Florida law (Fla. Stat. § 713.20) provides two waiver forms — progress payment and final payment — reproduced here word for word. Using them is optional: a differently worded waiver stays enforceable on its own terms (§ 713.20(8)), and no one may require you to sign a non-statutory form (§ 713.20(6)). Pick your situation:
Florida keeps it simple: one form for a progress payment, one for the final payment. The progress form releases your lien only for work furnished through the date you write on the form, and it does not cover retention or later work. If you sign in exchange for a check, you may condition the waiver on payment of that check (§ 713.20(7)) — note it on the form before you hand it over.
Yes. Florida Statutes § 713.20 provides two suggested forms: the Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Progress Payment in subsection (4) and the Waiver and Release of Lien Upon Final Payment in subsection (5). The statute says the waiver may be in substantially that form, so following it is the safe way to stay enforceable.
No. Section 713.20(8) states that a lien waiver that is not substantially similar to the statutory forms is still enforceable in accordance with its own terms. But § 713.20(6) protects the signer: no one may require a lienor to furnish a waiver that is different from the statutory forms.
The Florida statute does not use the conditional/unconditional split found in California or Texas. It offers one progress form and one final form. Under § 713.20(7), a lienor who signs a waiver in exchange for a check may condition the waiver on payment of that check, which plays the role of a conditional waiver.
No. Section 713.20 of the Florida Statutes prescribes the text of the two waiver forms and requires no notarization and no witness. The signature of the lienor or its representative, with the date, is all the statutory form calls for.
No. Florida Statutes § 713.20(2) states that a right to claim a lien may not be waived in advance and that any advance waiver is unenforceable. A lien right may be waived only to the extent of labor, services, or materials already furnished.
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