Nevada lien waiver forms and what the statute says

Nevada sets four lien waiver forms in NRS 108.2457: a conditional and an unconditional waiver and release for a progress payment, and the same pair for a final payment. The statute says a waiver given by any lien claimant is unenforceable unless it is in these forms in the circumstances it lists.

In the app, a project located in Nevada gets the four forms with the statute’s words unchanged. The amount and the payment application number come from the pay app the payment is for, and the waiver goes into the PDF beside it.

Sample Nevada lien waiver on the statutory form — A filled sample of the conditional waiver and release upon progress payment, NRS 108.2457 subsection 5(a), printed by the app.

The four Nevada forms at a glance

Each form sits in its own paragraph of subsection 5. The right-hand column quotes the part of the statute that says when the form is the one to use. It is the statute’s text, not ours.

Form	Section	Kind	When the statute says it is used
Conditional Waiver and Release upon Progress Payment	NRS 108.2457 subsec. 5(a)	Conditional, progress	“the lien claimant is required to execute a waiver and release in exchange for or to induce the payment of a progress billing and the lien 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”
Unconditional Waiver and Release upon Progress Payment	NRS 108.2457 subsec. 5(b)	Unconditional, progress	“the lien claimant has been paid in full or a part of the amount provided for in the progress billing”
Conditional Waiver and Release upon Final Payment	NRS 108.2457 subsec. 5(c)	Conditional, final	“the lien claimant is required to execute a waiver and release in exchange for or to induce payment of a final billing and the lien claimant is not 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”
Unconditional Waiver and Release upon Final Payment	NRS 108.2457 subsec. 5(d)	Unconditional, final	“the lien claimant has been paid the final billing”

Read together, the conditional pair covers a waiver that goes out before payment, or against a single payee or joint payee check. The unconditional pair covers a waiver signed after the claimant has been paid, in part or in full for a progress billing and in full for the final billing. The statute ties each form to one of those situations and does not leave the choice of wording to the parties.

What the statute says about using them

Subsection 5 opens with the rule: The waiver and release given by any lien claimant is unenforceable unless it is in the following forms in the following circumstances. Subsection 1 adds a condition on written consents. A consent that waives or limits lien rights is unenforceable unless the claimant signs and delivers a waiver and release in the statute’s form and, for a conditional one, receives payment of the amount identified in the conditional waiver and release.

The lien chapter also speaks about contract terms: Any term of a contract that attempts to waive or impair the lien rights of a contractor, subcontractor or supplier is void. That sentence is about contract terms. The waiver forms themselves are the ones in subsection 5, quoted above.

Statute: NRS 108.2457(5)
Use of the form: Yes: other forms are not enforceable.
Who it applies to: Any lien claimant.
Notary: The statute is silent.

Source: NRS 108.2457(5). The Nevada Legislature’s site, revised April 2026, read Nov 12, 2026.

The statute asks for a signature by the claimant or the claimant’s authorized agent and says nothing about a notary, so the Nevada forms in the app end with the company name, a By line and an Its line, and carry no notary block.

Notice wording and type size

The two unconditional forms carry a notice, and the statute puts it in parentheses above the notice: Each unconditional waiver and release must contain the following language, in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document. The app sets the notice at the largest size on its page.

The progress notice and the final notice differ in one sentence. On the progress form the document is enforceable against the signer to the extent of the Payment Amount or the amount received. On the final form it is enforceable even if you have not been paid. Both end by pointing a claimant who has not been paid to a conditional form. The conditional forms carry no notice, and the statute states no capitals or bold requirement for any of the four.

When a check does not clear

Paragraph 5(e) is not a form. It is a rule that applies over all four of them. If the payment given for a waiver is made by check, draft or another negotiable instrument and it fails to clear the bank, the waiver and release shall be deemed null, void and of no legal effect whatsoever, and the claimant’s lien rights, bond rights and contract rights are not affected by having signed. The conditional forms say much the same thing in their own words: they become effective only when the check has been paid by the bank.

The full text of each form

Below is each Nevada form as the app prints it, word for word. The dotted lines are where the app writes the job’s details. The forms were read from the Nevada Legislature’s site, revised April 2026, and the section’s history line reads Added to NRS by 2003, 2591; A 2005, 1914.

Conditional Waiver and Release upon Progress Payment NRS 108.2457 subsec. 5(a), read Nov 12, 2026

CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE

UPON PROGRESS PAYMENT

Property Name:..............................................................................................................

