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Terms Used In Florida Statutes 713.19

  • Laborer: means any person other than an architect, landscape architect, engineer, surveyor and mapper, and the like who, under properly authorized contract, personally performs on the site of the improvement labor or services for improving real property and does not furnish materials or labor service of others. See Florida Statutes 713.01
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Lienor: means a person who is:
    (a) A contractor;
    (b) A subcontractor;
    (c) A sub-subcontractor;
    (d) A laborer;
    (e) A materialman who contracts with the owner, a contractor, a subcontractor, or a sub-subcontractor; or
    (f) A professional lienor under…. See Florida Statutes 713.01
A lien or prospective lien, except that of a laborer, may be assigned by the lienor at any time before its discharge. The assignment may be recorded in the clerk’s office.