DeSoto County, Florida — Notice of Commencement

A primarily agricultural Southwest Florida county where Notice of Commencement filings tend to be for ranch buildings, single-family homes, and small commercial. Florida law (Fla. Stat. § 713.13) requires a recorded Notice of Commencement for most direct contracts over $2,500 — recorded with the DeSoto County Clerk of the Circuit Court in Arcadia, and posted on the jobsite before the first inspection.