Build it in minutes. Create an account to download. All four Texas statutory forms from Property Code §53.284, in the words the statute prescribes. A Texas waiver that does not substantially follow them is unenforceable, so this prints the statute’s text and you fill in the blanks.
A conditional waiver releases nothing until the check it names has been endorsed and paid by the bank. An unconditional waiver releases your rights when you sign it. Send the conditional form to get paid. Sign the unconditional form only after the money is in your account. Under §53.283 nobody may require you to sign an unconditional waiver for an amount you have not received in good and sufficient funds.
A progress waiver covers the payment in the attached pay request and keeps unpaid retention, pending changes and other items out of the release. A final waiver covers the whole job.
Not since 1 January 2022. HB 2237 took notarization out of §53.281. The waiver has to substantially follow the §53.284 form and be signed by you or your authorized agent, and a conditional waiver needs evidence that payment was made.
§53.284(a) makes a waiver unenforceable unless it substantially complies with the form for its situation. This page prints the statute’s wording; you fill in the blanks.
The Texas Notice of Claim: One Notice, Two Recipients, and the Rule That Was Repealed. Texas has no preliminary notice. Property Code 53.056 requires a monthly notice of claim to the owner AND the original contractor by the 15th of the third month — second on residential — and the two-notice scheme most articles still describe was struck out in 2022.
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General information, not legal advice. BuildControl is not a law firm. Confirm anything here against Property Code chapter 53 or a Texas construction attorney before you rely on it.
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