5 deadlines NoticeGuard models for Connecticut: what each one counts from, the statute it was read from, and the statute text.
Information, not legal advice. This app reports what the statute says and cites the section it read. It is not legal advice, it does not file anything for you, and it does not tell you what to do.
Verify with the statute or an attorney. Statutes change, and courts reinterpret them. Every deadline in this app comes from a statute read on the date shown next to its citation - that snapshot can go out of date. Missing a mechanics lien deadline can extinguish your claim permanently, so confirm any deadline you are relying on with an attorney licensed in that state before you act on it.
Data verified: statute text retrieved 2026-09-21 (each citation below carries its own date). Rule data from the NoticeGuard app, source commit 22f9300.
Filed with the town clerk, counted from commencing the work - required only to preserve the original contractor's own entitlement to receive notices of intent from subcontractors, not to preserve the original contractor's own lien rights.
What it counts from. 15 days after first furnishing (commenced work).
Applies to. Original contractor.
Connecticut General Statutes § 49-35 (a) (proviso) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“an original contractor shall not be entitled to such notice, unless not later than fifteen days after commencing the construction, raising, removal or repairing of the building, or the development of any lot, or the site development or subdivision of any plot of land, he files an affidavit with the town clerk of the town in which the work is being performed, stating his business name and business address and describing the property on which the work is being performed.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). The statute's own mechanism: an original contractor "shall not be entitled to" notice from subcontractors under this section without a timely-filed affidavit.
Also stated next to this deadline.
The right of any subcontractor to claim a lien under § 49-35 is not affected by this affidavit's absence or defects - only the original contractor's own entitlement to be notified is at stake.
Serve notice of intent to claim a lien
Served on the owner and the original contractor, counted from this claimant's own last day of furnishing materials or services - may be served any time after commencing, but no later than this date.
What it counts from. 90 days after last furnishing (last day on site).
Applies to. Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
Connecticut General Statutes § 49-35 (a) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“unless, after commencing, and not later than ninety days after ceasing, to furnish materials or render services for such construction, raising, removal or repairing, such person gives written notice to the owner of the building, lot or plot of land and to the original contractor that he or she has furnished or commenced to furnish materials, or rendered or commenced to render services, and intends to claim a lien therefor on the building, lot or plot of land.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). The statute's own mechanism: a person "is entitled to claim any such mechanic's lien, unless" this notice is timely given.
Also stated next to this deadline.
Not required of a subcontractor whose contract with the original contractor is itself in writing and assented to in writing by the original contractor - not modeled here (see this state's "Honest limits").
Lodge certificate of lien
Lodged with the town clerk for recording, counted from this claimant's own last day of performing services or furnishing materials.
What it counts from. 90 days after last furnishing (last day on site).
Applies to. Original contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
Connecticut General Statutes § 49-34 (1) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“A mechanic's lien is not valid unless the person performing the services or furnishing the materials (1) within ninety days after he has ceased to do so, lodges with the town clerk of the town in which the building, lot or plot of land is situated a certificate in writing, which shall be recorded by the town clerk with deeds of land, (A) describing the premises, the amount claimed as a lien thereon, the name or names of the person against whom the lien is being filed and the date of the commencement of the performance of services or furnishing of materials, (B) stating that the amount claimed is justly due, as nearly as the same can be ascertained, and (C) subscribed and sworn to by the claimant.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). The statute's own opening clause: "A mechanic's lien is not valid unless" this certificate is timely lodged.
Also stated next to this deadline.
A separate 30-day deadline (§ 49-34(2)) requires serving a true and attested copy of this certificate on the owner, counted from lodging it - see the sibling rule below.
Serve copy of certificate on owner
A true and attested copy of the lodged certificate, served on the owner in the same manner as the notice of intent, counted from the date the certificate was lodged with the town clerk.
What it counts from. 30 days after notice of construction lien recorded.
