Louisiana Design Professional Notice Form

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Download a free, Louisiana Design Professional Notice form, for use by professional surveyors, engineers, and architects on private projects. Professional consultants and sub-consultants are required to send this preliminary notice in order to protect their lien rights in the state.

Those providing professional services to a construction project in Louisiana must deliver a completed Design Professional Notice within 30 days of being hired (signing the contract) to protect their rights under Louisiana’s mechanics lien laws. The Design Professional Notice should be sent to the property owner via registered or certified mail with return receipt requested.

Rules and regulations for sending a Louisiana Preliminary Notice

Deadline for Property Owner / Public Entity to send the Louisiana Preliminary Notice

30 days after

Contract Date

Design professionals (also known as "professional consultants and subconsultants") hired by someone other than a property owner must sent a "Design Professional's Notice" within 30 days of being hired on the job.

Information that goes on Louisiana Preliminary Notice

Estimated Total Contract Amount

Please provide the actual total contract amount for this project or your best estimate of value of the labor or materials to be furnished.

Laborers and Employee Trust Funds

In CA, preliminary notices sent by subcontractors that have not paid all compensation due to a laborer/Employee Trust Fund, must include the name and address of the laborer or Employee Trust Fund to which payments are due. If the following applies, please enter the name and address of the laborer and/or Employee Trust Fund here.

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

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 with Affidavit of Service

After completing the Louisiana Design Professional Notice 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 Louisiana Preliminary Notice

Notice of termination

Thank you for reaching out to our legal community. A lawyer in Louisiana has answered a similar question in the past: https://www.levelset.com/payment-help/question/i-missed-a-deadline-with-a-project-in-louisiana-as-a-sub-contractor/ . That answer may help you. If you still have questions after checking out that thread, feel free to reach out to that lawyer directly.

Answered by Julie Gelderblom | Levelset Admin

Can I personally hand a customer a notice of lien and try to talk some sense into them before it has to go that far?

Showing them a lien before you file it not an act of intimidation. Obviously, you need to conduct yourself in a professional manner and avoid it seeming like you are doing anything other than trying to work out the situation. If you feel that this method would help them better understand the ramifications for not paying, there is certainly nothing wrong with it.

Answered by Mark Montiel | Partner, Co-founder

Preliminary Notice or required wording on contracts in Louisiana

I would to look at the contract to answer that question accurately. There are a number of provisions that may benefit you depending on the precise type of work you are doing and they manner in which you are paid.

Answered by Mark Montiel | Partner, Co-founder

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Louisiana County Recorders

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