Kentucky
For Kentucky, preliminary notice required is conditional — not required for GC; subs/suppliers must serve Pre-Lien Notice within 75 days on residential or 120 days on commercial after last furnishing; notice name is Pre-Lien Notice; notice deadline — gc (days) is not required; notice deadline — sub/supplier (days) is 120; lien recording deadline — gc (days) is 6 months, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.
- State
- Kentucky
- Preliminary notice required
- conditional — not required for GC; subs/suppliers must serve Pre-Lien Notice within 75 days on residential or 120 days on commercial after last furnishing our reading
- Notice name
- Pre-Lien Notice verified
- Notice deadline — GC (days)
- not required
- Notice deadline — sub/supplier (days)
- 120 verified
- Lien recording deadline — GC (days)
- 6 months
- Lien recording deadline — sub/supplier (days)
- 6 months
- Enforcement deadline (days)
- 12 months
- Late notice consequence
- forfeiture our reading
- Statute
- K.R.S. §376.010 et seq.
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Serve a written Pre-Lien Notice on the owner stating that labor or materials are being furnished and that the property will be held responsible. On owner-occupied single or two-family residences: serve within 75 days of last furnishing labor or materials. On all other projects: serve within 120 days of last furnishing labor or materials.
— mechanicslien.com, retrieved 2026-08-14
Source
- mechanicslien.comhttps://mechanicslien.com/kentucky