Nothing pays ahead of the waiver
Recording a payment on a bill missing its required waiver warns you on every US project — and blocks it outright when you turn the block on, overridable only with an audited reason.
Pay
Lien waivers collected, signed, and tracked before you pay
Collect conditional and unconditional lien waivers from the subs and suppliers you pay, get them signed in a no-login portal, and let Ledger warn — or block — a bill payment until the required waiver is in. California's statutory forms are built in.
Waivers on file
4
Awaiting signature
1
Blocking payment
1
| Payee | Type | Stage | Pay app | Amount | Signature | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Concreting | Unconditional | Progress | PA #2 | $171,000.00 | Signed | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Acme Concreting | Conditional | Progress | PA #3 | $125,875.00 | Signed | Jun 30, 2026 |
| BrightSpark Electrical | Conditional | Progress | PA #3 | $96,200.00 | Sent | Jul 2, 2026 |
| Bayside Timber & Hardware | Unconditional | Final | Final | $48,400.00 | Outstanding | Jul 5, 2026 |
One register per project tracks every conditional and unconditional lien waiver from the subs and suppliers you pay, tied to the pay application being paid and e-signed in a no-login portal — and BuildPass warns, or blocks, a bill payment until the required waiver is in. California’s statutory forms are built in.
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A payment shouldn't go out ahead of its waiver
The form, filled for you
California's four statutory forms are built in verbatim, every other US state gets a clearly-labeled generic form, and the amount and through-date default from the bill you're paying.
Signed without the back-and-forth
Send the payee's signatory a no-login link to review and sign, or upload a copy signed elsewhere. Either way it lands as received and the register updates itself.
How it works
Everything a lien waiver needs, in one register
From requesting the right form to clearing the payment.
| Payee | Type | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Acme Concreting | Conditional | Signed |
| BrightSpark Electrical | Conditional | Sent |
| Bayside Timber | Unconditional | Outstanding |
Every waiver in one register
Payee, Type, Amount, Through, Status and Effectiveness in one list per project, filterable by status and conditionality.
§ 8132Conditional · Progress
§ 8134Unconditional · Progress
§ 8136Conditional · Final
§ 8138Unconditional · Final
Every other US state gets a clearly-labeled generic form.
California's statutory forms built in
The four §§ 8132 / 8134 / 8136 / 8138 forms verbatim, with a clearly-labeled generic form for every other US state.
PayeeAcme Concreting
Pay applicationPA #3
Amount$125,875.00
ThroughJun 30, 2026
Amount and through-date default from the bill.
Request filled from the bill
Create a waiver against the payee and bill and the amount and through-date default from the bill, so you're not re-keying numbers.
Conditional waiver on progress payment
J. Alvarez
Sent to the payee’s signatory as a unique no-login link.
Signed in a no-login portal
The payee's signatory reviews the claimant, amount and form and signs from a unique link — no BuildPass account required.
Payment blocked
Bayside Timber & Hardware · $48,400.00 final
Warns on every US bill; hard block overridable only with an audited reason.
Warn or block the payment
Warn on every US bill paid without its waiver, or turn on a per-project hard block that stops the payment until the waiver lands.
ConditionalEffective when payment clears
UnconditionalEffective the moment it’s received
Ledger shows the difference instead of assuming.
Effective, not just signed
A conditional waiver counts only once payment clears; an unconditional one the moment it's received. Ledger shows the difference instead of assuming.
Connected to the whole job
Lien waivers sit right next to your bills
This is the money-out side of Win to Pay, built alongside bills. A progress waiver is created against the payee and the bill you're paying — which is where its amount and through-date come from — and when you go to record that payment, the bill's waiver coverage decides whether you get a clean pay, a warning, or a block. Because a conditional waiver's effectiveness depends on the payment actually clearing, the waiver and the payment stay tied together. Final waivers don't need a linked bill, so a supplier you pay without a subcontract is a first-class case.
Pay application #3 · Acme Concreting
$125,875.00
Northside Apartments · the payment you owe the sub
requires a waiver
Conditional waiver
On submission
signed with the claim · effective once the payment clears
Unconditional waiver
On payment cleared
Lien released
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Director, Lorden Vella
Frequently asked questions
It's software for collecting the signed lien waivers a general contractor needs from the subs and suppliers it pays. In BuildPass you track every waiver in one register, generate the right form, get it signed in a no-login portal, and gate a bill payment on the waiver being in.
A conditional waiver takes effect only when payment clears; an unconditional waiver takes effect as soon as it's received. BuildPass tracks conditionality alongside stage (progress or final), so all four combinations are supported, and shows a conditional waiver as effective only once the linked bill's payment has cleared.
California's four statutory lien-waiver forms are built in word-for-word (Civil Code §§ 8132, 8134, 8136 and 8138). Every other US state gets a clearly-labeled generic waiver so you can keep moving, with a note to confirm the state-specific form with your counsel.
No. You send the payee's signatory a unique link to a no-login portal where they review the details and sign. The signed PDF is filed against the waiver and the status updates automatically. You can also upload a waiver signed outside BuildPass.
It always warns on US projects when a bill is missing its required waiver. Turn on the per-project block for a hard stop: BuildPass then won't record the payment until the waiver lands, unless you override it with a reason saved to the audit trail.
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