Kansas
Lien Waiver Forms
Kansas lien waivers: payment-for-waiver only under the Fairness in Private Construction Contract Act
State Rules
How Kansas treats lien waivers
Kansas prescribes no statutory lien waiver form and requires no notarization, so our general-purpose conditional and unconditional progress and final waivers apply. On covered private construction projects, K.S.A. 16-1803(c) voids any contract provision purporting to waive, release, or extinguish mechanic's lien rights: the only waiver a contract may require is one given in exchange for payment, limited to the amount actually received. Residential projects of four or fewer units fall outside the Act.
Kansas lien waiver forms we generate
Four house forms cover every payment on a Kansas 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 Kansas
Execution rules (the form's wording, notarization, witnesses, and whether an electronic signature works) are set by state law. Here's what applies in Kansas, built into every waiver we generate.
Advance waivers
K.S.A. 16-1803(c) (Kansas Fairness in Private Construction Contract Act): a private construction contract provision purporting to waive, release, or extinguish mechanic's lien rights is against public policy, void and unenforceable, except a waiver or release given in exchange for payment, limited to the amount actually received. Residential projects of four or fewer units are outside the Act (K.S.A. 16-1802).
Kansas execution rules
- ⚖ No prescribed statutory form: our attorney-reviewed house forms apply.
- ✓ Notarization: not required in Kansas.
- ✓ Witness: not required in Kansas.
- ✓ E-signature: available. Send Kansas waivers for electronic signature and get the signed copy stored with a tamper-evident audit certificate.
Create a free Kansas lien waiver
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