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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Justin,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>My understanding is that the lien will only attached to whatever interest the owner has (when I say owner I mean the person with whom the contractor has privity or that received the NTO). So if it is with a tenant, the lien only attaches to the leasehold interest absent a separate NTO to the owner.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Laurie B. 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If you suspect that you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone (941) 923-1685, or e-mail at <a href="mailto:lauriesams@comcast.net">lauriesams@comcast.net</a> and immediately delete this message and all of its attachments. </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Justin Zinzow<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 15, 2018 2:14 PM<br><b>To:</b> clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [CLC-Discussion] Is a Notice to Owner to the Fee Simple Owner required when the contractor is in privity with the lessee?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Dear subcommittee: I have a question I would appreciate your input on. Is a Notice to Owner to the Fee Simple Owner required when the contractor is in privity with the lessee?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>My instinct was immediately “of course.” However, section 713.01 defines owner as “a person who is the owner of any legal or equitable interest in real property, which interest can be sold by legal process, and who enters into a contract for the improvement of the real property.” A leasehold interest is an equitable interest in real property.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>So could it be that a lessee with whom the lienor is in privity is deemed “owner” for NTO purposes such that no notice to owner is required <u>and</u> the lien attaches to the fee simple interest (assuming the lease requires the lessee to make improvements to the property and there is no limitation of lien rights recorded by the fee owner)?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=259 valign=top style='width:2.7in;border-top:solid gray 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid gray 1.5pt;border-right:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Justin R. 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