Applies to. Original contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
Connecticut General Statutes § 49-34 (2) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“(2) not later than thirty days after lodging the certificate, serves a true and attested copy of the certificate upon the owner of the building, lot or plot of land in the same manner as is provided for the service of the notice in section 49-35.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). The statute's own opening clause governing this whole section: "A mechanic's lien is not valid unless" both the lodging (above) and this service happen as required.
Commence foreclosure suit and file lis pendens
Counted from the date the lien was recorded. If suit is not commenced and a notice of lis pendens filed within this period, the lien becomes invalid.
What it counts from. 365 days after notice of construction lien recorded.
Applies to. Original contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
Connecticut General Statutes § 49-39 (sole operative sentence) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“A mechanic's lien shall not continue in force for a longer period than one year after the lien has been perfected, unless the party claiming the lien commences an action to foreclose it, by complaint, cross-complaint or counterclaim, and records a notice of lis pendens in evidence thereof on the land records of the town in which the lien is recorded within one year from the date the lien was recorded or within sixty days of any final disposition of an application made pursuant to section 49-35a, including any appeal taken with respect thereto in accordance with section 49-35c, whichever is later.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). The statute's own mechanism, in the sentence immediately following: each such lien, after expiration of this period without a commenced action and filed notice, "shall be invalid and discharged as a matter of law." (Reinforced by § 49-40a: an expired lien "is automatically extinguished.")
Also stated next to this deadline.
Approximated as 365 calendar days (1 year × 365), the same approximation style used throughout this app. A calendar year is 365 or 366 days, so this date always lands on or before the statutory one - never after it.
The alternate 60-day prong (running from final disposition, including any appeal, of a § 49-35a discharge/reduction application, if later) is not modeled here - see this state's "Honest limits".
Recording a notice of lis pendens is a real, separate requirement alongside commencing the suit itself, not optional paperwork - the same pattern as several other states' enforcement deadlines in this app.
Weekend and holiday rollover
NoticeGuard does not model a weekend or holiday extension for Connecticut. The dates above are the plain count from the date you enter. Check whether a Saturday, Sunday or holiday changes your date.
What this rule set does not cover
The alternate 60-day prong of the foreclosure deadline (§ 49-39: 60 days from final disposition, including any appeal, of a § 49-35a discharge/reduction application, if later than the 1-year prong) is not modeled - none of this app's anchors represent "final disposition of a lien-discharge court proceeding," a data-dependent fact this app does not otherwise collect.
A narrowing this app does not model: § 49-35(a)'s notice requirement does not apply to a subcontractor whose contract with the original contractor is itself in writing and assented to in writing by the original contractor - this app always shows the notice-of-intent deadline for subcontractor, supplier, and preconstruction service provider roles regardless.
Weekend/holiday rollover is NOT modeled. No general Connecticut statute of the kind other states carry (e.g., a FRCP 6(a) analogue reaching all of Title 49) was found; § 1-3a is scoped only to license/permit fees, and no case law confirming any weekend/holiday extension for Chapter 847 deadlines specifically was found - despite secondary sources asserting a practical extension exists.
No exact fill-in-the-blank form is prescribed for the certificate of lien itself (§ 49-34) - only required content elements. Connecticut does prescribe an exact form elsewhere in this chapter (§ 49-35a(b)), but that form is for an owner's court application to discharge or reduce an already-recorded lien - a different filing from the lienor's own certificate, not confused with it here.
Only §§ 49-34, 49-35, 49-35a, and 49-39 have been read. The rest of Chapter 847 - including the bond-substitution mechanism (§ 49-37) and the public-works bond scheme (§ 49-41 et seq.) - has not been incorporated.
NoticeGuard is an app that turns a job's dates into a countdown for each statutory step, shows the statute text each date was read from, exports a calendar file (.ics) and sends reminders 14, 7 and 1 day before each deadline. It tracks and reminds; it does not file anything for you.