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This release covers a progress payment for all labor, services, equipment or materials furnished to the jobsite or to ______________________________________________________________,\n(person with whom undersigned contracted)\nthrough _______________ only and does not cover any retention,\n(date)\npending modifications and changes or items furnished after that date. Before any recipient of this document relies on it, that person should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned.\nThe undersigned warrants that he either has already paid or will use the monies he receives from this progress payment to promptly pay in full all of his laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver.\nDate: ____________________ _________________________________\n(Company name)\nBy: ____________________________\n(Signature)\n_________________________________\n(Title)", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "Conditional waiver and release on progress payment", "Project: ______________________", "Job No.: ______________________", "On receipt by the undersigned of a check from _________________", "(maker of check)", "in the sum of $______________ payable to _______________________", "(amount of check) (payee or payees of check)", "and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank on which it is drawn, this document becomes effective to release any mechanic's lien, any state or federal statutory bond right, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the undersigned's position that the undersigned has on the job of ______________________________________________________________", "(owner)", "located at __________________________________ to the following", "(job description)", "extent. This release covers a progress payment for all labor, services, equipment or materials furnished to the jobsite or to ______________________________________________________________,", "(person with whom undersigned contracted)", "through _______________ only and does not cover any retention,", "(date)", "pending modifications and changes or items furnished after that date. Before any recipient of this document relies on it, that person should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned.", "The undersigned warrants that he either has already paid or will use the monies he receives from this progress payment to promptly pay in full all of his laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver.", "Date: ____________________ _________________________________", "(Company name)", "By: ____________________________", "(Signature)", "_________________________________", "(Title)" ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 17, "textSource": "official-live", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": null, "sourceId": "az-0", "file": "framingandfigures-arizona-conditional-waiver-progress-payment.docx", "publishable": true }, { "slug": "unconditional-waiver-progress-payment", "kind": "form", "name": "Unconditional waiver and release on progress payment", "citation": "A.R.S. § 33-1008(D)(2)", "statuteText": "Unconditional waiver and release on progress payment\nProject: _________________\nJob No.: _________________\nThe undersigned has been paid and has received a progress payment in the sum of $_____________ for all labor, services, equipment or material furnished to the jobsite or to ______________________________________________________________\n(person with whom undersigned contracted)\non the job of ________________________________________________\n(owner)\nlocated at ___________________________________________________\n(job description)\nand does hereby release any mechanic's lien, any state or federal statutory bond right, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the undersigned's position that the undersigned has on the above referenced project to the following extent. This release covers a progress payment for all labor, services, equipment or materials furnished to the jobsite or to _______________________________________________________________\n(person with whom undersigned contracted)\nthrough ________________ only and does not cover any retention,\n(date)\npending modifications and changes or items furnished after that date.\nThe undersigned warrants that he either has already paid or will use the monies he receives from this progress payment to promptly pay in full all of his laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver.\nDated: ____________________ ________________________________\n(Company name)\nBy: ____________________________\n(Signature)\n________________________________\n(Title)\n(Each unconditional waiver shall contain the following language, in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document:)\nNotice: This document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. This document is enforceable against you if you sign it, even if you have not been paid. 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This release covers a progress payment for all labor, services, equipment or materials furnished to the jobsite or to _______________________________________________________________", "(person with whom undersigned contracted)", "through ________________ only and does not cover any retention,", "(date)", "pending modifications and changes or items furnished after that date.", "The undersigned warrants that he either has already paid or will use the monies he receives from this progress payment to promptly pay in full all of his laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver.", "Dated: ____________________ ________________________________", "(Company name)", "By: ____________________________", "(Signature)", "________________________________", "(Title)", "Notice: This document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. 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Before any recipient of this document relies on it, the person should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned.\nThe undersigned warrants that he either has already paid or will use the monies he receives from this final payment to promptly pay in full all his laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver.\nDated: ____________________ _________________________________\n(Company name)\nBy: _____________________________\n(Signature)\n_________________________________\n(Title)", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "Conditional waiver and release on final payment", "Project: _______________", "Job No.: _______________", "On receipt by the undersigned of a check from ________________", "(maker of check)", "in the sum of $_________________ payable to ____________________", "(amount of check) (payee or payees of check)", "and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank on which it is drawn, this document becomes effective to release any mechanic's lien, any state or federal statutory bond right, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the undersigned's position, the undersigned has on the job of ___________________ located at ______________________________.", "(owner) (job description)", "This release covers the final payment to the undersigned for all labor, services, equipment or materials furnished to the jobsite or to _________________________________________________________,", "(person with whom undersigned contracted)", "except for disputed claims in the amount of $__________. Before any recipient of this document relies on it, the person should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned.", "The undersigned warrants that he either has already paid or will use the monies he receives from this final payment to promptly pay in full all his laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver.", "Dated: ____________________ _________________________________", "(Company name)", "By: _____________________________", "(Signature)", "_________________________________", "(Title)" ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 13, "textSource": "official-live", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": null, "sourceId": "az-0", "file": "framingandfigures-arizona-conditional-waiver-final-payment.docx", "publishable": true }, { "slug": "unconditional-waiver-final-payment", "kind": "form", "name": "Unconditional waiver and release on final payment", "citation": "A.R.S. § 33-1008(D)(4)", "statuteText": "Unconditional waiver and release on final payment\nProject: _______________\nJob No.: _______________\nThe undersigned has been paid in full for all labor, services, equipment or material furnished to the jobsite or to _______________________________________________________________,\n(person with whom undersigned contracted)\non the job of _____________ located at _______________________\n(owner) (job description)\nand does hereby waive and release any right to mechanic's lien, any state or federal statutory bond right, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the undersigned's position, except for disputed claims for extra work in the amount of $ ___________.\nThe undersigned warrants that he either has already paid or will use the monies he receives from this final payment to promptly pay in full all of his laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment or services provided for or to the above referenced project.\nDated: ____________________ _________________________________\n(Company name)\nBy: ____________________________\n(Signature)\n_________________________________\n(Title)\n(Each unconditional waiver shall contain the following language in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document:)\nNotice:\nThis document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. This document is enforceable against you if you sign it, even if you have not been paid. If you have not been paid, use a conditional release form.", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [ "(Each unconditional waiver shall contain the following language in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document:)" ], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "Unconditional waiver and release on final payment", "Project: _______________", "Job No.: _______________", "The undersigned has been paid in full for all labor, services, equipment or material furnished to the jobsite or to _______________________________________________________________,", "(person with whom undersigned contracted)", "on the job of _____________ located at _______________________", "(owner) (job description)", "and does hereby waive and release any right to mechanic's lien, any state or federal statutory bond right, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the undersigned's position, except for disputed claims for extra work in the amount of $ ___________.", "The undersigned warrants that he either has already paid or will use the monies he receives from this final payment to promptly pay in full all of his laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment or services provided for or to the above referenced project.", "Dated: ____________________ _________________________________", "(Company name)", "By: ____________________________", "(Signature)", "_________________________________", "(Title)", "Notice:", "This document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. 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This document is effective only on the claimant’s receipt of payment from the financial institution on which the following check is drawn:\nMaker of Check:\nAmount of Check: $\nCheck Payable to:\nExceptions\nThis document does not affect any of the following:\n(1) Retentions.\n(2) Extras for which the claimant has not received payment.\n(3) The following progress payments for which the claimant has previously given a conditional waiver and release but has not received payment:\nDate(s) of waiver and release:\nAmount(s) of unpaid progress payment(s): $\n(4) Contract rights, including (A) a right based on rescission, abandonment, or breach of contract, and (B) the right to recover compensation for work not compensated by the payment.