Florida Construction Liens: Routine Services Are Not “Improvements”
Florida associations and their vendors often assume that any unpaid services related to a community can be secured with a construction lien. In Parc Central
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Florida associations and their vendors often assume that any unpaid services related to a community can be secured with a construction lien. In Parc Central
The opinion can be found here: https://www.3dca.flcourts.org/content/download/853423/opinion/212035_DC08_11232022_104442_i.pdf https://3dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/853423/opinion/212035_DC08_11232022_104442_i.pdf

Fla. Stat. § 718.116 provides associations lien rights on community properties arising from unpaid assessments. These unpaid assessments may in fact be foreclosed upon. The
A Miami-Dade Condominium owner filed a declaratory judgment action seeking to declare void a covenant that prohibited any unit owner from leasing a unit for the first two-(2) years
712.04 Interests extinguished by marketable record title.—Subject to s. 712.03, a marketable record title is free and clear of all estates, interests, claims, or charges, the
The link may be read here: http://www.naplesnews.com/story/money/real-estate/2017/07/29/no-standard-timeline-turnover-developer/495222001/
Association liens, whether under a condominium association or homeowner’s association, are a hybrid function of both (1) Florida statutes as well as (2) the association
Liquidated damages are “specific and precise sums of money immediately apparent from the express terms of the contract itself, or determinable therefrom by mathematical calculation,
Florida associations and their vendors often assume that any unpaid services related to a community can be secured with a construction lien. In Parc Central
The opinion can be found here: https://www.3dca.flcourts.org/content/download/853423/opinion/212035_DC08_11232022_104442_i.pdf https://3dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/853423/opinion/212035_DC08_11232022_104442_i.pdf

Fla. Stat. § 718.116 provides associations lien rights on community properties arising from unpaid assessments. These unpaid assessments may in fact be foreclosed upon. The
A Miami-Dade Condominium owner filed a declaratory judgment action seeking to declare void a covenant that prohibited any unit owner from leasing a unit for the first two-(2) years
712.04 Interests extinguished by marketable record title.—Subject to s. 712.03, a marketable record title is free and clear of all estates, interests, claims, or charges, the
The link may be read here: http://www.naplesnews.com/story/money/real-estate/2017/07/29/no-standard-timeline-turnover-developer/495222001/
Association liens, whether under a condominium association or homeowner’s association, are a hybrid function of both (1) Florida statutes as well as (2) the association
Liquidated damages are “specific and precise sums of money immediately apparent from the express terms of the contract itself, or determinable therefrom by mathematical calculation,