Getting paid on a construction job and the owner, GC or lender wants a lien waiver before they cut the check? PaperKit drafts the exact statutory waiver: the claimant (a general contractor, subcontractor or material supplier) waives and releases its mechanic's-lien, payment-bond and stop-notice rights in exchange for payment. Pick the form — the single most important choice on any construction payment: a conditional waiver on a progress payment (effective only once the check actually clears, covering work through a date), an unconditional waiver on a progress payment (effective the instant it's signed — never sign it before you're paid), a conditional waiver on final payment, or an unconditional waiver on final payment (releases everything, including retention). Conditional vs unconditional is an effectiveness switch (does it bite before the money is in hand?); progress vs final is a scope switch (this draw only, or the whole job). Choose the role, set the contract amount, this payment, amount paid to date and retention %, and PaperKit computes the retention (reserved on a progress waiver, released on a final one) and the remaining unpaid balance, adds a reserved/excepted-claims carve-out for disputed extras and pending change orders, and assembles the whole waiver. The claimant is the one who executes and e-signs it. Hosted online for the claimant to review & e-sign. Clean PDF.
The big lever — the single most important choice on any construction payment. It folds two switches into the four statutory forms and drives the title, the effectiveness and the scope.
Conditional: this waiver becomes effective only once the claimant has actually received the payment (e.g. the check has cleared). Safe to sign when payment is on the way — until the money clears, all lien rights are retained.
Progress: releases lien rights only for work through the date / covered by this progress payment. Future work and (unless released) retention stay unwaived. PaperKit computes the remaining unpaid contract balance.
The claimant is the party that could file a mechanic's lien — a general contractor (prime contract with the owner), a subcontractor, or a material supplier. This tweaks the party labels and recitals.
A real, section-by-section construction lien waiver. The form choice drives whether it bites before the money clears and whether it covers this draw or the whole job; PaperKit computes the retention and remaining balance. Publish to get a hosted link the claimant can e-sign online.
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A lien waiver is a template for convenience, not legal advice. It affects valuable mechanic's-lien, payment-bond and stop-notice rights and, in several states, must be on a specific statutory form and sometimes notarized. Never sign an unconditional waiver before you have actually received and collected the payment. PaperKit is not a law firm. Review the waiver and consult a qualified attorney.