Property Location:.........................................................................................................

Undersigned’s Customer:.............................................................................................

Invoice/Payment Application Number:.....................................................................

Payment Amount:..........................................................................................................

Upon receipt by the undersigned of a check in the above-referenced Payment Amount payable to the undersigned, 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 and the undersigned shall be deemed to waive any notice of lien, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to payment rights that the undersigned has on the above-described Property to the following extent:

This release covers a progress payment for the work, materials or equipment furnished by the undersigned to the Property or to the Undersigned’s Customer which are the subject of the Invoice or Payment Application, but only to the extent of the Payment Amount or such portion of the Payment Amount as the undersigned is actually paid, and does not cover any retention withheld, any items, modifications or changes pending approval, disputed items and claims, or items furnished that are not paid. Before any recipient of this document relies on it, the recipient should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from this progress payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials or equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.

Dated:......................................

.......................................................

(Company Name)

By:.................................................

Its:.................................................

Unconditional Waiver and Release upon Progress Payment NRS 108.2457 subsec. 5(b), read Nov 12, 2026

UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE

UPON PROGRESS PAYMENT

Property Name:..............................................................................................................

Property Location:.........................................................................................................

Undersigned’s Customer:.............................................................................................

Invoice/Payment Application Number:.....................................................................

Payment Amount:..........................................................................................................

The undersigned has been paid and has received a progress payment in the above-referenced Payment Amount for all work, materials and equipment the undersigned furnished to the Customer for the above-described Property and does hereby waive and release any notice of lien, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to payment rights that the undersigned has on the above-described Property to the following extent:

This release covers a progress payment for the work, materials and equipment furnished by the undersigned to the Property or to the Undersigned’s Customer which are the subject of the Invoice or Payment Application, but only to the extent of the Payment Amount or such portion of the Payment Amount as the undersigned is actually paid, and does not cover any retention withheld, any items, modifications or changes pending approval, disputed items and claims, or items furnished that are not paid. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from this progress payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials or equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.

Dated:......................................

.......................................................

(Company Name)

By:.................................................

Its:.................................................

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 to the extent of the Payment Amount or the amount received. If you have not been paid, use a conditional release form.

Conditional Waiver and Release upon Final Payment NRS 108.2457 subsec. 5(c), read Nov 12, 2026

CONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE

UPON FINAL PAYMENT

Property Name:..............................................................................................................

Property Location:.........................................................................................................

Undersigned’s Customer:.............................................................................................

Invoice/Payment Application Number:.....................................................................

Payment Amount:..........................................................................................................

Payment Period:.............................................................................................................

Amount of Disputed Claims:.......................................................................................

This release covers the final payment to the undersigned for all work, materials or equipment furnished by the undersigned to the Property or to the Undersigned’s Customer and does not cover payment for Disputed Claims, if any. Before any recipient of this document relies on it, the recipient should verify evidence of payment to the undersigned. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from the final payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials or equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.

Dated:......................................

.......................................................

(Company Name)

By:.................................................

Its:.................................................

Unconditional Waiver and Release upon Final Payment NRS 108.2457 subsec. 5(d), read Nov 12, 2026

UNCONDITIONAL WAIVER AND RELEASE

UPON FINAL PAYMENT

Property Name:..............................................................................................................

Property Location:.........................................................................................................

Undersigned’s Customer:.............................................................................................

Invoice/Payment Application Number:.....................................................................

Payment Amount:..........................................................................................................

Amount of Disputed Claims:.......................................................................................

The undersigned has been paid in full for all work, materials and equipment furnished to the Customer for the above-described Property and does hereby waive and release any notice of lien, any private bond right, any claim for payment and any rights under any similar ordinance, rule or statute related to payment rights that the undersigned has on the above-described Property, except for the payment of Disputed Claims, if any, noted above. The undersigned warrants that he or she either has already paid or will use the money received from this final payment promptly to pay in full all laborers, subcontractors, materialmen and suppliers for all work, materials and equipment that are the subject of this waiver and release.

Dated:......................................

.......................................................

(Company Name)

By:.................................................

Its:.................................................

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 waiver for the first pay app of the demo drywall job, Maple Street Clinic: $25,650.00 of work, 5% retainage held, $24,367.50 due. The job is at 1450 Maple Street in Reno. The pay app behind it runs to October 31, 2026, a date the Nevada progress form has no line for. The form names the billing by its number instead. These are the blanks the app filled.

