Mechanics Lien Claim - Connecticut

CERTIFICATE OF MECHANIC'S LIEN

Connecticut — Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-34

Use gate: Section 49-34 makes timely recording and service conditions of lien validity. Confirm eligibility, claimant status, notice duties, the lienable amount, and town recording practice with Connecticut counsel before signing or filing.

1. Eligibility and Deadline Check

Under § 49-33, the claimant must have a claim of more than $10 for qualifying materials furnished or services rendered by agreement with or consent of the owner or an authorized person.

☐ Property, improvement, and claimant's materials/services fall within § 49-33.

☐ Claim exceeds $10 and is for qualifying materials or services.

☐ Owner agreement/consent or authorized-person basis confirmed.

☐ Amount has been tested against §§ 49-33 and 49-36, including subcontractor and aggregate limits and the effect of good-faith owner payments.

Section 49-35 Notice-of-Intent Status

☐ Claimant is the original contractor and is exempt from § 49-35 notice.

☐ Claimant is a subcontractor whose written contract with the original contractor was assented to in writing by the other party to the original contract and is exempt.

☐ Claimant is not exempt and served the statutory notice after commencing and no later than 90 days after ceasing to furnish materials or services.

2. Recording Information

Town Clerk / land records of: [________________________________], Connecticut

Return recorded instrument to:

[NAME]

[ADDRESS]

3. Certificate

The undersigned claimant, being duly sworn, states:

1. Claimant. [CLAIMANT LEGAL NAME], of [ADDRESS], performed services or furnished materials described below.

2. Person or persons against whom the lien is filed. [________________________________].

3. Owner or owners of record. [________________________________].

4. Person who engaged claimant. [________________________________], whose relationship to the project is ☐ owner ☐ original contractor ☐ subcontractor ☐ other: [________________].

5. Premises. The lien concerns the building, lot, or plot of land located at [STREET ADDRESS], in the Town of [________________], Connecticut, more particularly described as follows or in attached Exhibit A:

[LEGAL DESCRIPTION SUFFICIENT TO IDENTIFY THE PREMISES]

6. Materials or services. Claimant furnished:

[DESCRIPTION]

7. Commencement date. Claimant began performing services or furnishing materials on [__/__/____].

8. Cessation date. Claimant ceased performing services or furnishing materials on [__/__/____].

9. Amount claimed. The amount claimed as a lien is $[________________]. That amount is justly due, as nearly as it can be ascertained, after credits and payments and subject to the limitations of §§ 49-33 and 49-36.

4. Subscription and Oath

I have read this Certificate and swear that its statements are true and that the amount claimed is justly due, as nearly as it can be ascertained.

Claimant or authorized signer: ________________________________

Printed name and title: [________________________________]

Date: [__/__/____]

STATE OF CONNECTICUT
COUNTY OF [________________]

Subscribed and sworn to before me on [__/__/____] by [________________________________].

Officer administering oath: ________________________________

Commission expiration, if applicable: [__/__/____]

5. Post-Recording Owner-Copy Service

Section 49-34 requires a true and attested copy of the recorded certificate to be served on each owner no later than 30 days after lodging the certificate, using the service method provided in § 49-35.

☐ True and attested copy served on every owner.

☐ Server's return and proof of registered/certified mail or publication, if applicable, retained.

6. Enforcement Calendar

Under § 49-39, preserving the lien beyond the statutory period generally requires both commencement of a foreclosure action and recording a notice of lis pendens in the town land records within one year from recording, or within the statute's later 60-day period following final disposition of a § 49-35a application and appeal.

Official Sources

• Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-33 — lien eligibility, property, priority, and subcontractors
• Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-34 — certificate, recording, and owner-copy service
• Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-35 — notice of intent and service
• Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-36 — amount limits and payments
• Conn. Gen. Stat. § 49-39 — foreclosure and lis pendens