Nebraska
Lien Waiver Forms
Nebraska Lien Waivers: No Statutory Form, and Unlimited Waivers Release Everything
State Rules
How Nebraska treats lien waivers
Nebraska 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. Unlike most states, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-144 makes a signed written waiver valid without consideration and enforceable whether signed before or after the work; advance waivers and no-lien clauses are permitted. The same statute treats any waiver that is not specifically limited as a waiver of all construction lien rights for the improvement, so progress waivers must expressly state the amount and period they cover.
Nebraska lien waiver forms we generate
Four house forms cover every payment on a Nebraska 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 Nebraska
Execution rules (the form's wording, notarization, witnesses, and whether an electronic signature works) are set by state law. Here's what applies in Nebraska, built into every waiver we generate.
Advance waivers
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-144: a written waiver of construction lien rights signed by the claimant is valid without consideration and binds whether signed before or after the materials or services were contracted for or furnished; advance waivers are enforceable, and unless the waiver is specifically limited to a particular lien right or a particular portion of the services or materials, it waives all of the claimant's construction lien rights as to the improvement.
Nebraska execution rules
- ⚖ No prescribed statutory form: our attorney-reviewed house forms apply.
- ✓ Notarization: not required in Nebraska.
- ✓ Witness: not required in Nebraska.
- ✓ E-signature: available. Send Nebraska waivers for electronic signature and get the signed copy stored with a tamper-evident audit certificate.
Create a free Nebraska lien waiver
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Working in another state?
Every state's waiver rules are different. Check before you sign.