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Not paid? Protect your right to get paid.

Prepare, sign, and certified-mail a California Preliminary Notice in minutes. It is the legal first step that keeps your right to file a mechanics lien alive. Start now, no account required.

Recipients cross-checked against 225,213 CSLB-licensed contractors.

Form 8.3
California Preliminary Notice
Owner / reputed owner
Original contractor
Construction lender
Description of labor & materials
Signed & servedCertified
20 days

The window to serve after you first furnish labor or materials.

Certified mail

Printed and USPS-mailed to every required party, with tracking.

CSLB-matched

Recipients verified against the live contractor license board.

One tool for every stage

Start by locking in your lien rights. More ways to chase down what you’re owed are on the way.

How it works

Served in three steps

FIG 01
Start the notice

Upload your contract and AI fills the California Preliminary Notice, or type it in yourself. No account needed to begin.

FIG 02
Review and sign

Check the parties, e-sign, and add any extra recipients. Addresses are checked before anything is mailed.

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We certified-mail it

Pay once and we print and mail it to the owner, GC, and lender. You get a USPS tracking number on every copy.

Built on the Prelien directory

Already looking at the contractor who owes you?

Start a notice straight from any profile in our directory and we prefill the debtor for you, matched to their live CSLB license.

  • No account required to prepare or send
  • One flat fee, certified mail and tracking included
  • Owner, general contractor, and lender all served
  • Every copy tracked through USPS delivery

Don’t wait out the clock.

The 20-day window is unforgiving. Get your notice prepared, signed, and in the mail today.

Free to prepare. You only pay when you send.