Unconditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment — Free, Fillable Online, No Account

It is the closeout document that gives up all mechanic's lien rights on a project once the job is done and paid. “Unconditional” means it is binding the moment you sign it, whether or not the final payment has actually reached your account. It is the last document exchanged on a project, after every other waiver in the payment chain.

Only after the final payment has cleared in full — the last check or transfer in your account, retainage included. Signing earlier is the classic mistake: the waiver is enforceable on signature, so a stopped payment or reversed transfer after you signed leaves you without lien rights and without the money. If payment is on its way, use the conditional final waiver instead.

Your right to file a mechanics lien on this project is released for good, covering all labor, services, equipment and materials furnished, except disputed claims for extras you listed in the exceptions section. Keep a signed copy with your project records — it is your proof that the lien rights were exchanged for the final payment.

Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, Utah and Wyoming prescribe their waiver form by statute. In those states a waiver that departs from the prescribed text can be void or unenforceable, so this template must not be used there — open your state's page for the verbatim statutory form.

This generic waiver requires no notarization and no witness — the claimant's signature is enough. Two of the statutory states are stricter: Mississippi and Wyoming require notarization, and Georgia requires a witness, because their statutory forms say so. Those requirements apply on the state pages, not here.

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