Minnesota
Lien Waiver Forms
Minnesota Lien Waivers: No Statutory Form, but Pre-Payment Waivers Are Void
State Rules
How Minnesota treats lien waivers
Minnesota does not prescribe a statutory lien waiver form, so our general-purpose conditional and unconditional waivers for progress and final payments apply, with no notarization or witness required. Minn. Stat. § 337.10, subd. 2 voids any provision requiring a contractor, subcontractor, or material supplier to waive mechanics lien or payment bond rights before being paid, which makes conditional waivers the safe choice until payment actually arrives. Note the statutory exception: an unpaid waiver may still be enforced by a third party who detrimentally relied on it.
What to know about Minnesota lien waivers
- Minnesota voids waivers of lien or payment bond rights signed before payment (Minn. Stat. § 337.10, subd. 2). Use a conditional waiver until payment is actually in hand, and remember an unpaid waiver can still bind against a third party who detrimentally relied on it.
Minnesota lien waiver forms we generate
Four house forms cover every payment on a Minnesota 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.
Minnesota has no statutory waiver form to download blank. The generator above fills in a general-purpose form with Minnesota's signing rules built in instead.
Signing a lien waiver in Minnesota
Execution rules (the form's wording, notarization, witnesses, and whether an electronic signature works) are set by state law. Here's what applies in Minnesota, built into every waiver we generate.
Advance waivers
Minn. Stat. § 337.10, subd. 2: provisions contained in, or executed in connection with, a building and construction contract requiring a contractor, subcontractor, or material supplier to waive mechanics lien or payment bond rights before the person has been paid are void and unenforceable, though such a waiver may still be valid as to a third party who detrimentally relies on it.
Minnesota execution rules
- ⚖ No prescribed statutory form: our attorney-reviewed house forms apply.
- ✓ Notarization: not required in Minnesota.
- ✓ Witness: not required in Minnesota.
- ✓ E-signature: available. Send Minnesota waivers for electronic signature and get the signed copy stored with a tamper-evident audit certificate.
Minnesota lien waiver questions
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Bordering states
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