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title: Arizona 20-Day Preliminary Notice
description: Generate an Arizona Preliminary Twenty Day Lien Notice for a supported private project, review the statutory PDF, and mail each copy by Certified Mail with PostalForm.
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published: 2026-05-30
updated: 2026-07-11
tags:
  - business
  - construction
  - contractors
  - collections
  - legal notices
  - arizona
path: /forms/arizona-20-day-preliminary-notice
---
# Arizona 20-Day Preliminary Notice

Generate an Arizona Preliminary Twenty Day Lien Notice for a supported private project, review the statutory PDF, and mail each copy by Certified Mail with PostalForm.

## How it works
1. **Confirm that the private project and claimant fit this workflow, then enter the Arizona project, first furnishing date, notice sequence, price estimate, and recipients.** - 
2. **PostalForm generates the Arizona Preliminary Twenty Day Lien Notice using the information and signature you provide.** - 
3. **Review the generated statutory notice and acknowledgment before continuing.** - 
4. **PostalForm creates one Certified Mail mailpiece for each recipient so you can check out and track each mailing.** -


## Form summary
Arizona 20-Day Preliminary Notice helps eligible subcontractors, suppliers, equipment lessors, design professionals, and construction businesses create the statutory notice, send copies to every required project party, and retain recipient-specific mailing records.

## What you need
- Your claimant or business contact information and return address
- The Arizona project address, county, and first furnishing date
- A general description of labor, professional services, materials, machinery, fixtures, or tools furnished or to be furnished
- An estimate of the total price of the work or materials furnished or to be furnished
- Owner or reputed owner mailing details
- Original contractor or reputed contractor mailing details
- Construction lender or reputed lender mailing details identified after reasonable project and title-record review
- The party you contracted with if different from the original contractor
- Whether an earlier notice was sent and whether the price has increased by 30% or more
- An authorized signer and signature date

## Data collected
- Claimant business details, contact details, role, and return address
- Private-project and claimant-eligibility confirmations
- Arizona project address, county, first furnishing date, legal or site description, and work or materials description
- Whether this is an initial, 30-percent price-update, or separate-contract notice
- Owner or reputed owner and original contractor mailing details
- Construction lender or reputed lender details identified after reasonable project and title-record review
- Party the claimant contracted with if different from the original contractor
- Estimated total price, prior-notice details when applicable, authorized signature, and optional supporting documents

## Where it gets mailed
You will enter the recipient address during checkout.

## Packet order
- Arizona Preliminary Twenty Day Lien Notice
- Statutory acknowledgment of receipt

## Common mistakes
- Waiting too long after the first furnishing date to prepare and mail the notice.
- Leaving out a required recipient role, including a construction lender or reputed lender shown in project or title records.
- Using only the job site address when a recipient needs notice at a business or mailing address.
- Omitting the estimated total price, failing to send a subsequent notice after a 30% or greater increase, or combining work under different subcontractor contracts.
- Treating the deadline helper as legal advice instead of confirming the rule for the project.

## Agent summary
Collect private-project eligibility, Arizona project, claimant, first-furnishing, notice-sequence, recipient, price-estimate, and signer details needed to generate an Arizona Preliminary Twenty Day Lien Notice and prepare multi-recipient Certified Mail.

## For assistants
Use the Forms Draft API to prefill this form and generate a preview PDF.
- Endpoint: `POST /api/forms/arizona-20-day-preliminary-notice/drafts`
- Payload: `{ fields: { ... }, attachments: [{ id, label, base64 }] }`
- Required fields: project_in_arizona, private_construction_project, claimant_role, supported_lien_claimant_confirmed, owner_occupied_dwelling_eligibility_confirmed, payment_bond_eligibility_confirmed, first_work_date, notice_sequence, prior_notice_date, prior_notice_estimated_total_price, separate_contract_notice_acknowledged, sender_name, claimant_contact_person, sender_email, sender_address, project_description, project_county, job_site_address, work_summary, estimated_total_price, owner_name, owner_address, original_contractor_name, original_contractor_address, lender_record_review_completed, has_construction_lender, lender_name, lender_address, contracted_with_original_contractor, hiring_party_name, hiring_party_address, additional_recipient_name, additional_recipient_address, claimant_signature, signature_date, signature_authority_acknowledged, information_accuracy_acknowledged, deadline_review_acknowledged, recipient_selection_acknowledged, not_legal_advice_acknowledged
- Notes: This workflow is limited to supported private Arizona construction projects. It does not discover owners, lenders, bonds, or licensing status; prepare public-project bond notices; file liens; record county documents; guarantee lien validity; or provide legal advice.

