(Construction Laws are current through 2008, statutes may be updated yearly.)

Chapter 489 CONTRACTING
        Part I: Construction Contracting (§§ 489.101 - 489.146)
        Part II:            Electrical And Alarm System Contracting (§§ 489.501 - 489.538)
 
Chapter 553 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS
        Part IV:           Florida Building Code (§§ 553.70 - 553.898)
           
Chapter 558   CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS (§§ 558.001- 558.005)
 
Chapter 713 LIENS, GENERALLY            
           Part I: Construction Liens (§§ 713.001 - 713.37)
           Part II:            Miscellaneous Liens (§§ 713.50 - 713.79)

CHAPTER 489

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING -- PART I

489.101 Purpose.

489.103 Exemptions.

489.105 Definitions.

489.107 Construction Industry Licensing Board.

489.108 Rulemaking authority.

489.109 Fees.

489.111 Licensure by examination.

489.113 Qualifications for practice; restrictions.

489.1136 Medical gas certification.

489.114 Evidence of workers' compensation coverage.

489.115 Certification and registration; endorsement; reciprocity; renewals; continuing education.

489.116 Inactive and delinquent status; renewal and cancellation notices.

489.117 Registration; specialty contractors.

489.118 Certification of registered contractors; grandfathering provisions.

489.119 Business organizations; qualifying agents.

489.1195 Responsibilities.

489.121 Emergency registration upon death of contractor.

489.124 Business records requirements; address of record; service.

489.125 Prequalification of certificateholders.

489.126 Moneys received by contractors.

489.127 Prohibitions; penalties.

489.128 Contracts entered into by unlicensed contractors unenforceable.

489.129 Disciplinary proceedings.

489.113 Unlicensed contracting; notice of noncompliance; fine; authority to issue or receive a building permit; web page.

489.131 Applicability.

489.132 Prohibited acts by unlicensed principals; investigation; hearing; penalties.

489.133 Pollutant storage systems specialty contractors; definitions; certification; restrictions.

489.134 Authority of licensed job scope.

489.140 Florida Homeowners' Construction Recovery Fund.

489.1401 Legislative intent.

489.1402 Homeowners' Construction Recovery Fund; definitions.

489.141 Conditions for recovery; eligibility.

489.142 Board powers relating to recovery; conduct of hearings and service.

489.1425 Duty of contractor to notify residential property owner of recovery fund.

489.143 Payment from the fund.

489.144 Investment of the fund.

489.145 Guaranteed energy performance savings contracting.

489.1455 Journeyman; reciprocity; standards.

489.146 Privatization of services.

CHAPTER 489

ELECTRICAL AND ALARM SYSTEM CONTRACTING - PART II

489.501 Purpose.

489.503 Exemptions.

489.505 Definitions.

489.507 Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board.

489.509 Fees.

489.510 Evidence of workers' compensation coverage.

489.511 Certification; application; examinations; endorsement.

489.513 Registration; application; requirements.

489.514 Certification for registered contractors; grandfathering provisions.

489.515 Issuance of certificates; registrations.

489.516 Qualifications to practice; restrictions; prerequisites.

489.517 Renewal of certificate or registration; continuing education.

489.518 Alarm system agents.

489.5185 Fire alarm system agents.

489.519 Inactive status.

489.520 Automated licensure status information system.

489.521 Business organizations; qualifying agents.

489.522 Qualifying agents; responsibilities.

489.523 Emergency registration upon death of contractor.

489.525 Report to local building officials.

489.529 Alarm verification calls required.

489.530 Audible alarms.

489.531 Prohibitions; penalties.

489.5315 Proprietary electrical or alarm contractors.

489.532 Contracts entered into by unlicensed contractors unenforceable.

489.533 Disciplinary proceedings.

489.5335 Journeyman; reciprocity; standards.

489.537 Application of this part.

489.538 Authority of licensed job scope.

CHAPTER 553

FLORIDA BUILDING CODE

553.70 Short title.

553.71 Definitions.

553.72 Intent.

553.721 Surcharge.

553.73 Florida Building Code.

553.731 Wind-borne-debris protection requirement.

553.74 Florida Building Commission.

553.75 Organization of commission; rules and regulations; meetings; staff; fiscal affairs.

553.76 General powers of the commission.

553.77 Specific powers of the commission.

553.775 Interpretations.

553.781 Licensee accountability.

553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections.