\nSignature\nClaimant’s Signature:\nClaimant’s Title:\nDate of Signature:", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON PROGRESS PAYMENT", "NOTICE: THIS DOCUMENT WAIVES THE CLAIMANT’S LIEN, STOP PAYMENT NOTICE, AND PAYMENT BOND RIGHTS EFFECTIVE ON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT. 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Civ. Code § 8134", "statuteText": "UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON PROGRESS PAYMENT\nNOTICE TO CLAIMANT: THIS DOCUMENT WAIVES AND RELEASES LIEN, STOP PAYMENT NOTICE, AND PAYMENT BOND RIGHTS UNCONDITIONALLY AND STATES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PAID FOR GIVING UP THOSE RIGHTS. THIS DOCUMENT IS ENFORCEABLE AGAINST YOU IF YOU SIGN IT, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAID. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAID, USE A CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE FORM.\nIdentifying Information\nName of Claimant:\nName of Customer:\nJob Location:\nOwner:\nThrough Date:\nUnconditional Waiver and Release\nThis document waives and releases lien, stop payment notice, and payment bond rights the claimant has for labor and service provided, and equipment and material delivered, to the customer on this job through the Through Date of this document. Rights based upon labor or service provided, or equipment or material delivered, pursuant to a written change order that has been fully executed by the parties prior to the date that this document is signed by the claimant, are waived and released by this document, unless listed as an Exception below. The claimant has received the following progress payment: $\nExceptions\nThis document does not affect any of the following:\n(1) Retentions.\n(2) Extras for which the claimant has not received payment.\n(3) Contract rights, including (A) a right based on rescission, abandonment, or breach of contract, and (B) the right to recover compensation for work not compensated by the payment.\nSignature\nClaimant’s Signature:\nClaimant’s Title:\nDate of Signature:", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON PROGRESS PAYMENT", "NOTICE TO CLAIMANT: THIS DOCUMENT WAIVES AND RELEASES LIEN, STOP PAYMENT NOTICE, AND PAYMENT BOND RIGHTS UNCONDITIONALLY AND STATES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PAID FOR GIVING UP THOSE RIGHTS. THIS DOCUMENT IS ENFORCEABLE AGAINST YOU IF YOU SIGN IT, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAID. 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Civ. Code § 8136", "statuteText": "CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON FINAL PAYMENT\nNOTICE: THIS DOCUMENT WAIVES THE CLAIMANT’S LIEN, STOP PAYMENT NOTICE, AND PAYMENT BOND RIGHTS EFFECTIVE ON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT. A PERSON SHOULD NOT RELY ON THIS DOCUMENT UNLESS SATISFIED THAT THE CLAIMANT HAS RECEIVED PAYMENT.\nIdentifying Information\nName of Claimant:\nName of Customer:\nJob Location:\nOwner:\nConditional Waiver and Release\nThis document waives and releases lien, stop payment notice, and payment bond rights the claimant has for labor and service provided, and equipment and material delivered, to the customer on this job. Rights based upon labor or service provided, or equipment or material delivered, pursuant to a written change order that has been fully executed by the parties prior to the date that this document is signed by the claimant, are waived and released by this document, unless listed as an Exception below. This document is effective only on the claimant’s receipt of payment from the financial institution on which the following check is drawn:\nMaker of Check:\nAmount of Check: $\nCheck Payable to:\nExceptions\nThis document does not affect any of the following:\nDisputed claims for extras in the amount of: $\nSignature\nClaimant’s Signature:\nClaimant’s Title:\nDate of Signature:", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON FINAL PAYMENT", "NOTICE: THIS DOCUMENT WAIVES THE CLAIMANT’S LIEN, STOP PAYMENT NOTICE, AND PAYMENT BOND RIGHTS EFFECTIVE ON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT. 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This document is effective only on the claimant’s receipt of payment from the financial institution on which the following check is drawn:", "Maker of Check:", "Amount of Check: $", "Check Payable to:", "Exceptions", "This document does not affect any of the following:", "Disputed claims for extras in the amount of: $", "Signature", "Claimant’s Signature:", "Claimant’s Title:", "Date of Signature:" ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0 ] }, "writingSpace": [ { "after": 3, "count": 1 }, { "after": 4, "count": 1 }, { "after": 5, "count": 1 }, { "after": 6, "count": 1 }, { "after": 9, "count": 1 }, { "after": 10, "count": 1 }, { "after": 11, "count": 1 }, { "after": 14, "count": 1 }, { "after": 16, "count": 1 }, { "after": 17, "count": 1 }, { "after": 18, "count": 1 } ], "keepFrom": 15, "textSource": "official-live", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": null, "sourceId": "ca-8", "file": "framingandfigures-california-conditional-waiver-final-payment.docx", "publishable": true }, { "slug": "unconditional-waiver-final-payment", "kind": "form", "name": "Unconditional waiver and release on final payment", "citation": "Cal. Civ. Code § 8138", "statuteText": "UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON FINAL PAYMENT\nNOTICE TO CLAIMANT: THIS DOCUMENT WAIVES AND RELEASES LIEN, STOP PAYMENT NOTICE, AND PAYMENT BOND RIGHTS UNCONDITIONALLY AND STATES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PAID FOR GIVING UP THOSE RIGHTS. THIS DOCUMENT IS ENFORCEABLE AGAINST YOU IF YOU SIGN IT, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAID. IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAID, USE A CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE FORM.\nIdentifying Information\nName of Claimant:\nName of Customer:\nJob Location:\nOwner:\nUnconditional Waiver and Release\nThis document waives and releases lien, stop payment notice, and payment bond rights the claimant has for all labor and service provided, and equipment and material delivered, to the customer on this job. Rights based upon labor or service provided, or equipment or material delivered, pursuant to a written change order that has been fully executed by the parties prior to the date that this document is signed by the claimant, are waived and released by this document, unless listed as an Exception below. The claimant has been paid in full.\nExceptions\nThis document does not affect the following:\nDisputed claims for extras in the amount of: $\nSignature\nClaimant’s Signature:\nClaimant’s Title:\nDate of Signature:", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON FINAL PAYMENT", "NOTICE TO CLAIMANT: THIS DOCUMENT WAIVES AND RELEASES LIEN, STOP PAYMENT NOTICE, AND PAYMENT BOND RIGHTS UNCONDITIONALLY AND STATES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PAID FOR GIVING UP THOSE RIGHTS. THIS DOCUMENT IS ENFORCEABLE AGAINST YOU IF YOU SIGN IT, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN PAID. 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The claimant has been paid in full.", "Exceptions", "This document does not affect the following:", "Disputed claims for extras in the amount of: $", "Signature", "Claimant’s Signature:", "Claimant’s Title:", "Date of Signature:" ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0 ] }, "writingSpace": [ { "after": 3, "count": 1 }, { "after": 4, "count": 1 }, { "after": 5, "count": 1 }, { "after": 6, "count": 1 }, { "after": 11, "count": 1 }, { "after": 13, "count": 1 }, { "after": 14, "count": 1 }, { "after": 15, "count": 1 } ], "keepFrom": 12, "textSource": "official-live", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": null, "sourceId": "ca-9", "file": "framingandfigures-california-unconditional-waiver-final-payment.docx", "publishable": true } ], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "ca-0", "ca-1", "ca-2", "ca-3", "ca-4", "ca-5", "ca-6", "ca-7", "ca-8", "ca-9" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "CO", "name": "Colorado", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Colorado prints no waiver form, but an agreement to waive lien rights must contain a statement by the person waiving them that, in substance, all of that person's debts to third parties for the goods or services the waiver covers have been paid or will be timely paid.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "C.R.S. § 38-22-119", "statuteUrl": "https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-38.pdf", "effectiveOrAmended": "Section amended in full by SB 09-137, effective July 1, 2009.", "forms": [], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "co-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "CT", "name": "Connecticut", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Connecticut prints no waiver form, and its lien chapter, chapter 847 of the General Statutes, has no section that limits lien waivers.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 847", "statuteUrl": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_847.htm", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "ct-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "DE", "name": "Delaware", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Delaware prints no waiver form. An agreement that waives the right to file or enforce a mechanics' lien is void, but a written waiver may be required when it is given at the same time as or after payment for the labor or materials.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "25 Del. C. § 2706", "statuteUrl": "https://delcode.delaware.gov/title25/c027/sc01/index.html", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "de-0", "de-1", "de-2" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "FL", "name": "Florida", "status": "statutory-form", "force": "optional", "forceNote": "The forms are optional, but no one may require a lienor to furnish a lien waiver or release that differs from them (Fla. Stat. § 713.20(6)).", "summary": "Florida prints two waiver and release forms, for progress and final payments; when a lienor is required to execute a waiver or release of lien for one of those payments, it may be in substantially that form. Under Fla. Stat. § 713.20(6), no one may require a lienor to furnish a lien waiver or release that differs from those forms.", "notarizationRequired": false, "notarization": "No notarization; the forms end with a date and the lienor's signature.", "typography": null, "statute": "Fla. Stat. § 713.20", "statuteUrl": "http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0713/Sections/0713.20.html", "effectiveOrAmended": "History in the 2025 Florida Statutes ends with s. 30, ch. 99-6, Laws of Florida.", "forms": [ { "slug": "waiver-progress-payment", "kind": "form", "name": "Waiver and release of lien upon progress payment", "citation": "Fla. Stat. § 713.20(4)", "statuteText": "WAIVER AND RELEASE OF LIEN\nUPON PROGRESS PAYMENT\nThe undersigned lienor, in consideration of the sum of $__________, hereby waives and releases its lien and right to claim a lien for labor, services, or materials furnished through (insert date) to (insert the name of your customer) on the job of (insert the name of the owner) to the following property:\n(description of property)\nThis waiver and release does not cover any retention or labor, services, or materials furnished after the date specified.\nDATED on __________, (year) . 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On commercial construction, an owner need not pay the general contractor until 90 days after completion unless the contractor furnishes receipts and lien waivers signed by everyone who furnished material or performed labor, or a bond.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "Iowa Code ch. 572", "statuteUrl": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/572.pdf", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "ia-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "ID", "name": "Idaho", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Idaho prints no waiver form, and its mechanics' lien chapter has no section that limits lien waivers.