Arizona Private Time Frames

Step 1: Notice

Notify the owner, original contractor, the construction lender, if any, and your customer within 20 days of first furnished labor, professional services, materials, machinery, fixtures, or tools for the job site. Notice is required in a direct to Owner contract.
- Residential: Rights limited unless the claimant has executed a written contract directly with the owner-occupant.
Projects commenced prior to 12/31/19: Re-notify within 20 days of your receivable balance exceeding 120% of the dollars documented within the original notice.
Projects commencing on 12/31/19 (SB1304): A lien claimant who, at the onset underestimates the labor and/or material he will furnish to the project is protected only up to 130% of the amount contained in the original Notice. If the claimant’s actual labor and material exceed even that amount, the claimant must file a Preliminary Twenty Day Lien Notice for the overage.

Step 2: Lien

Commercial: Within 120 days of completion. If the Notice of Completion has been recorded, claimants have 60 days to file.
Residential: Within 120 days of completion. If the Notice of Completion has been recorded, claimants have 60 days to file.
- Rights limited unless the claimant has executed a written contract directly with the owner-occupant. See Speed Bumps.

Step 3: Foreclosure

Arizona Private Stop Notice Time Frames

Step 1: Notice

Within 20 days of first furnished labor, professional services, materials, machinery, fixtures, or tools for the job site.

Step 2: Stop Notice

Within 120 days of completion. If the Notice of Completion has been recorded, claimants have 60 days to file Stop Notice.

Step 3: Suit

An action against the owner or construction lender to enforce payment of the amount stated in the Stop Notice must be commenced no later than 3 months after the expiration of the period within which mechanic’s liens may be recorded.