553.791 Alternative plans review and inspection.

553.792 Building permit application to local government.

553.80 Enforcement.

553.83 Injunctive relief.

553.84 Statutory civil action.

553.841 Building code compliance and mitigation program.

553.842 Product evaluation and approval.

553.8425 Local product approval.

553.844 Windstorm loss mitigation; requirements for roofs and opening protection.

553.85 Liquefied petroleum gases.

553.86 Public restrooms; ratio of facilities for men and women; application; incorporation into the Florida Building Code.

553.88 Adoption of electrical and alarm standards.

553.885 Carbon monoxide alarm required.

553.895 Firesafety.

553.896 Mitigation grant program guideline.

553.897 Rulemaking authority; effective date.

553.898 Preemption; certain special acts concerning general purpose local government repealed.

CHAPTER 558

CONSTRUCTION DEFECTS

558.001 Legislative findings and declaration.

558.002 Definitions.

558.003 Action; compliance.

558.004 Notice and opportunity to repair.

558.005 Contract provisions; application.

CHAPTER 713

CONSTRUCTION LIENS - PART I

713.001 Short title of part.

713.01 Definitions.

713.012  Written notices, demands, or requests.

713.015 Mandatory provisions for direct contracts.

713.02 Types of lienors and exemptions.

713.03  Liens for professional services.

713.04 Subdivision improvements.

713.05 Liens of persons in privity.

713.06 Liens of persons not in privity; proper payments.

713.07 Priority of liens.

713.08 Claim of lien.

713.09 Single claim of lien.

713.10 Extent of liens.

713.11 Liens for improving land in which the contracting party has no interest.

713.12 Liens for improving real property under contract with husband or wife on property of the other or of both.

713.13 Notice of commencement.

713.132 Notice of termination.

713.135 Notice of commencement and applicability of lien.

713.14 Application of money to materials account.

713.15 Repossession of materials not used.

713.16 Demand for copy of contract and statements of account; form.

713.165  Request for list of subcontractors and suppliers.

713.17 Materials not attachable for debts of purchaser.

713.18 Manner of serving notices and other instruments.

713.19 Assignment of lien.

713.20 Waiver or release of liens.

713.21 Discharge of lien.

713.22 Duration of lien.

713.23 Payment bond.

713.235 Waivers of right to claim against payment bond; forms.

713.24 Transfer of liens to security.

713.245 Conditional payment bond.

713.25 Applicability of ch. 65-456.

713.26 Redemption and sale.

713.27 Interplead.

713.28 Judgments in case of failure to establish liens; personal and deficiency judgments or decrees.

713.29 Attorney's fees.

713.30 Other actions not barred.

713.31 Remedies in case of fraud or collusion.

713.32  Insurance proceeds liable for demands.

713.33 Disbursing agent and others may rely on owner's notices.

713.345 Moneys received for real property improvements; penalty for misapplication.

713.346 Payment on construction contracts.

713.3471 Lender responsibilities with construction loans.

713.35 Making or furnishing false statement.

713.37 Rule of construction.

CHAPTER 713

MISCELLANEOUS LIENS - PART II

713.50 Liens upon property.

713.56 Liens for labor on and with machines, etc.

713.57 Liens for labor on logs and timber.

713.58 Liens for labor or services on personal property.

713.585 Enforcement of lien by sale of motor vehicle.

713.59 Liens for labor in raising crops.

713.595 Liens for labor or services in ginning cotton.

713.596 Molder's liens.

713.60 Liens for labor on or for vessels.

713.61 Liens for manufacturing and repairing articles.

713.62 Liens for furnishing articles to be manufactured.

713.63 Liens for furnishing locomotives, machinery, etc.

713.64 Liens for furnishing material for vessels.

713.65 Liens for care and maintenance of animals.

713.655 Liens for professional services of veterinarians.

713.66 Liens for feed, etc., for racehorses, polo ponies and race dogs.

713.665 Liens for furnishing pest control.

713.67 Liens for board, lodging, etc., at hotels, etc.

713.68 Liens for hotels, apartment houses, roominghouses, boardinghouses, etc.

713.69 Unlawful to remove property upon which lien has accrued.

713.691 Landlord's lien for rent; exemptions.

713.70 Lien for service of stallions and other animals.

713.71 Liens for loans and advances.

713.73 Priority of foregoing liens.

713.74 Acquisition of liens by persons in privity with the owner.

713.75 Acquisition of liens by persons not in privity with the owner.

713.76 Release of lien by filing bond.

713.77 Liens of owners, operators, or keepers of mobile home or recreational vehicle parks; ejection of occupants.

713.78 Liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles and vessels.

713.785 Liens for recovering, towing, or storing mobile homes.

713.79 Liens for interior design services.