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "Idaho Code tit. 45, ch. 5", "statuteUrl": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/statutesrules/idstat/Title45/T45CH5.pdf", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "id-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "IL", "name": "Illinois", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Illinois prints no waiver form. An agreement to waive lien rights made in anticipation of and in consideration for the award of a contract or subcontract is against public policy and unenforceable.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "770 ILCS 60/1(d)", "statuteUrl": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2254&ChapterID=63", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "il-0", "il-1" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "KS", "name": "Kansas", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Kansas prints no waiver form. In a private construction contract, a term that waives lien rights is void, except that the contract may require a waiver or release as a condition of payment, only to the extent of the payment received.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "K.S.A. 16-1803(b)(2)", "statuteUrl": "https://ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch16/016_018_0003.html", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "ks-0", "ks-1" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "KY", "name": "Kentucky", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Kentucky prints no waiver form. A construction contract term that waives lien rights is void, except for partial waivers of lien rights given by a contractor or subcontractor for progress payments.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "KRS 371.405(2)(b)", "statuteUrl": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=56548", "effectiveOrAmended": "Amended by 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 156, sec. 2, effective June 27, 2025.", "forms": [], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "ky-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "MA", "name": "Massachusetts", "status": "statutory-form", "force": "mandatory", "forceNote": "Mandatory only for partial waivers and subordinations given by a person who has filed or recorded a notice of contract; the statute prints no final waiver form.", "summary": "Massachusetts prints one form, a partial waiver and subordination of lien, which applies to partial waivers and subordinations given by a person who has filed or recorded a notice of contract. The form is signed under the penalties of perjury.", "notarizationRequired": false, "notarization": "No notarization; the form is signed under the penalties of perjury.", "typography": null, "statute": "M.G.L. c. 254, § 32", "statuteUrl": "https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIV/Chapter254/Section32", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [ { "slug": "partial-waiver-and-subordination-of-lien", "kind": "form", "name": "Partial waiver and subordination of lien", "citation": "M.G.L. c. 254, § 32(4)", "statuteText": "Partial Waiver and Subordination of Lien\nCOMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS: Date: _____________\n__________ COUNTY Application for Payment No: ____________\nOWNER: _______________________________\nCONTRACTOR: _________________________\nLENDER/MORTGAGEE: ________________\n1. Original Contract Amount: _________\n2. Approved Change Orders: _________\n3. Adjusted Contract Amount: _________\n(line 1 plus 2)\n4. Completed to Date: _________\n5. Less Retainage: _________\n6. Total Payable to Date: _________\n(line 4 less line 5)\n7. Less Previous Payments: _________\n8. Current Amount Due: _________\n(line 6 less line 7)\n9. Pending Change Orders: _________\n10. Disputed Claims: _________\nThe undersigned who has a contract with ___ for furnishing labor or materials or both labor and materials or rental equipment, appliances or tools for the erection, alteration, repair or removal of a building or structure or other improvement of real property known and identified as ___ located in ___ (city or town), ___ County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and owned by ___, upon receipt of ___ ($___) in payment of an invoice/requisition/application for payment dated ___ does hereby:\n(a) waive any and all liens and right of lien on such real property for labor or materials, or both labor and materials, or rental equipment, appliances or tools, performed or furnished through the following date: ___ (payment period), except for retainage, unpaid agreed or pending change orders, and disputed claims as stated above; and\n(b) subordinate any and all liens and right of lien to secure payment for such unpaid, agreed or pending change orders and disputed claims, and such further labor or materials, or both labor and materials, or rental equipment, appliances or tools, except for retainage, performed or furnished at any time through the twenty-fifth day after the end of the above payment period, to the extent of the amount actually advanced by the above lender/mortgagee through such twenty-fifth day.\nSigned under the penalties of perjury this ___ day of ___, ___.", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "Partial Waiver and Subordination of Lien", "COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS: Date: _____________", "__________ COUNTY Application for Payment No: ____________", "OWNER: _______________________________", "CONTRACTOR: _________________________", "LENDER/MORTGAGEE: ________________", "1. Original Contract Amount: _________", "2. Approved Change Orders: _________", "3. Adjusted Contract Amount: _________", "(line 1 plus 2)", "4. Completed to Date: _________", "5. Less Retainage: _________", "6. Total Payable to Date: _________", "(line 4 less line 5)", "7. Less Previous Payments: _________", "8. Current Amount Due: _________", "(line 6 less line 7)", "9. Pending Change Orders: _________", "10. Disputed Claims: _________", "The undersigned who has a contract with ___ for furnishing labor or materials or both labor and materials or rental equipment, appliances or tools for the erection, alteration, repair or removal of a building or structure or other improvement of real property known and identified as ___ located in ___ (city or town), ___ County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and owned by ___, upon receipt of ___ ($___) in payment of an invoice/requisition/application for payment dated ___ does hereby:", "(a) waive any and all liens and right of lien on such real property for labor or materials, or both labor and materials, or rental equipment, appliances or tools, performed or furnished through the following date: ___ (payment period), except for retainage, unpaid agreed or pending change orders, and disputed claims as stated above; and", "(b) subordinate any and all liens and right of lien to secure payment for such unpaid, agreed or pending change orders and disputed claims, and such further labor or materials, or both labor and materials, or rental equipment, appliances or tools, except for retainage, performed or furnished at any time through the twenty-fifth day after the end of the above payment period, to the extent of the amount actually advanced by the above lender/mortgagee through such twenty-fifth day.", "Signed under the penalties of perjury this ___ day of ___, ___." ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 22, "textSource": "official-archived", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": "2026-05-19", "sourceId": "ma-0", "file": "framingandfigures-massachusetts-partial-waiver-and-subordination-of-lien.docx", "publishable": true } ], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "ma-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "MD", "name": "Maryland", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Maryland prints no waiver form. An executory contract between a contractor and a subcontractor may not waive, or require the subcontractor to waive, the right to claim a mechanics' lien or to sue on a contractor's bond.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "Md. Code, Real Prop. § 9-113", "statuteUrl": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=grp§ion=9-113&enactments=false", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "md-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "MI", "name": "Michigan", "status": "statutory-form", "force": "mandatory", "forceNote": null, "summary": "Michigan prints four waiver forms, partial and full, conditional and unconditional, and they must be used in substantially the statutory format. Each form states when an owner or lessee of a residential structure may not rely on the waiver without first contacting the claimant to verify that it is authentic.", "notarizationRequired": false, "notarization": "No notarization; the forms end with the lien claimant's signature, date, address and telephone number.", "typography": null, "statute": "MCL 570.1115", "statuteUrl": "https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-570-1115", "effectiveOrAmended": "History: 1980, Act 497, effective January 1, 1982; amended 1981, Act 191; 1982, Act 17; 2006, Act 572; 2007, Act 28, effective June 28, 2007.", "forms": [ { "slug": "partial-unconditional-waiver", "kind": "form", "name": "Partial unconditional waiver", "citation": "MCL 570.1115(9)(a)", "statuteText": "PARTIAL UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER\nI/we have a contract with ................................... to\n(other contracting party)\nprovide .................... for the improvement to the property described as ............................................. , and by signing this waiver waive my/our construction lien to the amount of $.............. , for labor/materials provided through ............................ .\n(date)\nThis waiver, together with all previous waivers, if any, (circle one) does does not cover all amounts due to me/us for contract improvement provided through the date shown above. If the improvement is provided to property that is a residential structure and if the owner or lessee of the property or the owner's or lessee's designee has received a notice of furnishing from me/one of us or if I/we are not required to provide one, and the owner, lessee, or designee has not received this waiver directly from me/one of us, the owner, lessee, or designee may not rely upon it without contacting me/one of us, either in writing, by telephone, or personally, to verify that it is authentic.\n.................................\n.................................\n(signature of lien claimant)\nSigned on: ................\nAddress:........................\n(date)\n.................................\nTelephone:......................\nDO NOT SIGN BLANK OR INCOMPLETE FORMS. RETAIN A COPY.", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "PARTIAL UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER", "I/we have a contract with ................................... to", "(other contracting party)", "provide .................... for the improvement to the property described as ............................................. , and by signing this waiver waive my/our construction lien to the amount of $.............. , for labor/materials provided through ............................ .", "(date)", "This waiver, together with all previous waivers, if any, (circle one) does does not cover all amounts due to me/us for contract improvement provided through the date shown above. If the improvement is provided to property that is a residential structure and if the owner or lessee of the property or the owner's or lessee's designee has received a notice of furnishing from me/one of us or if I/we are not required to provide one, and the owner, lessee, or designee has not received this waiver directly from me/one of us, the owner, lessee, or designee may not rely upon it without contacting me/one of us, either in writing, by telephone, or personally, to verify that it is authentic.", ".................................", ".................................", "(signature of lien claimant)", "Signed on: ................", "Address:........................", "(date)", ".................................", "Telephone:......................", "DO NOT SIGN BLANK OR INCOMPLETE FORMS. RETAIN A COPY." ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 6, "textSource": "official-archived", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": "2025-08-10", "sourceId": "mi-0", "file": "framingandfigures-michigan-partial-unconditional-waiver.docx", "publishable": true }, { "slug": "partial-conditional-waiver", "kind": "form", "name": "Partial conditional waiver", "citation": "MCL 570.1115(9)(b)", "statuteText": "PARTIAL CONDITIONAL WAIVER\nI/we have a contract with ..................................... to\n(other contracting party)\nprovide .................... for the improvement to the property described as:............................................ , and by signing this waiver waive my/our construction lien to the amount of $ ............... , for labor/materials provided through................................ .\n(date)\nThis waiver, together with all previous waivers, if any, (circle one) does does not cover all amounts due to me/us for contract improvement provided through the date shown above. This waiver is conditioned on actual payment of the amount shown above.\nIf the improvement is provided to property that is a residential structure and if the owner or lessee of the property or the owner's or lessee's designee has received a notice of furnishing from me/one of us or if I/we are not required to provide one, and the owner, lessee, or designee has not received this waiver directly from me/one of us, the owner, lessee, or designee may not rely upon it without contacting me/one of us, either in writing, by telephone, or personally, to verify that it is authentic.\n.................................\n.................................\n(signature of lien claimant)\nSigned on: ................\nAddress:........................\n(date)\n.................................\nTelephone:......................\nDO NOT SIGN BLANK OR INCOMPLETE FORMS. RETAIN A COPY.", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "PARTIAL CONDITIONAL WAIVER", "I/we have a contract with ..................................... to", "(other contracting party)", "provide .................... for the improvement to the property described as:............................................ , and by signing this waiver waive my/our construction lien to the amount of $ ............... , for labor/materials provided through................................ .", "(date)", "This waiver, together with all previous waivers, if any, (circle one) does does not cover all amounts due to me/us for contract improvement provided through the date shown above. This waiver is conditioned on actual payment of the amount shown above.", "If the improvement is provided to property that is a residential structure and if the owner or lessee of the property or the owner's or lessee's designee has received a notice of furnishing from me/one of us or if I/we are not required to provide one, and the owner, lessee, or designee has not received this waiver directly from me/one of us, the owner, lessee, or designee may not rely upon it without contacting me/one of us, either in writing, by telephone, or personally, to verify that it is authentic.", ".................................", ".................................", "(signature of lien claimant)", "Signed on: ................", "Address:........................", "(date)", ".................................", "Telephone:......................", "DO NOT SIGN BLANK OR INCOMPLETE FORMS. 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By signing this waiver, all my/our construction lien rights against the described property are waived and released.\nIf the improvement is provided to property that is a residential structure and if the owner or lessee of the property or the owner's or lessee's designee has received a notice of furnishing from me/one of us or if I/we are not required to provide one, and the owner, lessee, or designee has not received this waiver directly from me/one of us, the owner, lessee, or designee may not rely upon it without contacting me/one of us, either in writing, by telephone, or personally, to verify that it is authentic.\n.................................\n.................................\n(signature of lien claimant)\nSigned on: ................\nAddress:........................\n(date)\n.................................\nTelephone:......................\nDO NOT SIGN BLANK OR INCOMPLETE FORMS. RETAIN A COPY.", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "FULL UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER", "My/our contract with .......................................... to", "(other contracting party)", "provide ..................... for the improvement of the property described as:........................................... has been fully paid and satisfied. By signing this waiver, all my/our construction lien rights against the described property are waived and released.", "If the improvement is provided to property that is a residential structure and if the owner or lessee of the property or the owner's or lessee's designee has received a notice of furnishing from me/one of us or if I/we are not required to provide one, and the owner, lessee, or designee has not received this waiver directly from me/one of us, the owner, lessee, or designee may not rely upon it without contacting me/one of us, either in writing, by telephone, or personally, to verify that it is authentic.", ".................................", ".................................", "(signature of lien claimant)", "Signed on: ................", "Address:........................", "(date)", ".................................", "Telephone:......................", "DO NOT SIGN BLANK OR INCOMPLETE FORMS. RETAIN A COPY." ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 5, "textSource": "official-archived", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": "2025-08-10", "sourceId": "mi-0", "file": "framingandfigures-michigan-full-unconditional-waiver.docx", "publishable": true }, { "slug": "full-conditional-waiver", "kind": "form", "name": "Full conditional waiver", "citation": "MCL 570.1115(9)(d)", "statuteText": "FULL CONDITIONAL WAIVER\nMy/our contract with .......................................... to\n(other contracting party)\nprovide ..................... for the improvement of the property described as:.......................................... has been fully paid and satisfied. By signing this waiver, all my/our construction lien rights against the described property are waived and released.\nThis waiver is conditioned on actual payment of ................ . If the improvement is provided to property that is a residential structure and if the owner or lessee of the property or the owner's or lessee's designee has received a notice of furnishing from me/one of us or if I/we are not required to provide one, and the owner, lessee, or designee has not received this waiver directly from me/one of us, the owner, lessee, or designee may not rely upon it without contacting me/one of us, either in writing, by telephone, or personally, to verify that it is authentic.\n.................................\n.................................\n(signature of lien claimant)\nSigned on: ................\nAddress:........................\n(date)\n.................................\nTelephone:......................\nDO NOT SIGN BLANK OR INCOMPLETE FORMS. RETAIN A COPY.", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "FULL CONDITIONAL WAIVER", "My/our contract with .......................................... to", "(other contracting party)", "provide ..................... for the improvement of the property described as:.......................................... has been fully paid and satisfied. By signing this waiver, all my/our construction lien rights against the described property are waived and released.", "This waiver is conditioned on actual payment of ................ . If the improvement is provided to property that is a residential structure and if the owner or lessee of the property or the owner's or lessee's designee has received a notice of furnishing from me/one of us or if I/we are not required to provide one, and the owner, lessee, or designee has not received this waiver directly from me/one of us, the owner, lessee, or designee may not rely upon it without contacting me/one of us, either in writing, by telephone, or personally, to verify that it is authentic.", ".................................", ".................................", "(signature of lien claimant)", "Signed on: ................", "Address:........................", "(date)", ".................................", "Telephone:......................", "DO NOT SIGN BLANK OR INCOMPLETE FORMS. 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Stat. § 514.07", "statuteUrl": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/514.07", "effectiveOrAmended": "History: RL s 3510; 1973 c 247 s 5; 1983 c 296 s 3; 1986 c 444.", "forms": [], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "mn-0", "mn-1", "mn-2" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "MO", "name": "Missouri", "status": "statutory-form", "force": "mandatory", "forceNote": "Mandatory only for the unconditional final lien waiver for residential real property; the statute prints no other waiver form.", "summary": "Missouri prints one form, the unconditional final lien waiver for residential real property, and that waiver is valid only on a form substantially like it. A claimant who has recorded a notice of rights and has been paid in full must provide the waiver no later than five calendar days after a written request.", "notarizationRequired": false, "notarization": "No notarization; the statute requires the signer's name, title or position, address and telephone number, and the signing date, to be typed or legibly printed at the signature.", "typography": null, "statute": "RSMo § 429.016", "statuteUrl": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=429.016", "effectiveOrAmended": "Enacted by L. 2010 H.B. 1692 et al.; applies to residential real property conveyance closings on or after November 1, 2010.", "forms": [ { "slug": "unconditional-final-lien-waiver-residential", "kind": "form", "name": "Unconditional final lien waiver for residential real property", "citation": "RSMo § 429.016.27", "statuteText": "UNCONDITIONAL FINAL LIEN WAIVER\nFOR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY\nClaimant (provide legal name and address of Claimant) hereby fully, finally, and unconditionally waives and releases any right to assert or enforce a mechanic's lien claim against the residential real property identified below for all work performed by Claimant prior to the date set forth below and for any work hereafter performed by or on behalf of Claimant under any agreements executed by Claimant prior to said date set forth below:\n(Provide legal description of the Property)\nClaimant's legal name and the name, title or position, address, and telephone number of the person executing the unconditional final lien waiver on behalf of claimant shall be typed or legibly printed immediately above or below the signature, and the date that the document was signed shall be typed or legibly printed immediately adjacent to the signature.", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [ "Claimant's legal name and the name, title or position, address, and telephone number of the person executing the unconditional final lien waiver on behalf of claimant shall be typed or legibly printed immediately above or below the signature, and the date that the document was signed shall be typed or legibly printed immediately adjacent to the signature." ], "executionBlock": [ "Claimant's legal name", "name", "title or position", "address", "telephone number", "signature", "date that the document was signed" ], "lines": [ "UNCONDITIONAL FINAL LIEN WAIVER", "FOR RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY", "Claimant (provide legal name and address of Claimant) hereby fully, finally, and unconditionally waives and releases any right to assert or enforce a mechanic's lien claim against the residential real property identified below for all work performed by Claimant prior to the date set forth below and for any work hereafter performed by or on behalf of Claimant under any agreements executed by Claimant prior to said date set forth below:", "(Provide legal description of the Property)" ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0, 1 ] }, "writingSpace": [ { "after": 3, "count": 3 } ], "keepFrom": 3, "textSource": "official-live", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": null, "sourceId": "mo-0", "file": "framingandfigures-missouri-unconditional-final-lien-waiver-residential.docx", "publishable": true } ], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "mo-0", "mo-1" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "MT", "name": "Montana", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Montana prints no waiver form. A construction contract may not require a contractor, subcontractor or material supplier to waive lien or payment bond rights before being paid for the labor or materials furnished.