Charlotte County Notice of Contest of Claim Against Payment Bond Form

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Charlotte County Notice of Contest of Claim Against Payment Bond Form

Charlotte County Notice of Contest of Claim Against Payment Bond Form

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Charlotte County Notice of Contest of Claim Against Payment Bond Guide

Charlotte County Notice of Contest of Claim Against Payment Bond Guide

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Charlotte County Completed Example of the Notice of Contest of Claim Against Payment Bond Document

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Important: Your property must be located in Charlotte County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

Where to Record Your Documents

Clerk of the Court - Justice Center

Address:
350 East Marion Ave
Punta Gorda, Florida 33950

Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm M-F

Phone: (941) 505-4716

Murdock Administration Building

Address:
18500 Murdock Circle Port
Charlotte, Florida 33948

Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm M-F

Phone: (941) 743-1400

Recording Tips for Charlotte County:
  • Verify all names are spelled correctly before recording
  • Double-check legal descriptions match your existing deed
  • Avoid the last business day of the month when possible
  • Ask for certified copies if you need them for other transactions

Cities and Jurisdictions in Charlotte County

Properties in any of these areas use Charlotte County forms:

  • El Jobean
  • Englewood
  • Murdock
  • Placida
  • Port Charlotte
  • Punta Gorda
  • Rotonda West

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How do I get my forms?

Forms are available for immediate download after payment. The Charlotte County forms will be in your account ready to download to your computer. An account is created for you during checkout if you don't have one. Forms are NOT emailed.

Are these forms guaranteed to be recordable in Charlotte County?

Yes. Our form blanks are guaranteed to meet or exceed the applicable formatting requirements used for recording in Charlotte County, including margin requirements, font requirements, and other layout standards. This guarantee applies to formatting, not to the legal sufficiency of information entered by the user or the suitability of a form for a particular transaction.

Can I reuse these forms?

Yes. You can reuse the forms for your personal use. For example, if you have multiple properties in Charlotte County you only need to order once.

What do I need to use these forms?

The forms are PDFs that you fill out on your computer. You'll need Adobe Reader (free software that most computers already have). You do NOT enter your property information online - you download the blank forms and complete them privately on your own computer.

Are there any recurring fees?

No. This is a one-time purchase. Nothing to cancel, no memberships, no recurring fees.

How much does it cost to record in Charlotte County?

Recording fees in Charlotte County vary. Contact the recorder's office at (941) 505-4716 for current fees.

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The Florida Notice of Contest of Claim Against Payment Bond is a defensive tool created by section 713.23(1)(e), Florida Statutes, that lets a contractor or surety compress the lienor's window to file suit on a bonded payment claim from one year down to sixty days. The contest belongs to Florida's chapter 713 construction lien framework — it operates only on private projects covered by a section 713.23 payment bond or the conditional payment bond authorized by section 713.245, and the form must follow the statutory wording closely to do its work.

What the Florida Notice of Contest of Claim Against Payment Bond Does

A contractor (or the contractor's attorney) on a project secured by a section 713.23 payment bond — or the conditional payment bond authorized by section 713.245 — uses this notice after a lienor has served a sworn Notice of Nonpayment and is sitting on what would otherwise be a one-year statutory window to sue. Recording and serving the contest forces the lienor to file suit within sixty days of service or watch the bond claim extinguish automatically. Contractors typically reach for it to clear stale claims off a closeout, force a fish-or-cut-bait decision before records and witnesses go cold, or remove a cloud from a bond before a follow-on project closes financing.

Statutory Framework

Section 713.23(1)(e), Florida Statutes, supplies both the authority and the substantial form. The statute fixes the underlying one-year period that the contest is overriding: action against the contractor or surety must be brought within one year of the lienor's last day of furnishing labor, services, or materials. Florida law specifies that the one-year clock cannot be measured by certificates of occupancy or substantial completion, and the contractor's contest is the only mechanism that contracts that window.

Prerequisites Before the Contest Has Anything to Attach To

The contest only works against a lienor who has actually triggered the bond claim sequence. Before this notice is appropriate:

  • The lienor, if not in privity with the contractor, must have served a Notice to Contractor under 713.23(1)(c) within forty-five days of first furnishing.
  • The lienor must have served a sworn Notice of Nonpayment under 713.23(1)(d) within ninety days of last furnishing.
  • The contractor must have a copy of the Notice of Nonpayment with the lienor's address of record, because the contest must be served at the address shown in that notice or its most recent amendment.

If those prior notices are missing or defective, there is generally no payment-bond claim to contest in the first place.

Execution, Service, and Recording

Section 713.23(1)(e) is unusual among Florida construction-lien filings because it requires both service and recording. The contractor or the contractor's attorney must:

  • Serve a copy of the notice on the lienor at the address shown in the Notice of Nonpayment;
  • Certify that service on the face of the notice itself; and
  • Record the notice in the official records of the county where the property is located.

Service is governed by section 713.18 — the construction-lien service statute that controls how all chapter 713 documents are delivered. The sixty-day clock that defeats the lienor's claim runs from the date of service, not from the date of recording, so dating and proof of service drive the calendar.

Florida-Specific Traps

Several recurring missteps cost contractors the benefit of the contest:

  • Form deviation. The notice must be in substantially the form set out in 713.23(1)(e). A homemade objection letter — even one that fairly communicates the dispute — does not start the sixty-day clock.
  • Missing the dual delivery. Service without recording, or recording without service, undermines the defensive effect. Both are statutory commands.
  • Wrong address. Service must go to the address shown in the Notice of Nonpayment or its most recent amendment. Sending the contest to a different address — even one the contractor knows is current — invites argument that service was insufficient.
  • Failure to certify service on the face. The certification must appear on the notice itself, not in a separate proof of service. Recording a contest that lacks the certification leaves a defective record.
  • Confusing the bond contest with the lien contest. Section 713.22 governs contest of a recorded claim of lien — a parallel but distinct mechanism. Section 713.23(1)(e) is its bond-side cousin, and using the wrong form for the wrong instrument is a common error.
  • Stretching to projects without a 713.23 bond. The contest only operates where a section 713.23 payment bond or section 713.245 conditional payment bond is in place. On non-bonded private projects, there is no payment-bond claim to contest.

Recording in the County of Record

The notice is recorded in the official records of the county where the project property sits — typically the same county where the Notice of Commencement and the payment bond appear. Prompt recording matters because the recorded contest puts third parties — including title examiners and prospective purchasers — on notice that the contractor is contesting the claim, which can be useful when the bond claim is being treated as a cloud on closeout records. Recording fees follow the standard county document-recording schedule.

What Happens After Service

The sixty-day extinguishment is self-executing. If the lienor does not file an action against the contractor or surety within that window, the bond claim is extinguished by operation of statute — no court order is required. A lienor who does file in time still proceeds under the direct right of action against the surety that 713.23(1)(f) recognizes, just on the contractor's compressed calendar.

Download Package

The Deeds.com Florida Notice of Contest of Claim Against Payment Bond download package includes the statutory form, a completed example showing how the dates of nonpayment notice and contest service are filled in, and a plain-language guide describing the prerequisites, the service-and-recording sequence, and the sixty-day extinguishment mechanic. Files are delivered as instant download in a fillable format, prepared by the Deeds.com forms development team for use across all Florida counties.

Important: Your property must be located in Charlotte County to use these forms. Documents should be recorded at the office below.

This Notice of Contest of Claim Against Payment Bond meets all recording requirements specific to Charlotte County.

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