Florida Statute 713.03 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

Chapter 713
LIENS, GENERALLY

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F.S. 713.03

713.03 Liens for professional services.—

(1) Any person who performs services as architect, landscape architect, interior designer, engineer, or surveyor and mapper, subject to compliance with and the limitations imposed by this part, has a lien on the real property improved for any money that is owing to him or her for his or her services used in connection with improving the real property or for his or her services in supervising any portion of the work of improving the real property, rendered in accordance with his or her contract and with the direct contract.

(2) Any architect, landscape architect, interior designer, engineer, or surveyor and mapper who has a direct contract and who in the practice of his or her profession shall perform services, by himself or herself or others, in connection with a specific parcel of real property and subject to said compliances and limitations, shall have a lien upon such real property for the money owing to him or her for his or her professional services, regardless of whether such real property is actually improved.

(3) No liens under this section shall be acquired until a claim of lien is recorded. No lienor under this section shall be required to serve a notice to owner as provided in s. 713.06(2) or an affidavit concerning unpaid lienors as provided in s. 713.06(3).

History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 1, ch. 65-456; s. 35, ch. 67-254; s. 3, ch. 77-353; s. 2, ch. 85-103; s. 3, ch. 90-109; s. 121, ch. 94-119; s. 802, ch. 97-102.

Note.—Former s. 84.031.

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Amendments to 713.03

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 713.03

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 713.03.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 713.03

Total Results: 20

SG 2901, LLC v. COMPLIMENTI, INC.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2021-06-30T00:53:00-07:00

Snippet: disagree. The trial court relied on section 713.03(1), which provides that “[a]ny person who performs

Jax Utilities Management, Inc. v. Hancock Bank, A Foreign Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2015-06-10T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 164 So. 3d 1266

Snippet: foreclosure proceedings. Construction of Section 713.3^71 Turning now to Jax’s second argument,

Medellin v. MLA Consulting, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-09-16T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 69 So. 3d 372, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 14665, 2011 WL 4102290

Snippet: Whether this was willful exaggeration under section 713.3 l(2)(a) was an issue of fact. As the trial court

District Bd. of Trustees v. Morgan

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2004-12-16T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 890 So. 2d 1155

Snippet: asserting a lien because it was in violation of section 713.03(1) and (2), Florida Statutes (1987). Of greater

Keller v. Newman Sons, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2000-02-15T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 756 So. 2d 120

Snippet: prior to recording of the notice provided in s. 713.03, and any amount so paid shall be held improperly

Dept. of Transp. v. SPRINGS LAND INV.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1997-05-16T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 695 So. 2d 414

Snippet: Associates filed a claim of lien on both parcels under § 713.03 for the amount Springs Land owed it for the earlier

Alfred Karram, III, Inc. v. Cantor

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1994-03-23T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 634 So. 2d 210, 1994 Fla. App. LEXIS 2629, 1994 WL 90362

Snippet: regard to Appellant’s mechanic’s lien claim, section 713.03, Florida Statutes, provides: (1) Any person who…denial of the lien claim, subpart (2) of section 713.03 specifically limits the right to claim a hen on

Duval Asphalt Products, Inc. v. E. Vaughn Rivers, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1993-06-11T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 620 So. 2d 1043

Snippet: sub-subcontractor; and professional lienors under section 713.03. In 1985, however, section 255.05(1) was renumbered

O'Kon and Co., Inc. v. Riedel

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-10-31T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 588 So. 2d 1025

Snippet: the mechanic's lien statute itself, section 713.03(1), (2), Florida Statutes (1987), precluded a lien

Miller Const. Co. v. First Indus. Technology Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1991-02-18T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 576 So. 2d 748

Snippet: mechanics' lien pursuant to either section 713.03, Florida Statutes (1987), or section 713.05, Florida… mechanics' lien pursuant to either section 713.03, Florida Statutes (1987), or section 713.05, Florida… 239 (Fla. 3d DCA 1962)). In construing section 713.03, Florida Statutes (1987), we find that it is not…not applicable to the instant case. Section 713.03 provides in pertinent part as follows: (1) Any person…such real property is actually improved. Section 713.03 is not applicable for several reasons. First, Miller

Robert M. Swedroe, Architect/Planners, AIA, PA v. First American Inv. Corp.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1990-07-06T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 565 So. 2d 349

Snippet: " provisions of section 713.03(2). Subsection (2) of section 713.03 authorizes an architect who has…real property. The applicable provision, section 713.03, Florida Statutes (1987), provides: (1) Any person…improvement of real property within the intent of section 713.03(1). Furthermore, we find that serving as an expert…improvement of the property as contemplated by section 713.03(1) and (2), and are therefore lienable services

Marks Landscape & Paving Co. v. R.P.B. Industrial Park, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-11-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 552 So. 2d 256, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 2565, 1989 Fla. App. LEXIS 6146

Snippet: notice to owner, why did the legislature under § 713.03 and § 713.05, specifically include language excusing

Florida Bar

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 1989-06-01T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 544 So. 2d 1013, 14 Fla. L. Weekly 268, 1989 Fla. LEXIS 504, 1989 WL 57948

Snippet: in privity (§ 713.05), professional lienors (§ 713.03), and lienors who make the site suitable for improvement

O'Kon and Co., Inc. v. Riedel

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1989-03-30T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 540 So. 2d 836

Snippet: section 713.03(2), Florida Statutes. Neither the provisions in section 713.03(1) nor section 713.03(2) allow…between section 713.03(1) and section 713.01(2), Florida Statutes, and agreed that section 713.03(1) is limited…section 713.03(2), Florida Statutes, the opinion does explain the distinction between section 713.03(1) and…with appellant's basic argument, that section 713.03, Florida Statutes, "liens for professional…performs services as architect ..." in section 713.03, Florida Statutes, to mean one practicing in violation

Barfield v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1988-05-11T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 524 So. 2d 733, 13 Fla. L. Weekly 1105, 1988 Fla. App. LEXIS 1966, 1988 WL 47242

Snippet: pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.713? (3) Whether the appellant was denied effective assistance

Parsons v. Motor Homes of America

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1985-03-06T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 465 So. 2d 1285

Snippet: damages for non-delivery Sections 672.712 and 672.713; (3) specific performance or replevin Section 672.716

Sewer Viewer v. Shawnee Sunset Developers

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-08-10T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 454 So. 2d 701

Snippet: our sister court concluded that each of sections 713.03 through 713.06 governs different classes of lienors

Pembroke Villas of Broward, Inc. v. Raymundo

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1984-02-22T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 447 So. 2d 324, 1984 Fla. App. LEXIS 11859

Snippet: sub-subcontractor, or a professional lienor under Section 713.03. This is provided by Section 713.01(10) Florida

Bracco v. Cardozo

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-07-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 434 So. 2d 1024, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19902

Snippet: sub-subcontractor; or (f) A professional lienor under s. 713.03; as each is defined herein, and who has a lien

Hutton v. 3-L Enterprises, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 1983-05-12T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 431 So. 2d 277

Snippet: of furnishing the affidavit by virtue of section 713.03(3), Florida Statutes (1981), which provides, in