Blank on the form	Sample value	Where the app takes it from
Property Name	Maple Street Clinic	The project’s name
Property Location	1450 Maple Street, Reno, NV 89501	The project’s site address
Undersigned’s Customer	Northgate Builders Inc.	The party you bill on the project, usually the GC
Invoice/Payment Application Number	1	The number of the pay app
Payment Amount	$24,367.50	The pay app’s current payment due
Dated	Blank	Written in when the form is signed
Company Name	Delta Line Drywall LLC	Your company name on the account
By and Its	Signature line, President	The person who signs, with the title

The two final forms add lines the progress forms lack. The conditional final form has a Payment Period line and an Amount of Disputed Claims line, and the unconditional final form has the Amount of Disputed Claims line. Both final forms leave the disputed claims noted on that line outside the release.

Making a Nevada waiver here

Set the project’s State to Nevada when you create the job. The four forms above are then the ones offered.
Finish the pay app for the period. Once finished it is frozen, and the waiver reads its figures.
Open Lien waivers, choose the form and the pay app it is for. The property, customer, application number and payment amount fill in.
On a final form, type the amount of disputed claims, or $0.00 when there is none.
Sign typed or drawn, or send a signing link, then download one PDF holding the pay app, the waiver and any backup you attached.

The pay app editor in the app, where the period’s billing is entered before the waiver is made

How the waiver follows the pay app

The Payment Amount on a Nevada progress waiver is the payment the pay app asks for, not the contract sum and not the work to date. Take a concrete sub on its third pay app, for the period to July 31, 2026. The contract is $160,000.00, and change orders add a net $8,500.00: change order 1, an addition of $12,500.00, was billed earlier, and change order 2 is a deduction of $4,000.00 that comes through this period as a negative line. The contract sum to date is $168,500.00.

The pay app shows $164,500.00 completed to date, $16,450.00 of retainage held and $113,625.00 certified on earlier applications. The current payment due is $34,425.00. The conditional progress waiver for it reads 3 as the Invoice/Payment Application Number and $34,425.00 as the Payment Amount. The progress form says it does not cover any retention withheld, so the $16,450.00 stays outside it. A final waiver goes with the payment that releases it.

Because the waiver is made from a finished pay app, the figures on the two papers cannot drift apart. A revised pay app makes a new version, and a new Nevada waiver can be made from it. The pay application guide follows the current payment due line by line.

Nevada waiver questions

Is the Nevada waiver form mandatory?

Yes. NRS 108.2457(5) says a waiver and release given by any lien claimant is unenforceable unless it is in the statute’s forms in the circumstances it lists.

Who does the Nevada statute cover?

Any lien claimant. The section text carries no residential-only or GC-only limit.

Does a Nevada lien waiver need a notary?

The statute is silent on it. It asks for a signature by the lien claimant or the lien claimant’s authorized agent, and the four forms in the app end with the company name, a By line and an Its line.

Does the Nevada progress waiver cover retainage?

No. Both progress forms say the release does not cover any retention withheld, items pending approval, disputed items and claims, or items furnished that are not paid.

What if the check for a Nevada waiver does not clear?

Paragraph 5(e) says that if payment made by check, draft or another negotiable instrument fails to clear the bank, the waiver is null, void and of no legal effect, and the claimant’s lien and payment rights are not affected by having signed it.

What notice do the unconditional forms carry?

A notice that the document waives rights unconditionally and states the claimant has been paid for giving them up. It has to be in type at least as large as the largest type otherwise on the document. The conditional forms carry no notice.

Does the Nevada progress form have a through date?

No. It names the billing by the Invoice/Payment Application Number and gives a Payment Amount. The app fills both from the pay app. The Payment Period line appears only on the conditional final form.

When is a conditional form the one to use?

The statute lists two cases: the claimant is not in fact paid in exchange for the waiver, or a single payee check or joint payee check is given in exchange for it. The unconditional forms are for a claimant who has been paid.

Sources: NRS 108.2457(5).

Other States and the four kinds

Beyond Nevada, the lien waiver guide sets out the four kinds side by side, and conditional vs unconditional covers the timing. Neighboring States with their own statutory wording: Arizona, California and Utah.

We print the statute’s wording and the facts above and do not say which waiver to sign.