Mechanic's Lien Notices to Owner - Missouri
MISSOURI MECHANIC'S LIEN NOTICES TO OWNER
1. ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR DISCLOSURE — § 429.012
Give this disclosure to the contracting person, or owner if there is no contract, before receiving any payment and at one of the statutory times: contract execution, material delivery, work commencement, or first invoice. Use ten-point bold type.
NOTICE TO OWNER
FAILURE OF THIS CONTRACTOR TO PAY THOSE PERSONS SUPPLYING MATERIAL OR SERVICES TO COMPLETE THIS CONTRACT CAN RESULT IN THE FILING OF A MECHANIC'S LIEN ON THE PROPERTY WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS CONTRACT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 429, RSMO. TO AVOID THIS RESULT YOU MAY ASK THIS CONTRACTOR FOR "LIEN WAIVERS" FROM ALL PERSONS SUPPLYING MATERIAL OR SERVICES FOR THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THIS CONTRACT. FAILURE TO SECURE LIEN WAIVERS MAY RESULT IN YOUR PAYING FOR LABOR AND MATERIAL TWICE.
Contractor: [NAME]
Owner / contracting person: [NAME]
Property: [DESCRIPTION]
Date and method delivered: [DETAILS]
2. NON-ORIGINAL CLAIMANT TEN-DAY NOTICE — § 429.100
Use this route only if § 429.100 applies. Section 429.016(14) dispenses with this ten-day notice for a claimant governed by § 429.016.
To: [OWNER, OWNER'S AGENT, OR BOTH]
Notice is given that [CLAIMANT] holds a claim against the building or improvement at [PROPERTY DESCRIPTION] in the amount of $[AMOUNT], due from [PERSON FROM WHOM DUE].
Claimant intends to file its mechanic's lien after the statutory ten-day notice period.
Date served: [DATE]
Earliest filing date: [DATE]
By: _______________________________
Name and title: [NAME / TITLE]
Proof of Service
The notice may be served by an officer authorized to serve civil process or by a competent witness. If a non-officer serves it, verify service by affidavit.
Server: [NAME]
Method / place: [DETAILS]
Verification or official return attached: ☐ Yes
3. RESIDENTIAL NOTICE-OF-RIGHTS CHECK
For residential real property covered by § 429.016, determine whether its recorded Notice of Rights is required. Section 429.016(11) ties the duty to the owner's recorded Notice of Intended Sale; subsection 14 dispenses with the § 429.100 ten-day notice for claimants governed by § 429.016. The recorded notice uses the form in subsection 8.
☐ Section 429.016 does not apply
☐ Notice of Rights separately prepared and recorded
4. SOURCES
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.012: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/PageSelect.aspx?section=429.012
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.100: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=429.100
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.016: https://revisor.mo.gov/main/PageSelect.aspx?section=429.016
About this template
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 22, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Missouri
- Category
- Real Estate
Legal authority
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.012 (original-contractor owner disclosure)
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.100 (ten-day notice by non-original claimants)
- Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.016 (residential Notice of Rights)
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 22, 2026.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.012.1-.2 (checked October 22, 2026): "shall provide to the person with whom the contract is made or to the owner if there is no contract, prior to receiving payment in any form of any kind from such person, (a) either at the time of the execution of the contract, (b) when the materials are delivered, (c) when the work is commenced, or (d) delivered with first invoice, a written notice"
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.100 (checked October 22, 2026): "shall give ten days' notice before the filing of the lien, as herein required, to the owner, owners or agent, or either of them, that he holds a claim against such building or improvement, setting forth the amount and from whom the same is due."
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.016.14 (checked October 22, 2026): "The claimant shall not be required to provide the notice required under section 429.100"
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