Florida Statutes
Fla. Stat. § 713.12 (2025)
Liens for improving real property under contract with husband or wife on property of the other or of both.
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713.12 Liens for improving real property under contract with husband or wife on property of the other or of both.—When the contract for improving real property is made with a husband or wife who is not separated and living apart from his or her spouse and the property is owned by the other or by both, the spouse who contracts shall be deemed to be the agent of the other to the extent of subjecting the right, title, or interest of the other in said property to liens under this part unless such other shall, within 10 days after learning of such contract, give the contractor and record in the clerk’s office, notice of his or her objection thereto.
Note.—Former s. 84.121.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1975–2025 · leading case: Mullne v. Sea-Tech Constr., Inc., 84 So. 3d 1247 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012).
Mullne v. Sea-Tech Constr., Inc., 84 So. 3d 1247 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). “§ 713.12, Fla. Stat. (2009). However, this statute “reaches only to the property upon which the improvements were made, and .”
Edward L. Nezelek, Inc. v. Food Fair Prop. Agcy., Inc., 309 So. 2d 219 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975). “12, liens under part I of this chapter shall extend to, and only to, the right, title and interest of the person who contracts for the improvement as such right, title and interest exists at the commencement of the improvement or is thereafter acquired in the real property.”
Sasso Air Conditioning, Inc. v. United Companies Lending Corp., 742 So. 2d 468 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999). “Moreover, section 713.12 provides that when a contract for improving property is made with a husband or wife, and the property is owned by one or both, the spouse who contracts shall be deemed the agent of the other to the extent of subjecting the title of the other to liens.”
Ramindesign, LLC v. Skarzynski (S.D. Fla. 2025). “5th DCA 1982); Fla. Stat. § 713.12 ; Mullne v. Sea-Tech Construction, Inc.”
James B. Pirtle Constr. Co., Inc. v. Warren Henry Automobiles, Inc. (Fla. 3d DCA 2021). “2 Inapplicable here, section 713.12 is titled: Liens for improving real property under contract with husband or wife on property of the other or of both.”
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