Oregon Mechanic's Lien Template
Built for Oregon statute. File before your state's filing deadline expires.
Oregon Mechanic's Lien Rules
Filing Deadline
Claim of lien must be filed (perfected) within 75 days after the claimant ceased to provide labor, services, materials, or rented equipment, OR within 75 days after completion of construction — whichever occurs FIRST. Filing prematurely (before cessation/completion) renders the lien invalid.
Clock starts: The earlier of: (a) the last day the claimant furnished labor/materials/equipment, or (b) the date construction was completed (substantial completion or abandonment).
Where to Record
County Recording Officer (County Clerk's Recording Division) of the county in which the improved property is located. For the Portland metro area, this is the Multnomah County Recording office (501 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Suite 175, Portland, OR 97214). If the project crosses county lines, file in each county where the improvement is situated.
Notarization
Required — document must be sworn before a notary.
ORS 87.035(4) requires the claim of lien to be verified by oath of the person filing or another person with knowledge of the facts. In practice this means the lien must be NOTARIZED (acknowledged or s
Service Requirement
Within 20 days AFTER recording the claim of lien, the claimant must mail a written notice that the claim has been filed — with a complete copy of the recorded lien attached — to the property owner AND to any mortgagee of record. Service must be by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal delivery. Failure to serve within 20 days forfeits the claimant's right to recover costs, disbursements, and attorney fees in any foreclosure action (ORS 87.039).
Oregon Warning
The single biggest Oregon-specific trap is the 8-day Notice of Right to Lien window. Subcontractors and suppliers without a direct contract with the owner must deliver this notice within 8 business days of FIRST furnishing labor or materials — and the notice only protects work/materials supplied from 8 days before the notice forward. Late notices irreversibly forfeit lien rights for all earlier work. Combined with the strict 75-day filing deadline and the CCB licensing prerequisite, Oregon is one of the least forgiving states for late or unlicensed claimants.
What's built into the Oregon template
- Statutory deadline calculator: enters last-work date, returns exact filing-deadline date for the user's state with countdown (e.g., 'File by Aug 14, 2026 — 47 days remaining')
- County-specific recording cover sheet auto-generated for all 3,000+ US counties (margins, return-address box, doc-type code matched to that recorder's office)
- State-specific statutory recital language injected automatically — CA Civil Code §8416, TX §53.054, FL §713.08, NY Lien Law §9, etc. — so the lien isn't void for missing a magic-words requirement
- Notary acknowledgment block formatted for the state of recording (jurat vs acknowledgment, seal placement, commission expiry line)
- Pre-filled Proof of Service / Certificate of Mailing with certified-mail return-receipt language and tracking-number lines
- Inflated-lien protection: warns if claimed amount exceeds unpaid balance (TX, CA, FL impose $10k+ penalties for inflated liens)
- License-check integration: prompts the contractor to verify their state license was active on the work dates (a void license = void lien in CA/NV/AZ)
- Plain-English glossary tooltips on every legal term ('legal description', 'lienable amount', 'last furnishing') so non-lawyers don't fill it out wrong
- Editable until filed: regenerate the PDF unlimited times for 30 days after purchase if you find a typo or the GC pays partial
- Bundled foreclosure-deadline reminder email: 60/90 days before the statutory deadline to file suit to enforce the lien (most states 90 days to 1 year), so the lien doesn't expire worthless
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