2 deadlines NoticeGuard models for Delaware: 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 Every deadline in this app comes from a statute read on the date shown next to its citation - that snapshot can go out of date.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.
File statement of claim (contractor in direct privity)
Filed with the Prothonotary of the Superior Court, counted from completion of the structure - for a contractor who contracted directly with the owner and furnished both labor and material (or construction management services).
What it counts from. 180 days after final completion of the original contract.
Applies to. Original contractor.
25 Del. C. § 2711 (a)(1) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“A contractor who: a. Has made that contractor's contract directly with the owner or reputed owner of any structure; and b. Has furnished both labor and material in and for such structure, or has provided construction management services in connection with the furnishing of such labor and material, in order to avail contractor's own self of the benefits of this subchapter, shall file that contractor's statement of claim within 180 days after the completion of such structure.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). Filing within this period is a precondition stated as a duty ("shall file") to availing oneself "of the benefits of this subchapter" - i.e., of the lien right itself.
Also stated next to this deadline.
§ 2711(a)(2) lists nine alternate dates a claim is "deemed timely" if filed within 180 days of, when specifically provided for in the contract (e.g., 90% payment received, final invoice submitted, a certificate of occupancy issued, permanent financing completed) - not modeled here (see this state's "Honest limits").
File statement of claim (subcontractor, supplier, or preconstruction service provider)
Filed with the Prothonotary of the Superior Court, counted from completion of this claimant's own labor or last delivery of materials.
What it counts from. 120 days after last furnishing (last day on site).
Applies to. Subcontractor, Supplier, Preconstruction service.
25 Del. C. § 2711 (b) Official source · statute text retrieved 2026-09-21
“All other persons embraced within this chapter and entitled to avail themselves of the liens herein provided shall file a statement of their respective claims within 120 days from the date from the completion of the labor performed or from the last delivery of materials furnished by them respectively.”
If the date is missed (the statute's own terms). Filing within this period is a precondition stated as a duty ("shall file") to availing oneself of the lien right.
Also stated next to this deadline.
§ 2711(b) lists two alternate dates a claim is "deemed timely" if filed within 120 days of instead: the date final payment (including retainage) is due to the claimant, or the date final payment is made to the contractor the claimant is under - not modeled here (see this state's "Honest limits").
Weekend and holiday rollover
NoticeGuard does not model a weekend or holiday extension for Delaware. 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
No separate enforcement/foreclosure deadline is modeled - confirmed absent from §§ 2714-2715, contrary to what several secondary sources claim (a supposed 180-day scire facias deadline). The statement of claim filed under § 2711 doubles as the complaint itself; the scire facias writ is a procedural step that follows it, not a separately deadlined filing. This app corrects the secondary-source claim rather than repeating it.
Section 2711(a)(2)'s nine alternate "deemed timely" trigger dates (e.g., 90% payment received, final invoice submitted, certificate of occupancy issued, permanent financing completed) are not modeled - this app always uses "completion of the structure" as the anchor for the original-contractor branch. Any of those alternate dates that occurs LATER could, by the statute's own "deemed timely" language, extend the practical deadline beyond what this app shows.
Section 2711(b)'s two alternate triggers for other claimants (date final payment, including retainage, is due; or date final payment is made to the contractor the claimant is under) are likewise not modeled - this app always uses last furnishing.
Weekend/holiday rollover is NOT modeled - no general Delaware computation-of-time statute was researched this pass.
Only §§ 2711 and 2712 have been read closely; §§ 2713-2729 (multi-structure claims, the scire facias/levari facias mechanics, owner withholding rights, the ship/vessel variant, and the cash-deposit discharge mechanism) were read for the enforcement-deadline check above but not otherwise 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.