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An Arkansas Statement of Account and Claim of Lien must be filed with the circuit clerk of the county in which the property is located within 120 days of a claimant's last date or furnishing labor and/or materials to the project. Missing this deadline is fatal to a claimant's lien rights.

Prime contractors, subcontractors, materialmen and design professionals must file a mechanics' lien within 120 days of the last date the claimant provided labor or materials to the project.

Ing to the mechanics lien law, after your notices are served timely the lien must be filed in the county recorder's office in the county where the property is located. The lien may either be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, or personally served on each of the parties.

A judgment lien on the debtor's property is typically created automatically in the Arkansas county where the judgment is recorded; otherwise, the creditor must record the judgment with the clerk of the circuit court in the Arkansas county where the debtor's property is located.

A Notice of Intent to Lien (NOI) is a document sent to notify certain parties on a construction project of the consequences of non-payment. An NOI is a warning that if payment isn't made, the claimant intends to file a mechanics lien. It works a lot like a demand letter.

The Notice of Intent to Lien is essentially a 10-day notice to the property owner before you record a mechanics lien. Filing a mechanics lien in Arkansas must be done within 120 days of your last day of work, so you have to make sure that you serve the 10-day notice before this 120-day period elapses.