## LLM field schema
```json
[
  {
    "id": "project_in_arizona",
    "label": "I confirm the project is in Arizona.",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "eligibility",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "private_construction_project",
    "label": "I confirm this is a private construction project, not a public or government project.",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "eligibility",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "claimant_role",
    "label": "Your role on the project",
    "type": "select",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "eligibility",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "supported_lien_claimant_confirmed",
    "label": "I confirm the claimant is not merely an employee performing actual labor for wages, holds every required contractor license or professional registration, and, if furnishing professional services, has the agreement relationship required by A.R.S. section 33-981(F).",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "eligibility",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "owner_occupied_dwelling_eligibility_confirmed",
    "label": "I confirm either the property is not an owner-occupied one- or two-family dwelling, or the claimant has a written contract directly with the owner-occupant.",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "eligibility",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "payment_bond_eligibility_confirmed",
    "label": "I confirm either no payment bond recorded under A.R.S. section 33-1003 removes this claimant's lien rights, or the claimant has a written contract directly with the owner.",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "eligibility",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
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  },
  {
    "id": "first_work_date",
    "label": "First date you furnished labor, professional services, materials, machinery, fixtures, or tools to the jobsite",
    "type": "date",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": "date",
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "notice_scope",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "notice_sequence",
    "label": "What kind of preliminary notice is this?",
    "type": "select",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "notice_scope",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "prior_notice_date",
    "label": "Date of the prior preliminary notice",
    "type": "date",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": "date",
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "notice_scope",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": {
      "fieldId": "notice_sequence",
      "operator": "equals",
      "value": "Subsequent notice - estimated total increased by 30% or more"
    },
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "prior_notice_estimated_total_price",
    "label": "Estimated total price stated in the prior notice",
    "type": "text",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": "currency",
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "notice_scope",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": {
      "fieldId": "notice_sequence",
      "operator": "equals",
      "value": "Subsequent notice - estimated total increased by 30% or more"
    },
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "separate_contract_notice_acknowledged",
    "label": "I understand separate notice requirements apply to labor, services, materials, machinery, fixtures, or tools furnished under contracts with more than one subcontractor.",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "notice_scope",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "sender_name",
    "label": "Claimant business or individual name",
    "type": "text",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "sender",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
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  },
  {
    "id": "claimant_contact_person",
    "label": "Claimant contact person",
    "type": "text",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "sender",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "claimant_title",
    "label": "Contact title (optional)",
    "type": "text",
    "required": false,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "sender",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "sender_email",
    "label": "Claimant email",
    "type": "text",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": "email",
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "sender",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "sender_phone",
    "label": "Claimant phone (optional)",
    "type": "text",
    "required": false,
    "meta_class": "phone",
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "sender",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "sender_address",
    "label": "Claimant mailing address",
    "type": "address",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "sender",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "project_name",
    "label": "Project name (optional)",
    "type": "text",
    "required": false,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "project",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "project_description",
    "label": "Project description",
    "type": "textarea",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "project",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "project_county",
    "label": "Arizona county",
    "type": "text",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "project",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "job_site_address",
    "label": "Arizona project site address",
    "type": "address",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "project",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "legal_description",
    "label": "Legal description, lot, parcel, or extra site description (optional)",
    "type": "textarea",
    "required": false,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "project",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "work_summary",
    "label": "General description of labor, services, materials, machinery, fixtures, or tools",
    "type": "textarea",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "project",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "estimated_total_price",
    "label": "Estimated total price of work or materials",
    "type": "text",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": "currency",
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "project",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "owner_name",
    "label": "Owner or reputed owner legal name",
    "type": "text",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "owner",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "owner_company_name",
    "label": "Additional owner name or attention line (optional)",
    "type": "text",
    "required": false,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "owner",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "owner_address",
    "label": "Owner or reputed owner mailing address",
    "type": "address",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "owner",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "original_contractor_name",
    "label": "Original contractor or reputed contractor legal name",
    "type": "text",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "original_contractor",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "original_contractor_company_name",
    "label": "Additional contractor name or attention line (optional)",
    "type": "text",
    "required": false,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "original_contractor",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "original_contractor_address",
    "label": "Original contractor or reputed contractor mailing address",
