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are Liens exceeding $15,000 not prosecuted in the Civil Ourt System

FloridaMechanics Lien

I have a Civil case against me. My contractor filed a Mechanics Lien with the Circuit Court in Charlotte County Florida. I believe I saw somewhere that its written to stay a Circuit Court Matter the amount of the Lien cannot exceed $15,000 or it the becomes another issue requiring a different Court, but I can no longer find what I thought I read...can you help?

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May 17, 2021
A construction lien of any amount may be filed in the circuit court. County court jurisdiction at this time is limited to a lien in the amount of $30,000 or less. This concurrent jurisdiction came about as a result of a Florida Supreme Court ruling a numbers of years ago.
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