Kentucky
Lien Waiver Forms
Kentucky lien waivers: partial waivers for payments actually made under the Fairness in Construction Act
State Rules
How Kentucky treats lien waivers
Kentucky prescribes no statutory lien waiver form: KRS chapter 376 leaves the format to the parties and requires no notarization, so our general-purpose conditional and unconditional progress and final waivers apply. On covered non-residential projects, KRS 371.405(2)(b) voids any construction-contract provision purporting to waive, release, or extinguish lien rights, allowing only partial waivers given in exchange for payments actually made to the contractor or subcontractor. Matching each waiver to the payment it accompanies keeps it inside that exception.
Kentucky lien waiver forms we generate
Four house forms cover every payment on a Kentucky 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 Kentucky
Execution rules (the form's wording, notarization, witnesses, and whether an electronic signature works) are set by state law. Here's what applies in Kentucky, built into every waiver we generate.
Advance waivers
KRS 371.405(2)(b) (Kentucky Fairness in Construction Act): a construction-contract provision purporting to waive, release, or extinguish rights to claim a lien under KRS ch. 376 is void as against public policy, except partial waivers of lien rights given in exchange for payments actually made to the contractor or subcontractor. The Act excludes residential projects (KRS 371.400).
Kentucky execution rules
- ⚖ No prescribed statutory form: our attorney-reviewed house forms apply.
- ✓ Notarization: not required in Kentucky.
- ✓ Witness: not required in Kentucky.
- ✓ E-signature: available. Send Kentucky waivers for electronic signature and get the signed copy stored with a tamper-evident audit certificate.
Create a free Kentucky lien waiver
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Working in another state?
Every state's waiver rules are different. Check before you sign.