    "type": "address",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "original_contractor",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "lender_record_review_completed",
    "label": "I completed a reasonable review of the contract, project records, and available title or county records for a construction lender or reputed construction lender.",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "lender_question",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "has_construction_lender",
    "label": "After that review, did you identify a construction lender or reputed construction lender?",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": "yes_no",
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "lender_question",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "lender_name",
    "label": "Construction lender or reputed lender legal name",
    "type": "text",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "lender",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": {
      "fieldId": "has_construction_lender",
      "operator": "truthy"
    },
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "lender_company_name",
    "label": "Additional lender name or attention line (optional)",
    "type": "text",
    "required": false,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "lender",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": {
      "fieldId": "has_construction_lender",
      "operator": "truthy"
    },
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "lender_address",
    "label": "Construction lender or reputed lender mailing address",
    "type": "address",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "lender",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": {
      "fieldId": "has_construction_lender",
      "operator": "truthy"
    },
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "contracted_with_original_contractor",
    "label": "Did you contract with the original contractor?",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": "yes_no",
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "hiring_party_question",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "hiring_party_name",
    "label": "Legal name of the party you contracted with",
    "type": "text",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "hiring_party",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": {
      "fieldId": "contracted_with_original_contractor",
      "operator": "falsy"
    },
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "hiring_party_company_name",
    "label": "Additional contracting-party name or attention line (optional)",
    "type": "text",
    "required": false,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "hiring_party",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": {
      "fieldId": "contracted_with_original_contractor",
      "operator": "falsy"
    },
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "hiring_party_address",
    "label": "Contracting party mailing address",
    "type": "address",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "hiring_party",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": {
      "fieldId": "contracted_with_original_contractor",
      "operator": "falsy"
    },
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "include_additional_recipient",
    "label": "Add another recipient?",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": false,
    "meta_class": "yes_no",
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "additional",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "additional_recipient_name",
    "label": "Additional recipient contact name",
    "type": "text",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "additional",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": {
      "fieldId": "include_additional_recipient",
      "operator": "truthy"
    },
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "additional_recipient_company_name",
    "label": "Additional recipient company (optional)",
    "type": "text",
    "required": false,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "additional",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": {
      "fieldId": "include_additional_recipient",
      "operator": "truthy"
    },
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "additional_recipient_address",
    "label": "Additional recipient mailing address",
    "type": "address",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "additional",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": {
      "fieldId": "include_additional_recipient",
      "operator": "truthy"
    },
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "claimant_signature",
    "label": "Authorized claimant signature",
    "type": "signature",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "acknowledgements",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "signature_date",
    "label": "Signature date",
    "type": "date",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": "date",
    "ui_width": "half",
    "group_id": "acknowledgements",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "signature_authority_acknowledged",
    "label": "I am the claimant or am authorized to sign for the claimant, and I intend this signature to authenticate the notice.",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "acknowledgements",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "information_accuracy_acknowledged",
    "label": "I confirm the information I entered is accurate to the best of my knowledge.",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "acknowledgements",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "deadline_review_acknowledged",
    "label": "I understand the deadline helper is only an estimate and I am responsible for confirming the correct deadline.",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "acknowledgements",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "recipient_selection_acknowledged",
    "label": "I confirm I am responsible for selecting the correct recipients and mailing addresses.",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "acknowledgements",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  },
  {
    "id": "not_legal_advice_acknowledged",
    "label": "I understand PostalForm is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.",
    "type": "checkbox",
    "required": true,
    "meta_class": null,
    "ui_width": null,
    "group_id": "acknowledgements",
    "choice_group": null,
    "choice_label": null,
    "visibility": null,
    "compound_subfields": null
  }
]
```

## Sources
- [Arizona Revised Statutes section 33-992.01](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/00992-01.htm)
- [Arizona Revised Statutes section 33-992.02](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/00992-02.htm)
- [Arizona Revised Statutes section 33-981](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/00981.htm)
- [Arizona Revised Statutes section 33-1002](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01002.htm)
- [Arizona Revised Statutes section 33-1003](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/01003.htm)
- [Official instructions](https://www.azleg.gov/ars/33/00992-01.htm)

## Last verified
2026-07-11


## FAQs
- **Does PostalForm decide who must receive the Arizona preliminary notice?** No. The workflow prompts for the owner, original contractor, construction lender or reputed lender identified after reasonable record review, and contracting party under Arizona Revised Statutes section 33-992.01, but you are responsible for confirming the correct parties.
- **Can I send the Arizona notice to more than one recipient?** Yes. The workflow collects multiple recipients and creates one addressed Certified Mail piece for each selected recipient.
- **Can I attach invoices or project records?** Not in this statutory workflow. It keeps the Arizona notice and acknowledgment separate from larger-type exhibits so the required notice text remains at least as large as the other type in the notice document.


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