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "MCA 28-2-723", "statuteUrl": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0280/chapter_0020/part_0070/section_0230/0280-0020-0070-0230.html", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "mt-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "NC", "name": "North Carolina", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "North Carolina prints no waiver form. An agreement to waive lien rights made in anticipation of and in consideration for the award of a contract for an improvement to real property is against public policy and unenforceable.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "N.C. Gen. Stat. § 44A-12(f)", "statuteUrl": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/ByArticle/Chapter_44A/Article_2.pdf", "effectiveOrAmended": "History ends with S.L. 2012-175, s. 3.", "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "nc-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "ND", "name": "North Dakota", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "North Dakota prints no waiver form. A lien is not allowed if the owner, trustee or agent of the owner has received a valid waiver of lien signed by the person who improves the real estate.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "N.D.C.C. § 35-27-02(3)", "statuteUrl": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t35c27.pdf", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "nd-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "NE", "name": "Nebraska", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Nebraska prints no waiver form, and a written waiver of construction lien rights signed by a claimant is valid and binding without consideration, whether it is signed before or after the materials or services are contracted for or furnished.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-144", "statuteUrl": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=52-144", "effectiveOrAmended": "History: Laws 1981, LB 512, § 20.", "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "ne-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "NV", "name": "Nevada", "status": "statutory-form", "force": "mandatory", "forceNote": null, "summary": "Nevada prints four waiver and release forms, conditional and unconditional, for progress and final payments, and a waiver and release given by a lien claimant is unenforceable unless it is in those forms. The notice on the unconditional progress payment form differs from the one on the unconditional final payment form.", "notarizationRequired": false, "notarization": "No notarization; the forms end with a date, company name and signature lines.", "typography": "Each unconditional waiver and release must carry its notice in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document.", "statute": "NRS 108.2457", "statuteUrl": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-108.html#NRS108Sec2457", "effectiveOrAmended": "Added to NRS by 2003, 2591; amended 2005, 1914.", "forms": [ { "slug": "conditional-waiver-progress-payment", "kind": "form", "name": "Conditional waiver and release upon progress payment", "citation": "NRS 108.2457(5)(a)", "statuteText": "CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE\nUPON PROGRESS PAYMENT\nProperty Name:..............................................................................................................\nProperty Location:.........................................................................................................\nUndersigned’s Customer:.............................................................................................\nInvoice/Payment Application Number:.....................................................................\nPayment Amount:..........................................................................................................\nUpon receipt by the undersigned of a check in the above-referenced Payment Amount payable to the undersigned, and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank on which it is drawn, this document becomes effective to release and the undersigned shall be deemed to waive any notice of lien, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to payment rights that the undersigned has on the above-described Property to the following extent:\nThis release covers a progress payment for the work, materials or equipment furnished by the undersigned to the Property or to the Undersigned’s Customer which are the subject of the Invoice or Payment Application, but only to the extent of the Payment Amount or such portion of the Payment Amount as the undersigned is actually paid, and does not cover any retention withheld, any items, modifications or changes pending approval, disputed items and claims, or items furnished that are not paid. Before any recipient of this document relies on it, the recipient should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from this progress payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials or equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.\nDated:......................................\n.......................................................\n(Company Name)\nBy:.................................................\nIts:.................................................", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE", "UPON PROGRESS PAYMENT", "Property Name:..............................................................................................................", "Property Location:.........................................................................................................", "Undersigned’s Customer:.............................................................................................", "Invoice/Payment Application Number:.....................................................................", "Payment Amount:..........................................................................................................", "Upon receipt by the undersigned of a check in the above-referenced Payment Amount payable to the undersigned, and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank on which it is drawn, this document becomes effective to release and the undersigned shall be deemed to waive any notice of lien, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to payment rights that the undersigned has on the above-described Property to the following extent:", "This release covers a progress payment for the work, materials or equipment furnished by the undersigned to the Property or to the Undersigned’s Customer which are the subject of the Invoice or Payment Application, but only to the extent of the Payment Amount or such portion of the Payment Amount as the undersigned is actually paid, and does not cover any retention withheld, any items, modifications or changes pending approval, disputed items and claims, or items furnished that are not paid. Before any recipient of this document relies on it, the recipient should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from this progress payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials or equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.", "Dated:......................................", ".......................................................", "(Company Name)", "By:.................................................", "Its:................................................." ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0, 1 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 9, "textSource": "official-archived", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": "2026-04-20", "sourceId": "nv-0", "file": "framingandfigures-nevada-conditional-waiver-progress-payment.docx", "publishable": true }, { "slug": "unconditional-waiver-progress-payment", "kind": "form", "name": "Unconditional waiver and release upon progress payment", "citation": "NRS 108.2457(5)(b)", "statuteText": "UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE\nUPON PROGRESS PAYMENT\nProperty Name:..............................................................................................................\nProperty Location:.........................................................................................................\nUndersigned’s Customer:.............................................................................................\nInvoice/Payment Application Number:.....................................................................\nPayment Amount:..........................................................................................................\nThe undersigned has been paid and has received a progress payment in the above-referenced Payment Amount for all work, materials and equipment the undersigned furnished to the Customer for the above-described Property and does hereby waive and release any notice of lien, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to payment rights that the undersigned has on the above-described Property to the following extent:\nThis release covers a progress payment for the work, materials and equipment furnished by the undersigned to the Property or to the Undersigned’s Customer which are the subject of the Invoice or Payment Application, but only to the extent of the Payment Amount or such portion of the Payment Amount as the undersigned is actually paid, and does not cover any retention withheld, any items, modifications or changes pending approval, disputed items and claims, or items furnished that are not paid. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from this progress payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials or equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.\nDated:......................................\n.......................................................\n(Company Name)\nBy:.................................................\nIts:.................................................