Florida Statute 713.03 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 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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Cases Citing Statute 713.03

Total Results: 24

National Fire Insurance v. Fortune Construction Co.

320 F.3d 1260

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Filed: Feb 7, 2003 | Docket: 212851

Cited 6 times | Published

40 U.S.C. § 276a-2(b); Fla. Stat. § 713.03. We reverse the district court’s grant of partial

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

565 So. 2d 349, 1990 Fla. App. LEXIS 5066, 1990 WL 96416

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 6, 1990 | Docket: 1403652

Cited 6 times | Published

of real property. The applicable provision, section 713.03, Florida Statutes (1987), provides: (1) Any

ARCHITECTONICS, INC. v. Salem-American Ventures

350 So. 2d 581

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 14, 1977 | Docket: 1757858

Cited 6 times | Published

mechanic's lien but was dismissed as unenforceable. Section 713.03, Fla. Stat. (1975). Architectonics does not

American Fire & Cas. Co. v. DAVIS WATER & WASTE IND., INC.

358 So. 2d 225

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 25, 1978 | Docket: 1691080

Cited 5 times | Published

sections chronologically deal with each class. Thus, § 713.03 concerns itself with liens for professional services

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

576 So. 2d 748, 1991 WL 18263

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 19, 1991 | Docket: 1669717

Cited 4 times | Published

a valid mechanics' lien pursuant to either section 713.03, Florida Statutes (1987), or section 713.05

Cincinnati Insurance Co. v. Putnam

335 So. 2d 855

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jul 30, 1976 | Docket: 1306461

Cited 4 times | Published

granted for professional services as set forth in section 713.03(3), Florida Statutes. Royal Oak, owner, had

Dept. of Transp. v. SPRINGS LAND INV.

695 So. 2d 414, 1997 WL 253027

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 16, 1997 | Docket: 1522040

Cited 3 times | Published

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

Grant v. Davis (In Re CJW Ltd.)

172 B.R. 675, 8 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. B 188, 1994 Bankr. LEXIS 1521, 1994 WL 526035

United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Sep 26, 1994 | Docket: 1868313

Cited 3 times | Published

affected by the incorrect name. Likewise, because § 713.03(4)(a) governs each item required for perfection

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

588 So. 2d 1025, 1991 WL 224984

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 1, 1991 | Docket: 1708394

Cited 2 times | Published

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

Oppenheim v. NEWPORT SYSTEMS DEV. CORP.

348 So. 2d 328

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 11, 1977 | Docket: 1760795

Cited 2 times | Published

lien for professional services, as provided by Section 713.03 Florida Statutes 1974. But see Eastland Investment

District Bd. of Trustees v. Morgan

890 So. 2d 1155, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 19293, 2004 WL 2922479

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 17, 2004 | Docket: 1285451

Cited 1 times | Published

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

District Bd. of Trustees v. Morgan

890 So. 2d 1155, 2004 Fla. App. LEXIS 19293, 2004 WL 2922479

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 17, 2004 | Docket: 1285451

Cited 1 times | Published

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

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

620 So. 2d 1043, 1993 WL 196338

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 11, 1993 | Docket: 1387411

Cited 1 times | Published

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

Hutton v. 3-L Enterprises, Inc.

431 So. 2d 277, 1983 Fla. App. LEXIS 19794

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: May 12, 1983 | Docket: 1149342

Cited 1 times | Published

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

Dykema v. Trans State Industries, Inc.

303 So. 2d 52, 1974 Fla. App. LEXIS 8241

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 13, 1974 | Docket: 1313585

Cited 1 times | Published

full and, on December 7, 1972, as provided by Section 713.03(3), Florida Statutes, filed his claim of lien

SG 2901, LLC v. COMPLIMENTI, INC.

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 30, 2021 | Docket: 60025572

Published

We 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.

164 So. 3d 1266

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jun 10, 2015 | Docket: 2663945

Published

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

Medellin v. MLA Consulting, Inc.

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 16, 2011 | Docket: 60302609

Published

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

Alfred Karram, III, Inc. v. Cantor

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 23, 1994 | Docket: 64747123

Published

regard to Appellant’s mechanic’s lien claim, section 713.03, Florida Statutes, provides: (1) Any person

Cabarrocas v. Resolution Trust Corp.

840 F. Supp. 888, 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 18798, 1993 WL 555960

District Court, S.D. Florida | Filed: Aug 10, 1993 | Docket: 1782671

Published

summary judgment, Defendant argues that under Florida Statute 713.03, Plaintiff is not entitled to a lien on

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

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Nov 8, 1989 | Docket: 64646334

Published

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

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

540 So. 2d 836, 1988 WL 134442

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 31, 1989 | Docket: 1688919

Published

disagree with appellant's basic argument, that section 713.03, Florida Statutes, "liens for professional

Pembroke Villas of Broward, Inc. v. Raymundo

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

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 22, 1984 | Docket: 64603686

Published

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

Warshaw v. Pyms

266 So. 2d 355, 1972 Fla. App. LEXIS 6293

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 12, 1972 | Docket: 64527486

Published

defendants were not indebted to plaintiff. Section 713.03 Fla.Stat., F.S.A. entitled: “Liens for professional