-tier parties, the general contractor. However, depending on the type of notice, it can be helpful to send notices to anyone else who is in charge of your payment, like a lender or surety company on the project.

Others are asking about Minnesota Mechanics Lien

Mechanic's Lien is being ignored by homeowner

I have to assume from the question that the contractor prepared the mechanics’ lien or hired a non-attorney mechanics’ lien mill to prepare it. If the homeowner is ignoring the mechanics’ lien, foreclosing is the next step. There are specific time limits to filing the foreclosure and requirements that must be met when recording a mechanics’ lien. The contractor needs to contact an attorney familiar with mechanics’ liens in Minnesota to confirm the mechanics’ lien rights were preserved, the mechanics’ lien statement was properly prepared and timely served, and to begin the foreclosure process assuming the time to do so has not expired. A contractor is not able to start a foreclosure action without using a Minnesota-licensed attorney.

Answered by Bill Gschwind | Attorney

Lien filed against property

You could:

Negotiate a settlement out of your pocket.
Sue the contractor who did not pay the sub or convince the contractor to pay the sub
You could wait and see if the lienholder foreclosed on the lien thru a law suit within one year of last efforts on the job as that is what is required.

If the lienholder sues they can get their legal fees and court costs paid so take it seriously.

Answered by William Cottrell | Owner

Filing a lien

Generally, no - two claims from separate parties cannot be lumped on to the same mechanics lien filing. That being said, once the separate liens are perfected in the property records, individual claimants could jointly pursue enforcement of their liens in one action (if enforcement becomes necessary).

Answered by Matt Viator | Levelset Admin

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Other forms to use in Minnesota

Minnesota Final Conditional Lien Waiver Form

Minnesota Final Unconditional Lien Waiver Form

Minnesota Lien Claimant’s Notice Form

Minnesota Mechanics Lien Form

Minnesota Notice of Claim on Payment Bond Form

Minnesota Notice of Intent to Lien Form

Minnesota Notice of Lien Rights Form for Prime Contractors

Minnesota Partial Conditional Lien Waiver Form

Minnesota Partial Unconditional Lien Waiver Form

Minnesota County Recorders

Looking to file/record a mechanics lien in Minnesota? You'll need to get your Minnesota mechanics lien filed and recorded with the county recorder in the county where the construction project is located. Here is a listing of all county recorders in Minnesota. Click on any county to find more information about how to get your lien recorded in that county.