Florida Notice to Owner Form

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Get help filing your Florida Preliminary Notice

The Florida Notice to Owner (NTO) is a type of preliminary notice that the state of Florida requires certain contractors and suppliers to send in order to protect their mechanics lien rights for construction or renovation work.

Before you fill out this Notice to Owner form, read the Step-by-Step Guide to Completing & Serving a Florida NTO.

Delivery Deadline

This notice identifies the sending party as a contractor or supplier on a construction project so that the property owner is aware of who is providing work.

If you are a subcontractor or supplier, this notice must be sent to the prime contractor and property owner with 45 days of providing labor or materials to a project.
If you are the prime or direct contractor you have 10 days to send this notice and must send a list of all subs and suppliers as well.

Delivering A Florida Notice to Owner

Failing to deliver the NTO correctly can cause you to lose your lien rights.

Florida law requires construction parties to deliver a Notice to Owner by certified mail or personal delivery. Because the law requires evidence of delivery, it’s best practice to send it via certified mail. Document the delivery so you can later prove compliance with the requirement.

Questions about Florida’s NTO

If you have a question about Florida’s Notice to Owner requirements, head over to the Payment Help Center, where a network of Florida construction attorneys and payment experts are on hand to provide an answer. Here are some related questions that others have asked:

Rules and regulations for sending a Florida Preliminary Notice

Deadline for Property Owner / Public Entity General Contractor to send the Florida Preliminary Notice

45 days after

First Furnishing Date

45 days after

First Furnishing Date

45-Day Preliminary Notice is due within 45 days of first furnishing labor or materials for all parties who did not contract with the owner. Failure to furnish this notice may result in loss of right to file a lien or claim against a bond. Notice must be sent to the property owner, and anyone up the contract chain, and anyone listed on the Notice of Commencement. If your materials are specially fabricated, the notice must be 45 days from the date you start furnishing materials.

Information that goes on Florida Preliminary Notice

Date Labor or Materials First Delivered

This is the first date you were on the project working or the first date you delivered material to the project.

Date Labor or Materials Last Delivered

This is the last date you were on the project working or the last date you delivered material to the project.

Description of Labor and/or Materials

Describe your contribution to the project as if you’re speaking to someone who isn’t in the construction industry. For examples, go to levelset.com/description-of-labor

Who should you send this notice to?

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

After completing the Florida Notice to Owner 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 Florida Preliminary Notice

How do I send a NTO via Levelset?

Through this page: https://www.levelset.com/preliminary-notice/florida-preliminary-notice-faqs/

Lower Tier sub issued preliminary notice but there is no active agreement

Thank you for reaching out to the Levelset legal community. If you are in need of specific advice for a current legal situation, you may want to consider reaching out to a licensed attorney in your state directly at their office. This forum is public, so it may not be the right place to discuss a sensitive legal issue. Levelset provides a list of attorneys in each state here: https://www.levelset.com/payment-help/experts/experts-by-state/ . From that directory you may find a law firm in your area to call privately.

Does a preliminary notice need to be filed as a 1099 Contractor for soft services performed daily on a city project?

The terms 1099 and employee are mutually exclusive - meaning that they cannot exist together. A 1099 denotes being paid as a contractor. An employee is just that - an employee who receives wages and a W-2. IRS regularly penalizes companies who try to avoid paying 941 taxes by listing its employees as 1099 contractors. In any event, what is your job on the project and who (general contractor, owner, etc.) is supposed to pay you? When I get your response I will be able to advise you of your next step.

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Florida County Recorders

Looking to file/record a mechanics lien in Florida? You'll need to get your Florida 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 Florida. Click on any county to find more information about how to get your lien recorded in that county.