Shared project ledger
Know everyone's been paid — before you pay.
LienGuard puts homeowners and contractors on the same ledger. Every payment is tracked, every lien waiver is verified, and money moves only when the paperwork proves it's safe.
BUILT FOR RENOVATIONS · PILOT OPEN IN SELECT STATES
The problem
Paid in full. Liened anyway.
Renovation money flows through your general contractor to subs and suppliers you may never meet. When one of them doesn't get paid, the claim doesn't land on the contractor — it lands on your property.
You pay your contractor
The draw clears. As far as you can tell, the project is fully paid up and on schedule.
A sub goes unpaid
The contractor never passes payment to the electrician — cash-flow trouble, a dispute, or a bookkeeping miss.
A lien lands on your home
The unpaid sub files a mechanic's lien against your property. Now you're paying twice, or fighting it in court.
The only reliable defense is a signed lien waiver from every sub and supplier before each payment goes out — a system contractors know inside-out and homeowners almost never do. LienGuard makes it automatic for both sides.
How it works
One ledger. Four steps.
Both sides see the same records, so lien protection stops being an adversarial paper chase and becomes part of how the project runs.
Open a shared ledger
Set the state, budget, and draw schedule. LienGuard loads the waiver forms and notice deadlines that apply where the project sits.
Invite the other side
Homeowner and contractor join the same project. Every sub and supplier gets logged as they come onto the job — so the owner always knows who's actually working on the house.
Collect waivers as work happens
Waivers are requested and uploaded per draw. AI reads each document and checks the form type, names, and amounts against the ledger.
Release payment on green
Before each draw, LienGuard confirms every active party has a verified waiver. Missing paperwork holds the payment — while the homeowner still has leverage.
For homeowners
Never pay for the same work twice.
Plain-English protection during the one window you actually have leverage: before the money leaves your account.
- See every sub and supplier on your job
- Get flagged before you release a risky payment
- Alerts in plain language, not legal jargon
- Pay only while your renovation is active
For contractors
Get paid faster, with fewer disputes.
The same waiver discipline that protects the owner keeps your draws clean, your deadlines tracked, and your leverage intact.
- Waiver requests to subs, sent and tracked for you
- State notice and lien deadlines, never missed
- Owners release draws faster when status is green
- One clean record if a dispute ever surfaces
Verification
AI checks the paperwork. People make the calls.
Document review is repetitive, state-specific, and unforgiving — exactly what AI is good at. Legal judgment isn't automated, and we don't pretend it is.
What the AI verifies
- Correct waiver form for the project's state
- Right waiver type — conditional vs. unconditional, progress vs. final
- Names and amounts match the ledger, to the dollar
- Signatures and dates are present and consistent
- Notice deadlines tracked against each party's timeline
What stays with people
- Anything the AI isn't certain about goes to human review
- The decision to file or enforce a lien
- Disputes between owner and contractor
- Notarization and attorney-signed filings, routed to licensed professionals
A payment is never marked safe on an ambiguous document. If the AI can't verify it cleanly, a person looks at it first.
Pricing
Simple monthly plans, no surprises.
Pay while a project is live. When the work wraps, so does the bill.
Homeowners
Runs only while your renovation is open. Pauses automatically when the project closes out.
- Full shared ledger and payment checkpoints
- AI waiver verification on every draw
- Plain-English risk alerts
Contractors
Per-job pricing during the pilot. Running multiple projects? Talk to us about a flat team plan.
- Waiver collection and sub tracking, automated
- State-specific deadline calendar
- Faster draw releases with owners on-platform
PILOT PRICING · FIRST PROJECT FREE FOR FOUNDING USERS · NO LONG-TERM CONTRACT
Founding pilot
Get your state on the launch list.
We're opening state by state. Tell us who you are and where your projects sit — founding users get their first project free.
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You're on the list.
We'll email you when your state opens — founding users hear first and get their first project free.
FAQ
Questions, answered straight.
What is a mechanic's lien? +
A mechanic's lien is a legal claim that contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers can file against a property when they aren't paid for work or materials that improved it. Once filed, it can block a sale or refinance until the debt is resolved — and it attaches to the property, not to whoever caused the missed payment.
I paid my contractor in full. Can someone still lien my home? +
Yes — this is the trap. If your contractor doesn't pass payment along to a sub or supplier, that unpaid party can generally lien your property even though you paid the contractor everything you owed. Collecting signed lien waivers before each payment is the standard protection, and it's exactly what LienGuard checks before a draw goes out.
Is LienGuard legal advice? +
No. LienGuard is a workflow and verification tool, not a law firm, and nothing on this site or in the product is legal advice. Decisions with legal weight — filing a lien, resolving a dispute, anything requiring an attorney's signature — are routed to licensed professionals, and we recommend consulting an attorney for legal questions about your specific situation.
Which states do you support? +
Lien and waiver rules differ meaningfully by state, so we're launching state by state rather than pretending to cover all 50 at once. Each supported state gets its correct waiver forms, notice requirements, and deadlines encoded before we open it. Join the waitlist and we'll tell you when your state goes live.
How does the AI verification work — and what if it's unsure? +
When a waiver is uploaded, AI reads the document and checks it against the ledger: right state form, right waiver type, matching names and dollar amounts, valid signature and date. Anything that doesn't verify cleanly is flagged for human review — a payment is never marked safe on a document the system isn't sure about.
What happens to my plan when the renovation ends? +
Homeowner plans are tied to an active project. When the final draw clears and the project closes out, billing pauses automatically — you keep read access to your records, and you're not paying for protection you no longer need.
Founding pilot
Put your next draw on green.
First project free for founding homeowners and contractors. Help shape the product while it protects your job.