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In Missouri, a mechanics lien must be filed within 6 months after the last day of services or materials were provided. This date is crucial to the rights of the project participant. The lien should be filed with the clerk of the circuit court in the county where the property is located.

Missouri law (R.S.Mo. 429.005. 1, et seq.) grants general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and laborers the ability to assert a mechanic's lien for labor and materials provided to a property, provided the lien is properly filed within six months of the last date of work (excluding warranty and corrective work).

429.010. Mechanics' and materialmen's lien, who may assert ? extent of lien. ? 1. Such lien shall be enforceable only against the property of the original purchaser of such plants unless the lien is filed against the property prior to the conveyance of such property to a third person.

The Mechanic's Lien Must Contain the Proper Legal Description. The statute requires the mechanic's lien to provide ?a true description of the property, or so near as to identify the same, upon which the lien is intended to apply? R.S.Mo. § 429.080; see also Breckenridge Material Co.

Compliance with this notice provision is a condition precedent to the creation of a valid mechanic's lien by an original contractor. A subcontractor or supplier not in privity of contract with a property's owner must provide the owner with at least 10 days' written notice prior to filing a lien statement.

A notice of intended sale limits the amount of time that contractors have to file a mechanics lien on the property. Typically, they have six months from the date of last work, but a notice shrinks this time to a 45-day window before closing.