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The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XL
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 713
LIENS, GENERALLY
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F.S. 713.12
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.
History.—s. 1, ch. 63-135; s. 35, ch. 67-254.
Note.—Former s. 84.121.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 713.12

Total Results: 4

Mullne v. Sea-Tech Construction, Inc.

84 So. 3d 1247, 2012 WL 1315864, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 6043

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Apr 18, 2012 | Docket: 60306641

Cited 10 times | Published

foreclosure of the construction lien under section 713.12, Florida Statutes (2009), amounted to an “ambush

Edward L. Nezelek, Inc. v. FOOD FAIR PROP. AGCY., INC.

309 So. 2d 219, 1975 Fla. App. LEXIS 14369

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Mar 11, 1975 | Docket: 1770625

Cited 5 times | Published

713.10 Extent of liens. Except as provided in § 713.12, liens under part I of this chapter shall extend

JAMES B. PIRTLE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. v. WARREN HENRY AUTOMOBILES, INC.

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Oct 20, 2021 | Docket: 60660119

Published

to the trial judge. 2 Inapplicable here, section 713.12 is titled: Liens for improving real property

Sasso Air Conditioning, Inc. v. United Companies Lending Corp.

742 So. 2d 468, 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 12526, 1999 WL 743618

District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Sep 22, 1999 | Docket: 64791405

Published

clerk’s office .... ” (Emphasis added). Moreover, section 713.12 provides that when a contract for improving