\n(Each unconditional waiver and release must contain the following language, in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document:)\nNotice: This document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. This document is enforceable against you if you sign it to the extent of the Payment Amount or the amount received. If you have not been paid, use a conditional release form.", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [ "(Each unconditional waiver and release must contain the following language, in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document:)" ], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE", "UPON PROGRESS PAYMENT", "Property Name:..............................................................................................................", "Property Location:.........................................................................................................", "Undersigned’s Customer:.............................................................................................", "Invoice/Payment Application Number:.....................................................................", "Payment Amount:..........................................................................................................", "The undersigned has been paid and has received a progress payment in the above-referenced Payment Amount for all work, materials and equipment the undersigned furnished to the Customer for the above-described Property and does hereby waive and release any notice of lien, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to payment rights that the undersigned has on the above-described Property to the following extent:", "This release covers a progress payment for the work, materials and equipment furnished by the undersigned to the Property or to the Undersigned’s Customer which are the subject of the Invoice or Payment Application, but only to the extent of the Payment Amount or such portion of the Payment Amount as the undersigned is actually paid, and does not cover any retention withheld, any items, modifications or changes pending approval, disputed items and claims, or items furnished that are not paid. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from this progress payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials or equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.", "Dated:......................................", ".......................................................", "(Company Name)", "By:.................................................", "Its:.................................................", "Notice: This document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. This document is enforceable against you if you sign it to the extent of the Payment Amount or the amount received. 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Before any recipient of this document relies on it, the recipient should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from the final payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials or equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.\nDated:......................................\n.......................................................\n(Company Name)\nBy:.................................................\nIts:.................................................", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE", "UPON FINAL PAYMENT", "Property Name:..............................................................................................................", "Property Location:.........................................................................................................", "Undersigned’s Customer:.............................................................................................", "Invoice/Payment Application Number:.....................................................................", "Payment Amount:..........................................................................................................", "Payment Period:.............................................................................................................", "Amount of Disputed Claims:.......................................................................................", "Upon receipt by the undersigned of a check in the above-referenced Payment Amount payable to the undersigned, and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank on which it is drawn, this document becomes effective to release and the undersigned shall be deemed to waive any notice of lien, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to payment rights that the undersigned has on the above-described Property to the following extent:", "This release covers the final payment to the undersigned for all work, materials or equipment furnished by the undersigned to the Property or to the Undersigned’s Customer and does not cover payment for Disputed Claims, if any. Before any recipient of this document relies on it, the recipient should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from the final payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials or equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.", "Dated:......................................", ".......................................................", "(Company Name)", "By:.................................................", "Its:................................................." ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0, 1 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 11, "textSource": "official-archived", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": "2026-04-20", "sourceId": "nv-0", "file": "framingandfigures-nevada-conditional-waiver-final-payment.docx", "publishable": true }, { "slug": "unconditional-waiver-final-payment", "kind": "form", "name": "Unconditional waiver and release upon final payment", "citation": "NRS 108.2457(5)(d)", "statuteText": "UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE\nUPON FINAL PAYMENT\nProperty Name:..............................................................................................................\nProperty Location:.........................................................................................................\nUndersigned’s Customer:.............................................................................................\nInvoice/Payment Application Number:.....................................................................\nPayment Amount:..........................................................................................................\nAmount of Disputed Claims:.......................................................................................\nThe undersigned has been paid in full for all work, materials and equipment furnished to the Customer for the above-described Property and does hereby waive and release any notice of lien, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to payment rights that the undersigned has on the above-described Property, except for the payment of Disputed Claims, if any, noted above. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from this final payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials and equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.\nDated:......................................\n.......................................................\n(Company Name)\nBy:.................................................\nIts:.................................................\n(Each unconditional waiver and release must contain the following language, in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document:)\nNotice: This document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. This document is enforceable against you if you sign it, even if you have not been paid. If you have not been paid, use a conditional release form.", "frame": "none", "instructionLines": [ "(Each unconditional waiver and release must contain the following language, in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document:)" ], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE", "UPON FINAL PAYMENT", "Property Name:..............................................................................................................", "Property Location:.........................................................................................................", "Undersigned’s Customer:.............................................................................................", "Invoice/Payment Application Number:.....................................................................", "Payment Amount:..........................................................................................................", "Amount of Disputed Claims:.......................................................................................", "The undersigned has been paid in full for all work, materials and equipment furnished to the Customer for the above-described Property and does hereby waive and release any notice of lien, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to payment rights that the undersigned has on the above-described Property, except for the payment of Disputed Claims, if any, noted above. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from this final payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials and equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.", "Dated:......................................", ".......................................................", "(Company Name)", "By:.................................................", "Its:.................................................", "Notice: This document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. This document is enforceable against you if you sign it, even if you have not been paid. If you have not been paid, use a conditional release form." ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0, 1 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 9, "textSource": "official-archived", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": "2026-04-20", "sourceId": "nv-0", "file": "framingandfigures-nevada-unconditional-waiver-final-payment.docx", "publishable": true } ], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "nv-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "NY", "name": "New York", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "New York prints no waiver form. An agreement that waives the right to file or enforce a mechanic's lien is void, but a written waiver may be required when it is given at the same time as or after payment for the labor or materials.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "N.Y. Lien Law § 34", "statuteUrl": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/LIE/34", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "ny-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "OH", "name": "Ohio", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Ohio prints no waiver form. A construction contract term that waives rights under a surety bond is void, and so is a term that waives a pending or asserted claim on the basis of final payment when the person against whom the claim is pending or asserted has received notice of it.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "Ohio Rev. Code 4113.62", "statuteUrl": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4113.62", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "oh-0", "oh-1" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "OK", "name": "Oklahoma", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Oklahoma prints no waiver form, and its lien title has no section that limits waivers of construction lien rights.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "Okla. Stat. tit. 42", "statuteUrl": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os42.pdf", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "ok-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "RI", "name": "Rhode Island", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Rhode Island prints no waiver form. An agreement that bars filing a notice of intention or enforcing a mechanic's lien is void, but a written waiver may be required when it is given at the same time as or after payment.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-28-1(b)", "statuteUrl": "http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE34/34-28/34-28-1.htm", "effectiveOrAmended": "History ends with P.L. 1991, ch. 328, § 1.", "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "ri-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "SC", "name": "South Carolina", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "South Carolina prints no waiver form, and its mechanics' lien chapter has no section that limits lien waivers.