Collecting Waivers from Subcontractors

How to collect Conditional and Unconditional waivers and the four waiver statuses OwnerDraw tracks.

Open **Expenses** and select the payment's **Waiver** status. Follow the one action shown: **Create & send**, **Review & send**, **Retry email**, **View request**, **Renew request**, **Review & link**, or **View documents**.

The requirement comes from the project's **Lien Waiver Requirements** and any permitted expense-level correction—not a universal threshold. Save a new expense first with **Save & Continue to Waiver**.

**Vendor email** is filled in from the linked Vendor Directory record when that record has an address saved; it stays visible and editable, nothing sends automatically, and your own typing or clearing is never overwritten. A retry, reminder, or renewal keeps the address the request already used. Editing it here does not change the Vendor Directory.

Answer payment-clearance and progress/final questions separately, preview the form, then use **Create & Send Waiver** or **Upload Signed Waiver**. **Download Blank PDF** is available only for supported forms; OwnerDraw does not substitute another form when **Conditional — final** applies. Downloading a blank PDF does not send or sign it. If an email fails, retry the existing request. If it expires, renew it. Previous requests and signed documents remain under **Documents & Activity**.

See [Lien Waivers in OwnerDraw: What to Send and When](/help/lien-waivers/lien-waivers-page-guide) for the complete status table and workflow.