Connecticut · Conn. Gen. Stat. §§49-34, 49-39Connecticut mechanic's lien deadlines: the 90-day certificate, service on the owner and the one-year foreclosure

In Connecticut, a mechanic's lien isn't valid unless the claimant, within 90 days after it stopped performing services or furnishing materials, lodges a sworn certificate with the town clerk of the town where the property is – describing the premises, the amount claimed, the person against whom it's filed and the date work began – and, no later than 30 days after lodging it, serves a true and attested copy on the owner (Conn. Gen. Stat. §49-34). The lien lasts no more than one year after it's perfected unless the claimant starts an action to foreclose it and records a notice of lis pendens on the town land records within one year of recording – or within 60 days after a court decides an owner's application to discharge or reduce the lien, if later; otherwise it's invalid and discharged as a matter of law (§49-39).