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "S.C. Code tit. 29, ch. 5", "statuteUrl": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t29c005.php", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "sc-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "SD", "name": "South Dakota", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "South Dakota prints no waiver form. Its joint check chapter adds an optional way to waive claims, a joint check paired with a separate written waiver agreement, alongside the other means the law already allows.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "SDCL ch. 44-9A", "statuteUrl": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/44-9A-1.html", "effectiveOrAmended": "History: SL 1971, ch 250.", "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "sd-0", "sd-1", "sd-2", "sd-3", "sd-4" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "TX", "name": "Texas", "status": "statutory-form", "force": "mandatory", "forceNote": null, "summary": "Texas prints four waiver and release forms, conditional and unconditional, for progress and final payments, and a waiver and release is unenforceable unless it substantially complies with the applicable form. The two unconditional forms open with a notice in bold type.", "notarizationRequired": false, "notarization": "No notarization; the forms end with a date, company name, signature and title.", "typography": "Each unconditional form opens with a notice printed in bold type at least as large as the largest type used in the document and not smaller than 10-point type.", "statute": "Tex. Prop. Code § 53.284", "statuteUrl": "https://tcss.legis.texas.gov/resources/PR/htm/PR.53.htm", "effectiveOrAmended": "Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., ch. 271 (H.B. 1456), effective January 1, 2012.", "forms": [ { "slug": "conditional-waiver-progress-payment", "kind": "form", "name": "Conditional waiver and release on progress payment", "citation": "Tex. Prop. 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If you have not been paid, use a conditional release form.\"; and\n(2) below the notice, read:\n\"UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON PROGRESS PAYMENT\n\"Project ___________________\n\"Job No. ___________________\n\"The signer of this document has been paid and has received a progress payment in the sum of $___________ for all labor, services, equipment, or materials furnished to the property or to _____________________ (person with whom signer contracted) on the property of _______________________ (owner) located at ______________________ (location) to the following extent: ______________________ (job description). The signer therefore waives and releases any mechanic's lien right, any right arising from a payment bond that complies with a state or federal statute, any common law payment bond right, any claim for payment, and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule, or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the signer's position that the signer has on the above referenced project to the following extent:\n\"This release covers a progress payment for all labor, services, equipment, or materials furnished to the property or to __________________ (person with whom signer contracted) as indicated in the attached statement(s) or progress payment request(s), except for unpaid retention, pending modifications and changes, or other items furnished.\n\"The signer warrants that the signer has already paid or will use the funds received from this progress payment to promptly pay in full all of the signer's laborers, subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment, or services provided for or to the above referenced project in regard to the attached statement(s) or progress payment request(s).\n\"Date ____________________________\n\"_________________________________ (Company name)\n\"By ______________________________ (Signature)\n\"_________________________________ (Title)\"", "frame": "line-quotes", "instructionLines": [ "(1) contain a notice at the top of the document, printed in bold type at least as large as the largest type used in the document, but not smaller than 10-point type, that reads:", "(2) below the notice, read:" ], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "NOTICE:", "This document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. 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The signer therefore waives and releases any mechanic's lien right, any right arising from a payment bond that complies with a state or federal statute, any common law payment bond right, any claim for payment, and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule, or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the signer's position that the signer has on the above referenced project to the following extent:", "This release covers a progress payment for all labor, services, equipment, or materials furnished to the property or to __________________ (person with whom signer contracted) as indicated in the attached statement(s) or progress payment request(s), except for unpaid retention, pending modifications and changes, or other items furnished.", "The signer warrants that the signer has already paid or will use the funds received from this progress payment to promptly pay in full all of the signer's laborers, subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment, or services provided for or to the above referenced project in regard to the attached statement(s) or progress payment request(s).", "Date ____________________________", "_________________________________ (Company name)", "By ______________________________ (Signature)", "_________________________________ (Title)" ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 8, "textSource": "official-live", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": null, "sourceId": "tx-0", "file": "framingandfigures-texas-unconditional-waiver-progress-payment.docx", "publishable": true }, { "slug": "conditional-waiver-final-payment", "kind": "form", "name": "Conditional waiver and release on final payment", "citation": "Tex. 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Code § 53.284(d)", "statuteText": "\"CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON FINAL PAYMENT\n\"Project ___________________\n\"Job No. ___________________\n\"On receipt by the signer of this document of a check from ________________ (maker of check) in the sum of $____________ payable to _____________________ (payee or payees of check) and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank on which it is drawn, this document becomes effective to release any mechanic's lien right, any right arising from a payment bond that complies with a state or federal statute, any common law payment bond right, any claim for payment, and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule, or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the signer's position that the signer has on the property of _____________________ (owner) located at ______________________ (location) to the following extent: ______________________ (job description).\n\"This release covers the final payment to the signer for all labor, services, equipment, or materials furnished to the property or to __________________ (person with whom signer contracted).\n\"Before any recipient of this document relies on this document, the recipient should verify evidence of payment to the signer.\n\"The signer warrants that the signer has already paid or will use the funds received from this final payment to promptly pay in full all of the signer's laborers, subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment, or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver and release.\n\"Date ____________________________\n\"_________________________________ (Company name)\n\"By ______________________________ (Signature)\n\"_________________________________ (Title)\"", "frame": "line-quotes", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON FINAL PAYMENT", "Project ___________________", "Job No. ___________________", "On receipt by the signer of this document of a check from ________________ (maker of check) in the sum of $____________ payable to _____________________ (payee or payees of check) and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank on which it is drawn, this document becomes effective to release any mechanic's lien right, any right arising from a payment bond that complies with a state or federal statute, any common law payment bond right, any claim for payment, and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule, or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the signer's position that the signer has on the property of _____________________ (owner) located at ______________________ (location) to the following extent: ______________________ (job description).", "This release covers the final payment to the signer for all labor, services, equipment, or materials furnished to the property or to __________________ (person with whom signer contracted).", "Before any recipient of this document relies on this document, the recipient should verify evidence of payment to the signer.", "The signer warrants that the signer has already paid or will use the funds received from this final payment to promptly pay in full all of the signer's laborers, subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment, or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver and release.", "Date ____________________________", "_________________________________ (Company name)", "By ______________________________ (Signature)", "_________________________________ (Title)" ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 7, "textSource": "official-live", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": null, "sourceId": "tx-0", "file": "framingandfigures-texas-conditional-waiver-final-payment.docx", "publishable": true }, { "slug": "unconditional-waiver-final-payment", "kind": "form", "name": "Unconditional waiver and release on final payment", "citation": "Tex. 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If you have not been paid, use a conditional release form.\"; and\n(2) below the notice, read:\n\"UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON FINAL PAYMENT\n\"Project ___________________\n\"Job No. ___________________\n\"The signer of this document has been paid in full for all labor, services, equipment, or materials furnished to the property or to ___________________ (person with whom signer contracted) on the property of ______________________ (owner) located at ______________________ (location) to the following extent: ______________________ (job description). The signer therefore waives and releases any mechanic's lien right, any right arising from a payment bond that complies with a state or federal statute, any common law payment bond right, any claim for payment, and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule, or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the signer's position.\n\"The signer warrants that the signer has already paid or will use the funds received from this final payment to promptly pay in full all of the signer's laborers, subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment, or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver and release.\n\"Date ____________________________\n\"_________________________________ (Company name)\n\"By ______________________________ (Signature)\n\"_________________________________ (Title)\"", "frame": "line-quotes", "instructionLines": [ "(1) contain a notice at the top of the document, printed in bold type at least as large as the largest type used in the document, but not smaller than 10-point type, that reads:", "(2) below the notice, read:" ], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "NOTICE:", "This document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. 