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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
If the claimant is required to execute a waiver and release in exchange for, or in order to induce payment of, a final payment and the claimant is not, in fact, paid in exchange for the waiver and release or a single payee check or joint payee check is given in exchange for the waiver and release, the waiver and release shall be null, void, and unenforceable unless it is in substantially the following form:
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CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE ON FINAL PAYMENT
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NOTICE: THIS DOCUMENT WAIVES THE CLAIMANT'S LIEN, STOP PAYMENT NOTICE, AND PAYMENT BOND RIGHTS EFFECTIVE ON RECEIPT OF PAYMENT. A PERSON SHOULD NOT RELY ON THIS DOCUMENT UNLESS SATISFIED THAT THE CLAIMANT HAS RECEIVED PAYMENT. |
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Identifying Information |
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Name of Claimant: _______________________________________________________________________________ |
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Name of Customer: _______________________________________________________________________________ |
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Job Location: ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Owner: __________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Conditional Waiver and Release |
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This document waives and releases lien, stop payment notice, and payment bond rights the claimant has for labor and service provided, and equipment and material delivered, to the customer on this job. Rights based upon labor or service provided, or equipment or material delivered, pursuant to a written change order that has been fully executed by the parties prior to the date that this document is signed by the claimant, are waived and released by this document, unless listed as an Exception below. This document is effective only on the claimant's receipt of payment from the financial institution on which the following check is drawn: |
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Maker of Check: _________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Amount of Check: $ _____________________________________________________________________________ |
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Check Payable to: _______________________________________________________________________________ |
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Exceptions |
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This document does not affect any of the following: |
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Disputed claims for extras in the amount of: $ _________________________________________________ |
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Signature |
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Claimant's Signature: ___________________________________________________________________________ |
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Claimant's Title: _______________________________________________________________________________ |
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Date of Signature: ______________________________________________________________________________ |
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Civil Code - CIV § 8136 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/civil-code/civ-sect-8136/
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