Arizona lien waiver forms and what the statute says

Arizona prints all four lien waivers in subsection D of A.R.S. 33-1008: a conditional and an unconditional form for a progress payment, and the same pair for the final payment. The statute calls a waiver given by any claimant unenforceable unless it follows substantially one of those forms in the circumstances it lists, so an Arizona waiver is written on one of these four.

A project located in Arizona gets the four forms in the app with the statute's wording unchanged. The amount, the through date and the names are filled from the pay app the payment is for; you sign, and the waiver goes into the same PDF as the pay application.

Sample Arizona lien waiver on the statutory form — A filled sample of the conditional waiver on a progress payment, A.R.S. 33-1008(D)(1), printed by the app.

The four Arizona forms at a glance

The statute numbers its forms D.1 to D.4 inside one subsection. The right-hand column quotes the words in each form that tie it to a payment, so the difference between a conditional and an unconditional waiver can be read in the statute's own text rather than taken from us.

Form	Section	Kind	The form's own words on payment
Conditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment	33-1008(D)(1)	Conditional, progress	“and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank on which it is drawn, this document becomes effective”
Unconditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment	33-1008(D)(2)	Unconditional, progress	“The undersigned has been paid and has received a progress payment”
Conditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment	33-1008(D)(3)	Conditional, final	“and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank on which it is drawn, this document becomes effective”
Unconditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment	33-1008(D)(4)	Unconditional, final	“The undersigned has been paid in full”

The two progress forms run through a date and say they do not cover retention, pending modifications and changes, or items furnished after that date. The two final forms have no date. Each final form has a single exception line instead: the conditional one excepts disputed claims in a stated amount, and the unconditional one excepts disputed claims for extra work in a stated amount.

What A.R.S. 33-1008 says about using them

The section runs from subsection A to subsection D. Subsection A says a waiver and release releases the property for the owner, the construction lender, the contractor and the surety on a payment bond from claims and liens only if the waiver and release follows substantially one of the forms set forth in this section. Subsection D makes the same point form by form: a waiver and release given by any claimant is unenforceable unless it follows substantially the following forms, each in the circumstances the statute lists for it.

For the conditional progress form, D.1 names the circumstances as one where the claimant is required to execute a waiver and release in exchange for or in order to induce the payment of a progress 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. In plain terms, that is the form the statute attaches to a waiver handed over before the money has arrived, or one handed over for a single payee check or a joint payee check.

Subsection A also limits what a contract can do to other people's rights: an owner or contractor may not waive or impair the claims or liens of other persons, with an exception for their written consent and for what section 33-1003 prescribes. Subsection C leaves two things outside the section: an accord and satisfaction over a bona fide dispute, and an agreement made in settlement of an action pending in a court, each when it makes specific reference to the mechanic's lien or bond claims.

The statute sets no limit to residential work or to general contractors. Subsection D.1 speaks of the claimant. The facts below are taken from the statute and the file it was read from.

Statute: A.R.S. § 33-1008(D)
Use of the form: Yes: a waiver is to be substantially in the statute’s form.
Who it applies to: Any claimant; the section names no limit.
Notary: The statute is silent.

Source: A.R.S. § 33-1008(D). The Arizona Legislature’s site, read Nov 12, 2026.

The unconditional notice and its type size

Only the two unconditional forms carry a notice. Subsections D.2 and D.4 introduce it with the sentence that each unconditional waiver contains this language in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document. The notice itself says the document waives rights unconditionally, says the signer has been paid for giving them up, says it can be enforced against the signer even without payment, and points an unpaid claimant to a conditional release form. The statute states no rule about bold type or capitals.

The conditional forms have no notice. Their equivalent is a sentence in the body, addressed to whoever receives the waiver: Before any recipient of this document relies on it, that person should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned. That sentence sits in the two conditional forms and not in the unconditional ones.

All four forms carry a warranty paragraph, in which the signer says that the money from the payment has been or will be used to pay laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for the job. Three of the four run that warranty up to the date of the waiver; the unconditional final form has no such limit and ends at the project.

The full text of each form

Below is each Arizona form as the app prints it, word for word. The blank lines are where the app writes the job's details, and the labels in brackets under them are the statute's own.

Conditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment A.R.S. § 33-1008(D)(1), read Nov 12, 2026

Conditional waiver and release on progress payment

Project: ______________________

Job No.: ______________________

On receipt by the undersigned of a check from _________________

(maker of check)

in the sum of $______________ payable to _______________________

(amount of check) (payee or payees of check)

and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank on which it is drawn, this document becomes effective to release any mechanic's lien, any state or federal statutory bond right, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the undersigned's position that the undersigned has on the job of ______________________________________________________________

(owner)

located at __________________________________ to the following

(job description)

extent. This release covers a progress payment for all labor, services, equipment or materials furnished to the jobsite or to ______________________________________________________________,

(person with whom undersigned contracted)

through _______________ only and does not cover any retention,

(date)

pending modifications and changes or items furnished after that date. Before any recipient of this document relies on it, that person should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned.

The undersigned warrants that he either has already paid or will use the monies he receives from this progress payment to promptly pay in full all of his laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver.

Date: ____________________ _________________________________

(Company name)

By: ____________________________

(Signature)

_________________________________

(Title)

Unconditional Waiver and Release on Progress Payment A.R.S. § 33-1008(D)(2), read Nov 12, 2026

Unconditional waiver and release on progress payment

Project: _________________

Job No.: _________________

The undersigned has been paid and has received a progress payment in the sum of $_____________ for all labor, services, equipment or material furnished to the jobsite or to ______________________________________________________________

(person with whom undersigned contracted)

on the job of ________________________________________________

(owner)

located at ___________________________________________________

(job description)

and does hereby release any mechanic's lien, any state or federal statutory bond right, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the undersigned's position that the undersigned has on the above referenced project to the following extent. This release covers a progress payment for all labor, services, equipment or materials furnished to the jobsite or to _______________________________________________________________

(person with whom undersigned contracted)

through ________________ only and does not cover any retention,

(date)

pending modifications and changes or items furnished after that date.

Dated: ____________________ ________________________________

(Company name)

By: ____________________________

(Signature)

________________________________

(Title)

Notice: This document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. This document is enforceable against you if you sign it, even if you have not been paid. If you have not been paid, use a conditional release form.

Conditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment A.R.S. § 33-1008(D)(3), read Nov 12, 2026

Conditional waiver and release on final payment

Project: _______________

Job No.: _______________

On receipt by the undersigned of a check from ________________

(maker of check)

in the sum of $_________________ payable to ____________________

(amount of check) (payee or payees of check)

and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank on which it is drawn, this document becomes effective to release any mechanic's lien, any state or federal statutory bond right, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the undersigned's position, the undersigned has on the job of ___________________ located at ______________________________.

(owner) (job description)

This release covers the final payment to the undersigned for all labor, services, equipment or materials furnished to the jobsite or to _________________________________________________________,

(person with whom undersigned contracted)

except for disputed claims in the amount of $__________. Before any recipient of this document relies on it, the person should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned.

The undersigned warrants that he either has already paid or will use the monies he receives from this final payment to promptly pay in full all his laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment or services provided for or to the above referenced project up to the date of this waiver.

Dated: ____________________ _________________________________

(Company name)

By: _____________________________

(Signature)

_________________________________

(Title)

Unconditional Waiver and Release on Final Payment A.R.S. § 33-1008(D)(4), read Nov 12, 2026

Unconditional waiver and release on final payment

Project: _______________

Job No.: _______________

The undersigned has been paid in full for all labor, services, equipment or material furnished to the jobsite or to _______________________________________________________________,

(person with whom undersigned contracted)

on the job of _____________ located at _______________________

(owner) (job description)

and does hereby waive and release any right to mechanic's lien, any state or federal statutory bond right, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to claim or payment rights for persons in the undersigned's position, except for disputed claims for extra work in the amount of $ ___________.

The undersigned warrants that he either has already paid or will use the monies he receives from this final payment to promptly pay in full all of his laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials, equipment or services provided for or to the above referenced project.

Dated: ____________________ _________________________________

(Company name)

By: ____________________________

(Signature)

_________________________________

(Title)

Notice:

This document waives rights unconditionally and states that you have been paid for giving up those rights. This document is enforceable against you if you sign it, even if you have not been paid. If you have not been paid, use a conditional release form.