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The signer therefore waives and releases any mechanic's lien right, any right arising from a payment bond that complies with a state or federal statute, any common law payment bond right, any claim for payment, and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule, or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the signer's position.", "The signer warrants that the signer has already paid or will use the funds received from this final payment to promptly pay in full all of the signer's laborers, subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment, or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver and release.", "Date ____________________________", "_________________________________ (Company name)", "By ______________________________ (Signature)", "_________________________________ (Title)" ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 7, "textSource": "official-live", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": null, "sourceId": "tx-0", "file": "framingandfigures-texas-unconditional-waiver-final-payment.docx", "publishable": true } ], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "tx-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "UT", "name": "Utah", "status": "statutory-form", "force": "safe-harbor", "forceNote": null, "summary": "Utah prints two waiver and release forms, for progress and final payments, and each takes effect once the claimant endorses the payment check and it is paid. 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This waiver and release does not apply to any retention withheld; any items, modifications, or changes pending approval; disputed items and claims; or items furnished or invoiced after the Payment Period.\nThe undersigned warrants that the undersigned either has already paid or will use the money the undersigned receives from this progress payment promptly to pay in full all the undersigned's laborers, subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment, or combination of work, materials, and equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.\nDated: ________________________\n___________________________________________________________(Company Name)\n_____________________________________________________By:__________________\n_____________________________________________________Its:__________________\"", "frame": "enclosing-quotes", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "UTAH CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE UPON PROGRESS PAYMENT", "Property Name: _____________________________________________________________", "Property Location: ___________________________________________________________", "Undersigned's Customer: _____________________________________________________", "Invoice/Payment Application Number: __________________________________________", "Payment Amount: ___________________________________________________________", "Payment Period: ____________________________________________________________", "To the extent provided below, this document becomes effective to release and the undersigned is considered to waive any notice of lien or right under Utah Code Ann., Title 38, Chapter 1a, Preconstruction and Construction Liens, or any bond right under Utah Code Ann., Title 14, Contractors' Bonds, or Section 63G-6a-1103 related to payment rights the undersigned has on the above described Property once:", "(1) the undersigned endorses a check in the above referenced Payment Amount payable to the undersigned; and", "(2) the check is paid by the depository institution on which it is drawn.", "This waiver and release applies to a progress payment for the work, materials, equipment, or a combination of work, materials, and equipment furnished by the undersigned to the Property or to the Undersigned's Customer which are the subject of the Invoice or Payment Application, but only to the extent of the Payment Amount. This waiver and release does not apply to any retention withheld; any items, modifications, or changes pending approval; disputed items and claims; or items furnished or invoiced after the Payment Period.", "The undersigned warrants that the undersigned either has already paid or will use the money the undersigned receives from this progress payment promptly to pay in full all the undersigned's laborers, subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment, or combination of work, materials, and equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.", "Dated: ________________________", "___________________________________________________________(Company Name)", "_____________________________________________________By:__________________", "_____________________________________________________Its:__________________" ], "emphasis": { "boldLines": [ 0 ] }, "writingSpace": [], "keepFrom": 12, "textSource": "official-archived", "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "capturedAt": "2017-03-03", "sourceId": "ut-1", "file": "framingandfigures-utah-conditional-waiver-progress-payment.docx", "publishable": true }, { "slug": "waiver-final-payment", "kind": "form", "name": "Waiver and release upon final payment", "citation": "Utah Code § 38-1a-802(4)(c)", "statuteText": "\"UTAH WAIVER AND RELEASE UPON FINAL PAYMENT\nProperty Name: ____________________________________________________________\nProperty Location: __________________________________________________________\nUndersigned's Customer: _____________________________________________________\nInvoice/Payment Application Number: __________________________________________\nPayment Amount: ___________________________________________________________\nTo the extent provided below, this document becomes effective to release and the undersigned is considered to waive any notice of lien or right under Utah Code Ann., Title 38, Chapter 1a, Preconstruction and Construction Liens, or any bond right under Utah Code Ann., Title 14, Contractors' Bonds, or Section 63G-6a-1103 related to payment rights the undersigned has on the above described Property once:\n(1) the undersigned endorses a check in the above referenced Payment Amount payable to the undersigned; and\n(2) the check is paid by the depository institution on which it is drawn.\nThis waiver and release applies to the final payment for the work, materials, equipment, or combination of work, materials, and equipment furnished by the undersigned to the Property or to the Undersigned's Customer.\nThe undersigned warrants that the undersigned either has already paid or will use the money the undersigned receives from the final payment promptly to pay in full all the undersigned's laborers, subcontractors, materialmen, and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment, or combination of work, materials, and equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.\nDated: ________________________\n___________________________________________________________(Company Name)\n_____________________________________________________By:__________________\n_____________________________________________________Its:__________________\"", "frame": "enclosing-quotes", "instructionLines": [], "executionBlock": [], "lines": [ "UTAH WAIVER AND RELEASE UPON FINAL PAYMENT", "Property Name: ____________________________________________________________", "Property Location: __________________________________________________________", "Undersigned's Customer: _____________________________________________________", "Invoice/Payment Application Number: __________________________________________", "Payment Amount: ___________________________________________________________", "To the extent provided below, this document becomes effective to release and the undersigned is considered to waive any notice of lien or right under Utah Code Ann., Title 38, Chapter 1a, Preconstruction and Construction Liens, or any bond right under Utah Code Ann., Title 14, Contractors' Bonds, or Section 63G-6a-1103 related to payment rights the undersigned has on the above described Property once:", "(1) the undersigned endorses a check in the above referenced Payment Amount payable to the undersigned; 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Code § 43-3(C)", "statuteUrl": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title43/chapter1/section43-3/", "effectiveOrAmended": "History ends with 2015, c. 748; 2018, cc. 79, 325.", "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "va-0", "va-1", "va-2" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "WA", "name": "Washington", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Washington prints no waiver form, and its lien chapter, RCW 60.04, has no section that limits lien waivers.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "RCW ch. 60.04", "statuteUrl": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=60.04&full=true", "effectiveOrAmended": null, "forms": [], "confidence": "medium", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "wa-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "WI", "name": "Wisconsin", "status": "no-statutory-form", "force": null, "forceNote": null, "summary": "Wisconsin prints no waiver form. A provision in a contract for the improvement of land that requires a lien claimant to waive construction lien or payment bond rights before being paid is void, and a claimant asked for a waiver may refuse to furnish one until paid in full.", "notarizationRequired": null, "notarization": null, "typography": null, "statute": "Wis. Stat. §§ 779.05, 779.135", "statuteUrl": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/779.pdf", "effectiveOrAmended": "History: 1979 c. 32 s. 57; Stats. 1979 s. 779.05; 2005 a. 204.", "forms": [], "confidence": "high", "verified": true, "verifiedAt": "2026-09-29", "publishable": true, "sourceIds": [ "wi-0" ], "openQuestions": null }, { "jurisdiction": "WY", "name": "Wyoming", "status": "statutory-form", "force": "mandatory", "forceNote": null, "summary": "Wyoming prints one lien waiver form, which must be completed in substantially the statutory form and ends with a notarial acknowledgment. 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If you have any questions regarding how to complete this form or whether it has been properly completed, you should consult an attorney.\nLIEN WAIVER\nTO:_____________________ PROJECT:_____________________\nFROM:________________________\nDATE:________________________\nPAYMENT: $____________________\nIn consideration of the PAYMENT received to date, the undersigned does hereby waive, release, and relinquish any and all claim and/or right of lien against the project and the real property improvements thereto for labor and/or materials furnished for use in construction of the project; provided however, the undersigned reserves all claims and/or rights of lien as to monies withheld as retainage in the amount of $_______________, and any labor and/or materials hereafter furnished for which payment has not yet been made. 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If you have any questions regarding how to complete this form or whether it has been properly completed, you should consult an attorney.", "LIEN WAIVER", "TO:_____________________ PROJECT:_____________________", "FROM:________________________", "DATE:________________________", "PAYMENT: $____________________", "In consideration of the PAYMENT received to date, the undersigned does hereby waive, release, and relinquish any and all claim and/or right of lien against the project and the real property improvements thereto for labor and/or materials furnished for use in construction of the project; provided however, the undersigned reserves all claims and/or rights of lien as to monies withheld as retainage in the amount of $_______________, and any labor and/or materials hereafter furnished for which payment has not yet been made. The undersigned has not been paid the sum of $________________ for work performed and/or materials provided under contract on this project and retains the right to file a lien against the property and pursue any and all actions to recover the full amount due, including any and all equitable claims. The undersigned acknowledges receipt of payment for work performed or materials provided and acknowledges that this waiver may be relied upon by the owner even if the undersigned accepts payment in uncertified funds and such payment is subsequently dishonored or revoked, in which case this lien waiver shall remain in full force and effect. 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