Colorado
Lien Waiver Forms
Colorado Lien Waivers: No Statutory Form, One Mandatory Statement
State Rules
How Colorado treats lien waivers
Colorado does not prescribe a lien waiver form, so our general-purpose conditional and unconditional progress and final waiver forms apply, but C.R.S. § 38-22-119(2) requires every agreement waiving lien rights to include a statement, in substance, that all debts owed to third parties for the covered goods or services have been paid or will be timely paid. Colorado is also one of the only states that allows lien rights to be waived in advance, even in the construction contract before work begins, though a waiver binds only the parties to it and ambiguous waivers are construed in favor of preserving lien rights.
Colorado lien waiver forms we generate
Four house forms cover every payment on a Colorado project: conditional or unconditional, progress or final.
Conditional Waiver and Release of Lien: Progress Payment
Signed when a progress payment is promised: the waiver only takes effect once that payment actually arrives.
Unconditional Waiver and Release of Lien: Progress Payment
Signed after a progress payment has been received: immediately waives lien rights for work through the covered date.
Conditional Waiver and Release of Lien: Final Payment
Signed when the final payment is promised: waives all remaining lien rights, but only once the payment clears.
Unconditional Waiver and Release of Lien: Final Payment
Signed after the final payment is in hand: a complete, immediate waiver of lien rights on the project.
Signing a lien waiver in Colorado
Execution rules (the form's wording, notarization, witnesses, and whether an electronic signature works) are set by state law. Here's what applies in Colorado, built into every waiver we generate.
Advance waivers
Colorado is one of the only states that permits lien rights to be waived in advance, including in the construction contract before work begins. C.R.S. § 38-22-119(1) makes an agreement to waive, abandon, or refrain from enforcing a lien binding only as between the parties to that contract, and § 38-22-119(2) requires every agreement to waive lien rights to contain a statement, by the person waiving, providing in substance that all debts owed to any third party relating to the goods or services covered by the waiver have been paid or will be timely paid. Ambiguous waivers are construed in favor of preserving lien rights.
Colorado execution rules
- ⚖ No prescribed statutory form: our attorney-reviewed house forms apply.
- ✓ Notarization: not required in Colorado.
- ✓ Witness: not required in Colorado.
- ✓ E-signature: available. Send Colorado waivers for electronic signature and get the signed copy stored with a tamper-evident audit certificate.
Create a free Colorado lien waiver
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Working in another state?
Every state's waiver rules are different. Check before you sign.