From invoice to notice in one paste
Paste your invoice text and we pull the customer, job address, amount, and dates, then hand them straight into the California preliminary notice flow, so you protect your payment without retyping a thing.
Paste an invoice and we'll pull the parties, job address, amount, and dates, then carry them into your preliminary notice.
Not legal advice. Extraction is assistive, review every field before serving. A preliminary notice must identify the parties correctly to be effective; confirm names against the contractor's CSLB record.
Your invoice already has everything the notice needs
A California preliminary notice and a construction invoice describe the same job: who you billed, where the work happened, how much you're owed, and when you started. The slow part of serving a notice is copying those details across by hand, which is also where typos and wrong-party mistakes creep in. This tool reads them straight off the invoice you already wrote.
What it pulls
It scans for the customer you billed (usually the contractor you'll serve), your own business as claimant, the job site address, the amount owed, and the first-furnished and invoice dates. Each field is marked found or flagged for review, so you can see at a glance what to confirm before continuing.
Identify the right party
The most important field is the party you serve. On a typical job that's the general contractor you billed, and the notice is only effective if their name and address are right. Confirm the customer against the public CSLB contractor record before you serve.
Mind the clock
The first-furnished date the tool extracts drives your 20-day deadline. Check it against the deadline calculator so you know exactly how long you have once the details are loaded.
Frequently asked questions
How does invoice-to-notice work?
Paste the text of your construction invoice (or upload a .txt export) and the tool scans it for the customer you billed, your business, the job address, the amount, and the first-furnished and invoice dates. It shows what it found, flags anything it couldn't read, and carries the details into the preliminary notice flow so you don't retype them.
Will it read a PDF or a photo of my invoice?
This version reads pasted text and plain-text (.txt) files. If your invoice is a PDF, copy the text out and paste it in. Always review every extracted field, automated extraction is assistive and can misread an unusual invoice layout.
Why does the recipient need to be exactly right?
A California preliminary notice only protects your rights if it correctly identifies the parties. The customer you billed is usually the contractor you serve, so confirm the name against their CSLB record before serving. Prelien links the matching public record when it can.
Is this legal advice?
No. This tool is a document-preparation aid that extracts fields from your invoice and pre-fills a notice; it is not an attorney and does not assess your claim. Confirm the parties and your deadline before you serve.