Fla. Stat. 713.58
Liens for labor or services on personal property

(1)

In favor of persons performing labor or services for any other person, upon the personal property of the latter upon which the labor or services is performed, or which is used in the business, occupation, or employment in which the labor or services is performed.

(2)

It is unlawful for any person, knowingly, willfully, and with intent to defraud, to remove any property upon which a lien has accrued under this section without first making full payment to the person performing labor or services of all sums due and payable for such labor or services or without first having the written consent of such person so performing the labor or services so to remove such property.

(3)

In that the possessory right and lien of the person performing labor or services under this section is released, relinquished, and lost by the removal of such property upon which a lien has accrued, it shall be deemed prima facie evidence of intent to defraud if, upon the removal of such property, the person removing such property utters, delivers, or gives any check, draft, or written order for the payment of money in payment of the indebtedness secured by the lien and then stops payment on such check, draft, or written order.

(4)

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 3 months.

Source: Section 713.58 — Liens for labor or services on personal property, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0713.­58 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

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 713.59
Liens for labor in raising crops 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 713.66
Liens for feed, etc., for racehorses, polo ponies and race dogs 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 713.70
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 713.78
Liens for recovering, towing, or storing vehicles and vessels 713.79
Liens for interior design services 713.585
Enforcement of lien by sale of motor vehicle 713.595
Liens for labor or services in ginning cotton 713.596
Molder’s liens 713.655
Liens for professional services of veterinarians 713.665
Liens for furnishing pest control 713.691
Landlord’s lien for rent 713.785
Liens for recovering, towing, or storing mobile homes

Current through Fall 2025

§ 713.58. Liens for labor or services on personal property's source at flsenate​.gov