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Free lien waiver & construction payment tools

Waiver and notice generators, a retainage calculator, and state lien deadlines with the statute cited beside every date. Built for subcontractors and suppliers who are owed money and running out of calendar.

Contract
148,000.00
Retainage held
7,400.00
Net payable
140,600.00
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Progress billed, retainage withheld, net payable.

The instruments

14 tools · nothing you type leaves the browser

All 14 tools

The payment clock

Four steps, each with a statutory date attached. The first runs from the day you mobilise; the rest run from the day you finish. They are not the same date, and nobody sends a reminder.

  1. 01

    Preliminary notice

    20-45 days from first work

  2. 02

    Notice of intent

    when payment stalls

  3. 03

    Record the lien

    90 days+ from last work

  4. 04

    Suit to enforce

    90 days from recording

Four things that decide whether you get paid

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Lien Waivers

5 tools · 5 guides · 2 compares

Conditional, unconditional, progress and final waivers — what each one gives away, which states publish a mandatory form, and generators that fill them.

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Notices & Mechanics Liens

4 tools · 6 guides · 1 compares

Preliminary notices, notices of intent, and the mechanics lien itself — who must send what, and the deadline that ends the right.

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Retainage & Pay Applications

3 tools · 5 guides · 2 compares

Retainage math, G702/G703 pay applications, schedules of values and progress billing — the paperwork that releases money.

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Getting Paid

2 tools · 4 guides · 1 compares

Payment terms, prompt payment statutes, joint checks, bond claims and the escalation ladder for a job that has gone quiet.

Open Getting Paid
Selected guides
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The Four Lien Waiver TypesConditional vs unconditional, progress vs final — what each signature costs you.Lien Waivers
How to Fill Out a Lien WaiverField by field, with the three lines that get subcontractors burned.Lien Waivers
What Is a Mechanics Lien?How the claim attaches to the property, and why it works when invoices do not.Notices & Mechanics Liens
How to File a Mechanics LienThe eight-step filing sequence, from notice to recording to enforcement.Notices & Mechanics Liens
What Is Retainage in Construction?Why 5-10% is held, who holds it, and when the law says it must be released.Retainage & Pay Applications
Retainage Laws by StateStatutory caps, release timelines and retainage bonds, state by state.Retainage & Pay Applications
The Prompt Payment Act, ExplainedFederal timelines, state acts, and the interest a late payer actually owes.Getting Paid
Pay-When-Paid vs Pay-If-PaidOne clause delays your money. The other can end the claim entirely.Getting Paid

Get paid on time.

Serve the notice on the day you mobilise, bill on the cut-off, and know your recording deadline before you need it. Every tool here runs in your browser and stores nothing.