Lien deadline tracking for trade subcontractors
Never lose your right to get paid.
Enter three things about a job: the state, the GC, and your dates. LienClock calculates every preliminary notice, lien filing, and enforcement deadline, then reminds you by email, and by text on Pro, before each window closes.
Free plan included. No credit card required. First job tracked in about a minute.
Made for solo subs and small crews, working jobs across the ten states LienClock covers today.
Riverside Clinic Buildout
Sacramento, CA · Electrical scope
You enter
You get
- 6 days left
Preliminary notice
Due 20 days from first furnishing
- Opens at completion
Lien filing window
Record within 90 days of completion
- On track
Enforcement deadline
Calculated from your lien recording date
Example schedule. Yours is calculated from your job’s dates.
Built for the trades
- Electrical
- Plumbing
- HVAC
- Drywall
- Concrete
- Roofing
- Framing
- Painting
Miss the window, lose the lien.
Lien rights are the leverage that gets subcontractors paid. Every state runs its own clock on them, and the clocks do not pause because you were busy building.
20 days
California’s preliminary notice window, counted from the day you first furnish labor or materials.
The 15th
Texas monthly notice deadlines land on the 15th, and they keep coming month after month while invoices sit unpaid.
90 days
A common lien filing window measured from completion. Some states give you less, and the count starts whether you noticed or not.
One job to do: keep you inside your windows.
Every feature exists to make a deadline impossible to miss.
Ten states, one engine
Preliminary notice, lien filing, and enforcement rules for California, Texas, Florida, New York, Arizona, Washington, Georgia, Nevada, Colorado, and Oregon, applied automatically to each job. More states are on the way.
Three inputs, full schedule
State, GC, start and completion dates. That is the whole setup. Your deadline schedule lands in seconds.
Reminders that reach you
Email on every plan, SMS on Pro. Each deadline pings you ahead of time, while there is still time to act.
One list, sorted by urgency
Every deadline across every job and state in one countdown, ordered by what closes next. It reads like a punch list.
It never files for you
LienClock does not send notices, record liens, or contact your GC. It hands you the dates. You keep control of your paperwork.
Fast enough for the field
Add a job from your phone in about a minute, from the truck, between pours, whenever the contract lands.
From contract to protected in three steps
Your first value moment is about a minute away from signup.
Step 1: Add the job
Pick the state, name the GC, enter your start and expected completion dates. It takes about a minute, even from the truck.
Step 2: Get every deadline
LienClock calculates the preliminary notice, lien filing, and enforcement windows for that job instantly, using that state’s rules.
Step 3: Act before the window closes
Reminders arrive by email, and by text on Pro, as each deadline approaches. Send your notice, keep your lien rights, get paid.
Deadline tracking. That is the whole product.
No modules to ignore, no suite to learn. One job form, one deadline list, reminders that show up on time. Priced for one person and a truck.
What LienClock does
- Calculates preliminary notice, lien filing, and enforcement deadlines for every job
- Applies the right state’s rules automatically
- Reminds you by email, and by SMS on Pro, before each window closes
- Sorts every deadline across every job by urgency
What it never does
- File a lien or send a notice on your behalf
- Contact your GC or anyone on your job
- Touch invoices, payments, or your books
- Charge per document or per notice
Simple pricing for one person and a truck
The free plan is not a demo: one active job, the full deadline engine, real reminders. Upgrade when the work stacks up.
Free
Protect one job, start to finish.
No credit card required.
- 1 active job at a time
- 10 covered states, statute citations included
- Preliminary notice, lien filing, and enforcement dates
- Email reminders before each window closes
- Deadline dashboard sorted by urgency
Pro
For subs juggling several GCs at once.
Create a free account, upgrade to Pro in the app.
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited active jobs
- SMS text reminders on top of email
- Every job and state in one countdown
- Email support
Covered today: California, Texas, Florida, New York, Arizona, Washington, Georgia, Nevada, Colorado, and Oregon. More states are on the way.
The moments LienClock exists for
Three ways lien rights slip away on real jobs, and how a running clock changes the ending. These are illustrations, not customer stories.
The out-of-state job
A drywall crew takes a big contract two states over, where the notice window is a fraction of the one back home. The job goes into LienClock on day one, and the short clock shows up immediately, with time to spare.
The GC that goes quiet
An invoice sits at 60 days and calls stop getting returned. Because the preliminary notice went out on time, the lien window is still open, and the payment conversation changes fast.
Seven jobs, three states
Busy season stacks deadline on deadline. One list sorts them by what closes next, and reminders make sure the busiest week is not the week a window quietly slips shut.
Frequently asked questions
Does LienClock file liens or send notices for me?
No. LienClock calculates the deadlines and reminds you before each one closes. You send your own notices and record your own lien, or hand the dates to your attorney. Your paperwork stays in your hands.
Which states does it cover?
Ten states today: California, Texas, Florida, New York, Arizona, Washington, Georgia, Nevada, Colorado, and Oregon, with more being added. Every job gets that state’s preliminary notice, lien filing, and enforcement rules applied to your dates, and LienClock tells you up front if a state is not covered yet.
Is the free plan actually useful?
Yes. The free plan runs one active job with the full deadline engine: every covered state, the complete schedule, and email reminders. Finish the job and start tracking the next one, still free.
How do reminders work?
Email reminders are on every plan, and Pro adds SMS text reminders. Each deadline sends reminders as its window approaches, so nothing sneaks up on you.
Is this legal advice?
No. LienClock does the date math and the reminding. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. For questions about your specific situation, talk to a construction attorney licensed in the job’s state.
Is my job data private?
Yes. Your jobs are private to your account. LienClock never contacts your GCs and never shares your job list.
The clock on your next job is already running.
Add it free, see every deadline in about a minute, and stop wondering whether a window is closing on money you already earned.
No credit card required. Free plan available.