Tag: Florida
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Florida’s Local Government Prompt Payment Act: Contractor’s Rights
Cash flow is an important aspect of a contractor’s financial evaluations and forecasts.[1] An owner’s failure to pay timely can break a contractor. Florida law provides contractors with a statutory right to prompt payment. In this article we will look at the contractor’s right to prompt payment on local government projects. [box style=”rounded” border=”full”]…
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Florida Lien Law: The Contractor’s Final Payment Affidavit
This post is provided by Robert Tanner, a Florida Bar Board Certified in Construction Law and specializes in representing owners, contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers with respect to construction contract negotiation and drafting, and contract, lien, bond, and defect claims and defenses. He has been practicing law for more than 14 years and is licensed in Florida,…
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5 Things to Know About Florida Mechanics Lien Law
Mechanics lien claimants in Florida must record their mechanics lien within 90 days from the last day they provided labor, services or materials to a construction or renovation project. The 90-day period begins to count down when the substantive portion of your work is completed, and you cannot include the correction of deficiencies in work, punch-list…
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Florida Notice To Owner Mistakes That Can Kill Your Mechanics Lien Rights
Anyone doing construction in Florida knows that a “Notice to Owner” or “NTO” must be delivered at the start of a new project to protect a company’s valuable mechanics lien rights, but as with anything in the lien laws, the period of time when this notice may be validly sent is not aways clear. This…
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Florida Notice To Owner – Ain’t No Sunshine If Its Not Sent
From time to time I draft blog articles about notices. The reason why I keep this theme going is due to the immense importance of preliminary notices for contractors and suppliers on a construction project. If a contractor or supplier wants to ensure that they always get paid on a project, they will always file…