Lien waivers
Send a vendor a lien waiver as a sign-only Vendor Agreement and collect their signature electronically.
A Lien Waiver is a sign-only kind of Vendor Agreement. There's no priced line-items table — it's a record you send a vendor purely to acknowledge and sign.
Create a lien waiver
- From Records, click Create Record.
- Pick the Project, then choose Lien Waiver under Vendor Agreements.
- The builder opens.
Fill in the waiver
- Rename the document from the top bar, then put the waiver wording into the Description block on the page (and the closing notes at the bottom if the form has a trailing paragraph). It's free text — paste in the exact waiver your situation calls for rather than typing one from scratch.
- Attach any supporting documents the vendor should see from the side panel's Files section — click Add files to upload from your computer or pick a file already in the project.
Note
Use the right waiver — it carries legal weight. Lien waivers come in conditional (takes effect only once payment clears) and unconditional (takes effect the moment it's signed) forms, each for progress or final payment. The safe move is a conditional waiver in exchange for payment, and an unconditional one only after the money has landed. Many states also mandate specific statutory wording, so use the correct form for your state. Foreman records the signature — it doesn't make the wording legally valid. When in doubt, check your state's lien statute or a professional. (Not legal advice.)
Send for signature
- In the side panel's Recipients section, add the vendor with Add a vendor....
- Turn on the recipient's Signature? toggle so they're required to sign.
- Click Send.
What the vendor does
- The vendor opens the link in their portal and agrees to sign electronically.
- They Type or Draw their signature and click Complete Signing.
- The record moves to Accepted once signed, and the signed copy is saved.
Note
Because a lien waiver has no line items, accepting it never touches the budget — it's an acknowledgement, not a cost commitment.
Don’t see this?
If the Send button isn't in the side panel, your role may not allow sending Vendor Agreements — sending is granted separately from creating and editing them. Ask your organization owner.