state: Alaska

slug: alaska

preliminaryNotice: 60 days from first furnishing

lienFiling: 30 days


state: Arizona

slug: arizona

preliminaryNotice: 20 days from first furnishing


state: California

slug: california

lienFiling: 90 days

enforcement: 90 days


state: Colorado

slug: colorado

preliminaryNotice: 5 business days for mechanic's lien


state: Connecticut

slug: connecticut

lienFiling: 6 months

enforcement: 18 months

statute: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-33 et seq.


state: Delaware

slug: delaware


state: Florida

slug: florida

preliminaryNotice: 45 days from first furnishing

enforcement: 1 year

statute: Fla. Stat. ch. 713


state: Hawaii

slug: hawaii


state: Illinois

slug: illinois

preliminaryNotice: 90 days from last furnishing

lienFiling: 4 months

enforcement: 6 months


state: Indiana

slug: indiana


state: Louisiana

slug: louisiana

preliminaryNotice: 30 days from registration


state: Maryland

slug: maryland

preliminaryNotice: 120 days from last furnishing


state: Massachusetts

slug: massachusetts


state: Minnesota

slug: minnesota

preliminaryNotice: 10 days before lien filing

statute: Minn. Stat. ch. 514


state: Missouri

slug: missouri

preliminaryNotice: 5 months from last furnishing

enforcement: 2 years

statute: Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 429


state: Montana

slug: montana

statute: Mont. Code § 71-3-521 et seq.


state: Nebraska

slug: nebraska

lienFiling: 1 year+


state: Nevada

slug: nevada

preliminaryNotice: 30 days from first furnishing


state: New Jersey

slug: new-jersey

preliminaryNotice: By lien filing date


state: New York

slug: new-york

lienFiling: 8 months

statute: N.Y. Lien Law art. 2


state: North Carolina

slug: north-carolina


state: Ohio

slug: ohio

preliminaryNotice: 21 days from first furnishing


state: Oregon

slug: oregon

preliminaryNotice: 8 days from first furnishing

lienFiling: 30 days after written demand


state: Pennsylvania

slug: pennsylvania


state: South Carolina

slug: south-carolina

statute: S.C. Code § 29-5-10 et seq.


state: Tennessee

slug: tennessee

preliminaryNotice: 60 days from last furnishing


state: Texas

slug: texas

preliminaryNotice: 15th of 3rd month

lienFiling: 15th of 4th month

statute: Tex. Prop. Code ch. 53


state: Utah

slug: utah


state: Vermont

slug: vermont

statute: 9 V.S.A. § 1921 et seq.


state: Virginia

slug: virginia

statute: Va. Code § 43-1 et seq.


state: Washington

slug: washington

preliminaryNotice: 10 days from first furnishing


state: Washington DC

slug: washington-dc


state: Wisconsin

slug: wisconsin