California lien waiver forms: fill in and download the PDF
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California prescribes 4 statutory lien waiver forms (California Civil Code sections 8120 to 8138). This page lists each one, when a subcontractor signs it, what the statute requires on the page and the blanks it has, with a form that fills the statutory text with your figures and downloads the PDF.
The forms the statute prescribes
Conditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment (Civil Code section 8132). Send it with the pay app, before the check arrives. It releases work through the through date once the named check is paid.
Unconditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment (Civil Code section 8134). Sign it after the progress payment has cleared. It takes effect on signature whether or not you were paid, which is why the statute puts a notice on it.
Conditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment (Civil Code section 8136). Send it with the final pay app. It releases everything but disputed extras once the final check is paid.
Unconditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment (Civil Code section 8138). Sign it after the final payment has cleared. It states that you have been paid in full.
What California Civil Code sections 8120 to 8138 requires
A waiver releases the owner, lender or surety only if it is in substantially the statutory form and signed by the claimant (section 8124). Any other statement purporting to waive a lien is void (section 8126).
A conditional waiver takes effect when the check it names is paid. The form tells the recipient to look for evidence of payment before relying on it.
The two unconditional forms carry a Notice to Claimant in type at least as large as the largest type on the form (sections 8134 and 8138).
Change orders fully signed before the waiver date are released unless listed as an exception. Retentions and unpaid extras are never released by a progress waiver.
The blanks each form has
Conditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment: Claimant (your company), Customer (who you contracted with), Job location, Owner, Through date, Maker of the check, Payment amount, Check payable to, Earlier conditional waivers still unpaid, dates, Earlier conditional waivers still unpaid, Title of the person signing, Date signed.
Unconditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment: Claimant (your company), Customer (who you contracted with), Job location, Owner, Through date, Payment amount, Title of the person signing, Date signed.
Conditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment: Claimant (your company), Customer (who you contracted with), Job location, Owner, Maker of the check, Payment amount, Check payable to, Disputed claims, Title of the person signing, Date signed.
Unconditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment: Claimant (your company), Customer (who you contracted with), Job location, Owner, Disputed claims, Title of the person signing, Date signed.
Fill it from your pay app
Build the pay app in the free builder, and at the end of the form press Make the statutory waiver. Your company, the owner or GC, the project, the period to and the current payment due come over from the G702 into the form, you pick the state and the form, and Send to your GC attaches the waiver to the pay app it belongs to.
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