Lien waivers that protect your payment.

Stop redrafting the same document on every draw. Generate conditional and unconditional lien waivers — progress or final — and attach them to any contract in minutes.

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Get paid without giving up your rights

Owners and general contractors won't release payment without a signed waiver. Sign the wrong one and you can forfeit your lien rights before the check even clears. LienGuard makes the right waiver the easy waiver.

• All four waiver categories — progress and final, conditional and unconditional.
• Minutes, not billable hours — stop paying an attorney to redraft the same waiver on every draw.
• Built to protect payment — conditional waivers keep your lien rights alive until the check clears.
• Made for the field — simple enough to fill out from a job-site trailer on a phone.

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Questions contractors ask

What is a lien waiver?

A lien waiver is a document a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier signs to give up (waive) the right to file a mechanic's lien in exchange for payment. Owners and GCs collect them to prove a project is paid and clear of liens.

Conditional vs. unconditional — which do I sign?

Sign a conditional waiver before you have been paid; it only takes effect once the payment clears. Only sign an unconditional waiver after the money has fully cleared your account, because it gives up your rights immediately.

Are these forms legally valid in my state?

These are general-purpose templates. Several states (California, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Utah, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Wyoming) require specific statutory language. Always have local counsel confirm before relying on any waiver.

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