Our office represents a number of contractors whose work includes maintenance. Whether it’s a lawn service, landscape contractor, pool contractor, or general contractor, I am often asked the question: Can I lien a job for maintenance work? Florida law requires that in order to have lien rights, the contractor (lienor) must have “improved” the property.

The purpose of construction lien law is to prevent the unjust enrichment of real property owners at the expense of those who provide labor, services, and/or materials for the improvement of real property by providing those who improve the real property with a right to assert a claim against the real property to secure payment for the labor, services, and/or …