Late paperwork means late money
Figures from industry surveys and from state law. Each one links to its source.
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51 days
is how long subcontractors say they wait, on average, to get paid after sending a pay app. GCs estimate 35.
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64%
of subcontractors report being paid slowly by their general contractor.
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No. 1
cause of payment delays that contractors cite: lack of organized processes.
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Unenforceable
Texas law says a lien waiver is “unenforceable unless it substantially complies with the applicable form.” California and Arizona require their statutory forms too.
Source: Tex. Prop. Code § 53.284(a)
What a late pay app costs you
We filled this in with the example above: $50,535.50 due on a $412,500 contract with 5% retainage. Type your own numbers over ours and the totals update as you go.
What it costs
$50,535.50 × 10% a year × 21 extra days ÷ 365. That's roughly what carrying the gap on your credit line costs.
a year, at 12 months of the same wait
until the job closes out
4 hours × $75.00 an hour
The LienPacket monthly packet will cost $79 a month. It isn't open yet.
These are examples with numbers you can change. Your terms, rates and GC decide the real cost.
One entry fills all three documents your GC asks for
Application for Payment
Contract sum, change orders, retainage and the amount due this period, added up to the cent.
Continuation Sheet
Your schedule of values line by line, with percent complete and balance to finish. It flags overbilling before you send.
The matching lien waiver
The conditional progress waiver for the exact amount due, in your state's statutory wording.
Free lien waiver form generator
Pick your state and the waiver, fill in the blanks, and download a PDF of the statutory form. It all runs in your browser, so nothing you type is uploaded.
This tool fills in standard statutory forms. It is not legal advice.
Word for word from the statute
Every form uses the exact text your state's law sets out, checked against the legislature's own site. We add a state only after we've verified it.
- CaliforniaCivil Code §§ 8132 to 8138, four forms
- TexasProperty Code § 53.284, four forms
- ArizonaA.R.S. § 33-1008, four forms
- More states as we verify each statute.
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