Construction payment · lien waiver and release
Lien Waiver Generator
Conditional or unconditional, on a progress or final payment. In the twelve states with a statutory form (required in eleven, optional in Florida) that form is printed and only the blanks are filled; everywhere else a plain waiver with the usual exceptions. The preview is free and watermarked; the clean PDF is $2.99, or included with a subscription.
Waiver
Effective only when the payment clears.
Defaults to today.
Claimant (the party signing)
Project
The GC for a subcontractor; the sub for a supplier.
Street address, or the legal description the statute asks for.
Payment
Work through this date is released.
Exceptions
Amounts still in dispute that this waiver does not release.
Statutory forms transcribed from the codes of Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. Georgia, Mississippi, Utah, Florida, Wyoming, Missouri and Massachusetts prescribe fewer than four forms; the checklist says which one prints. This is not legal advice.
Statutory forms by state
Each page explains what the state prescribes and opens the generator with the state selected.
| State | Form | Notary | Statute |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Substantially | No | A.R.S. § 33-1008 |
| California | Substantially | No | Cal. Civ. Code §§ 8132–8138 |
| Florida | Optional | No | Fla. Stat. § 713.20 |
| Georgia | Substantially | Witness | O.C.G.A. § 44-14-366 |
| Massachusetts | Substantially | No | Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 254, § 32 |
| Michigan | Substantially | No | MCL 570.1115 |
| Mississippi | Substantially | Yes | Miss. Code §§ 85-7-419, 85-7-433 |
| Missouri | Substantially | No | RSMo § 429.016 |
| Nevada | Exact wording | No | NRS 108.2457 |
| Texas | Substantially | No | Tex. Prop. Code §§ 53.281–53.284 |
| Utah | Substantially | No | Utah Code § 38-1a-802 |
| Wyoming | Substantially | Yes | Wyo. Stat. § 29-10-101 |
Lien waiver FAQ
Send it with the invoice
A conditional waiver goes out with the pay application; the contractor invoice and construction estimate generators cover the other half of the packet, and the construction payment terms guide explains retainage and pay-when-paid clauses.