{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-22b-5","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 22B-5","heading":"Waiver of liens or claims as a condition of progress payment invalid.","body":"(a)\tProvisions in lien waivers, releases, construction agreements as defined in G.S. 22B-1(f)(1), or design professional agreements as defined in G.S. 22B-1(f)(5) purporting to require a promisor to submit a waiver or release of liens or claims as a condition of receiving interim or progress payments due from a promisee under a construction agreement or design professional agreement are void and unenforceable unless limited to the specific interim or progress payment actually received by the promisor in exchange for the lien waiver.\n(b)\tThis section does not apply to the following:\n(1)\tLien waivers or releases for final payments.\n(2)\tAgreements to settle and compromise disputed claims after the claim has been identified by the claimant in writing regardless of whether the promisor has initiated a civil action or arbitration proceeding. (2022-1, s. 3(a).)","path":["Chapter 22B. Contracts Against Public Policy.","Article 1. Invalid Agreements."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_22B/GS_22B-5.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:27Z","sha256":"094c028dcbe404d45a65deb6221df2eaaff7c140a2d1e9982915fb71a37aa76f","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-22b-4","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-22b-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}