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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2021-06-30

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2015-06-10

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2011-09-16

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2004-12-17

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

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2000-02-16

Citation: 756 So. 2d 120, 2000 Fla. App. LEXIS 1378, 2000 WL 159071

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1997-05-16

Citation: 695 So. 2d 414, 1997 WL 253027

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1994-03-23

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1993-06-11

Citation: 620 So. 2d 1043, 1993 WL 196338

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-11-01

Citation: 588 So. 2d 1025, 1991 WL 224984

Snippet: that 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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1991-02-19

Citation: 576 So. 2d 748, 1991 WL 18263

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1990-07-06

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

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

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

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-11-08

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: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-06-01

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1989-03-31

Citation: 540 So. 2d 836, 1988 WL 134442

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

Barfield v. State

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1988-05-11

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1985-03-07

Citation: 465 So. 2d 1285, 10 Fla. L. Weekly 576

Snippet: damages for non-delivery Sections 672.712 and 672.713; (3) specific performance or replevin Section 672

Sewer Viewer v. Shawnee Sunset Developers

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-08-10

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1984-02-22

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-07-22

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: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1983-05-12

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

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