Connecticut Construction Lien FAQ

You must record the lien within 90 days of your last furnishing of labor or materials.

Yes. All claimants must serve a Notice of Intent to Claim a Mechanics Lien within 90 days of last furnishing. This notice is mandatory.

Connecticut grants mechanics lien rights to:

• General contractors

• Subcontractors

• Sub-subcontractors

• Material suppliers

• Equipment rental companies

• Laborers

• Architects, engineers, and land surveyors

If you furnished labor or materials that improved real property and remain unpaid, you may have lien rights, but only if the required Notice of Intent to Lien is properly served.

In Connecticut, missing the 90-day lien filing deadline means no lien. Once the deadline passes, the lien remedy is gone permanently.

Connecticut mechanics liens are recorded with the Town Clerk in the town where the property is located.

You must enforce a Connecticut lien within one year of recording the lien.

A Connecticut mechanics lien must contain specific required information and be properly executed, the information is: The lien must include:

• Claimant’s legal name and address

• Property owner’s name

• Hiring party

• Legal description of the property

• Description of labor or materials furnished

• Amount unpaid and claimed

• Last date of furnishing

No. Connecticut does not impose a minimum or maximum lien amount.

Yes. Multiple unpaid parties may file separate liens if each independently satisfies Connecticut’s notice and filing requirements.

If the customer pays you the full amount owed after you have recorded a lien, you have a legal obligation to formally clear the lien from the property records.

You must prepare and file a Connecticut Discharge of Lien (or Release of Lien) with the same office where the original lien was recorded.