Construction prompt payment act deadlines by US state — owner-to-contractor and contractor-to-subcontractor payment windows, retention release deadlines, and late-payment interest rates
State-by-state comparison of the statutory deadlines that govern how quickly parties on a construction project must pay each other. Each record is one state with the owner-to-contractor payment deadline (days from invoice), contractor-to-subcontractor flow-down deadline (days from receipt of payment), retention release deadline (days from completion), late-payment interest rate (monthly or annual), whether the statute covers private projects, public projects, or both, and the statutory citation. Deadlines range from 7 days (some flow-down requirements) to 45+ days. Interest rates range from 1% to 2% per month. Answers 'how many days does an owner have to pay me in [state]', 'when must I pay my subs after I get paid', and 'what interest rate can I charge for late payment on a construction project'.
The data
| State | Owner-to-GC payment deadline (days) | GC-to-sub flow-down deadline (days) | Late-payment interest rate | Project types covered | Attorney fees recoverable | Statutory citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 30 | 7 | 2% per month | both | yes | Cal. Civ. Code 8800; Cal. Pub. Cont. Code 10261.5, 20104.50 |
| Florida | 14 | 30 | judgment interest rate | both | yes | Fla. Stat. §§713.346(2) and 715.12; Fla. Stat. §§255.0705 et seq. |
| New York | 30 | 7 | 1% per month | both | NY Gen. Bus. Law §§756 et seq.; NY State Fin. Law §§139-f and 179-f, Gen. Mun. Law §106-b | |
| Texas | 35 | 7 | 1.5% per month | both | yes | Property Code Chapter 28; Government Code Chapter §2251 |
Where this came from
Every record above links the page it was taken from and quotes the sentence that states it. These are the 4 sources this dataset was assembled from.
- mechanicslien.comhttps://mechanicslien.com/california-prompt-payment-act/
- levelset.comhttps://www.levelset.com/prompt-payment/florida-prompt-payment-faqs/
- levelset.comhttps://www.levelset.com/prompt-payment/new-york-prompt-payment-faqs/
- levelset.comhttps://www.levelset.com/prompt-payment/texas-prompt-payment-faqs/
Machine-readable
- data.jsonThe whole dataset — every record with its source URL and source quote.
- Open Knowledge Format bundleOne JSON object per line — every record's frontmatter and quoted span exactly as it is held here, in one fetch.
- How this is made and checkedWhat "verified against source" does and does not mean.