Illinois lien waiver software for general contractors
Illinois-compliant waivers in 2 minutes, scoped to 770 ILCS 60. No PDF attachments, no chasing.
Illinois Mechanics Lien Act, 770 ILCS 60/1 et seq.
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Why generic templates fail in Illinois
Illinois doesn't prescribe a lien waiver form, so a generic template's real risk isn't the wording, it's what's missing. 770 ILCS 60/21.02 makes anyone who collects a waiver in exchange for payment a trustee of that money. A waiver that doesn't tie to a specific pay app and dollar amount makes that trust duty impossible to prove or defend.
Most of our target GCs run jobs concentrated in the Chicago metro area, where a single project can carry a dozen subs across multiple tiers. A spreadsheet or email chain doesn't catch a sub's 90-day Notice of Intent to Lien under 770 ILCS 60/24, and a stale sub list makes the Section 5 Affidavit you hand the owner inaccurate.
The forms we ship for Illinois
Illinois doesn't prescribe a form, so LienDone ships 4 standard waivers, picked automatically based on payment phase and status.
Conditional partial waiver
Release lien rights for a progress payment, conditioned on the check clearing.
Unconditional partial waiver
Release lien rights for a progress payment once it has cleared.
Conditional final waiver
Release all remaining lien rights on the final payment, conditioned on the check clearing.
Unconditional final waiver
Release all remaining lien rights once the final payment has cleared.
Illinois-specific features
Every Illinois waiver is scoped to a specific pay application and dollar amount, with the through-date and trust fund language built in, so the record backs up your §21.02 trust duty if it's ever questioned. The dashboard flags subs approaching the 90-day notice window before it becomes the owner's problem.
Illinois lien waiver FAQ
No. Illinois is one of the states, unlike California, Texas, or Florida, where the Mechanics Lien Act does not prescribe a form. A plain-English waiver tied to a specific payment and dollar amount is the working standard.
Send a Illinois waiver in two minutes.
Illinois Mechanics Lien Act, 770 ILCS 60/1 et seq. compliant. Signed PDF in your dashboard the moment your sub clicks submit.
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