The filled sample, field by field

The sample beside the introduction is the conditional progress waiver, D.1, for the first pay app of the demo drywall job, Maple Street Clinic: $24,367.50 due after 5% retainage on a job at 1450 Maple Street in Phoenix. The table lists each blank the app filled, and where the value came from. The date and signature lines stay open for the signer.

Blank on the form	Sample value	Where the app takes it from
Project	Maple Street Clinic	The project's name
Job No.	24-118	The job number saved on the project
Maker of check	Northgate Builders Inc.	The customer, the party you bill on the project
Amount of check	$24,367.50	The pay app's current payment due
Payee of check	Delta Line Drywall LLC	Your company name on the account
Owner	Maple Street Medical Partners LLC	The project's owner
Job description	1450 Maple Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004	The project's site address
Person with whom undersigned contracted	Northgate Builders Inc.	The customer again
Through date	October 31, 2026	The period end date of the pay app
Company name and title	Delta Line Drywall LLC, Office manager	Your company name, and the title of the person signing
Date and signature	Left open	Filled when the signer signs

Making an Arizona waiver here

Set the project's State to Arizona when you create the job. The four forms above are then the ones offered for it.
Build the pay application for the period and finish it. A finished pay app is frozen, so the amount on the waiver cannot drift from it.
Open Lien waivers and choose the form and the pay app it is for. The project, owner, customer, amount and through date fill in.
Enter what the form leaves to you, such as the disputed-claims amount on a final form and the signer's title.
Sign typed or drawn, or send the signing link to the person who signs. The waiver is added to the PDF beside the pay app.

The pay app editor for application 2 on Maple Street Clinic, with the current payment due and retainage rates above and the continuation sheet below

How the waiver follows the pay app

The amount on a progress waiver is the payment the pay app asks for, not the contract sum and not the work to date. Take the second pay app of the pay application guide’s drywall job, at 10% retainage, for the period to February 28, 2026. The contract sum is $120,000.00 and $76,000.00 is completed and stored to date. Retainage at 10% is $7,600.00, which leaves $68,400.00 earned less retainage. The first application asked for $23,085.00, so the current payment due is $45,315.00.

The conditional progress waiver for that payment shows $45,315.00 as the amount of check and February 28, 2026 as the through date. The $7,600.00 of retainage is outside the payment, and the Arizona progress forms say they do not cover any retention. The retainage is dealt with when it is released, and the final waiver is made for that payment.

The waiver is made from the finished pay app, so the two documents show the same figures. A revised pay app is a new version, and a new waiver is made from it. The pay application guide shows where the current payment due comes from, line by line.

Arizona waiver questions

Does an Arizona lien waiver need a notary?

A.R.S. 33-1008 is silent on it. Each of the four forms ends with the company name, a By line for the signature and a title line.

Does Arizona set the form a waiver has to follow?

Subsection A says a waiver releases the property only if it follows substantially one of the forms in the section. Subsection D calls a waiver unenforceable unless it follows substantially the form for its circumstances.

When does the conditional progress waiver take effect?

On the words of its own text: after the undersigned receives a check, and when the check has been properly endorsed and has been paid by the bank it is drawn on.

Does an Arizona progress waiver cover retention?

No. Both progress forms say the release runs through the date stated and does not cover any retention, pending modifications and changes, or items furnished after that date.

How large is the notice on the unconditional forms?

The statute says each unconditional waiver contains the notice in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document. It states no rule on bold type or capitals.

Can a contract take away another claimant's lien rights in Arizona?

Subsection A says an owner or contractor may not, by a term of their contract or otherwise, waive or impair the claims or liens of other persons, except by their written consent or as section 33-1003 prescribes.

Does the statute affect a settlement agreement?

Subsection C says the section does not affect the enforceability of an accord and satisfaction over a bona fide dispute, or an agreement settling a pending court action, when it refers specifically to the mechanic's lien or bond claims.

What goes in the through date?

The date a progress waiver runs through. The app fills it with the period end date of the pay app the payment is for.

Sources: A.R.S. § 33-1008(D).

Other States and the four kinds

The lien waiver guide sets the four kinds side by side, and conditional vs unconditional covers the timing. Neighboring States with their own statutory forms in the app: California, Nevada and Utah.