Chapter 3. What you get back · Step 9 of 15

The law where you build

The same clause means different things in different states. A pay-if-paid clause one state enforces as written, another voids. Redline applies the rules for the state where the project is being built, not where you or the GC are based, and shows its authority for every rule it applies.

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Keyed to the project's location
Move this sample to a Texas project and Texas rules fire instead. No state's rules ever leak into another state's project; a regression test checks it both ways.
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Authority on every rule
Statute, regulation or case law, with the effective date and the date the content was last checked.
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Law is kept apart from preference
What a statute requires, what AIA or ConsensusDocs treat as normal, and what your company prefers are labelled differently, because they carry different weight at the table.

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Pay-if-paid is generally enforceable in Georgia
Enforceable but aggressive
Georgia courts generally ENFORCE pay-if-paid provisions that clearly and unambiguously make the owner's payment a condition precedent to the subcontractor's right to payment.
Authority: Georgia appellate case law on conditions precedent
Effective 1990-01-01 · checked 2026-08-25 · pack 2026.08.0 · pending attorney verification
Georgia's anti-indemnity statute voids sole-negligence indemnity
Restricted by statute
In construction contracts, Georgia law generally voids, as against public policy, promises to indemnify a party for liability arising from that party's SOLE negligence (O.C.G.A. § 13-8-2(b)).
Authority: O.C.G.A. § 13-8-2(b)
Effective 1970-01-01 · checked 2026-08-25 · pack 2026.08.0 · pending attorney verification
Georgia restricts lien waivers to statutory forms and scope
Restricted by statute
Georgia's lien-waiver statute (O.C.G.A. § 44-14-366) restricts waivers of lien and bond rights to the statutory forms, given in exchange for payment. As amended effective January 1, 2021, a waiver binds after 90 days unless an affidavit of nonpayment is filed, and waivers affect only lien/bond rights, not breach-of-contract claims.
Authority: O.C.G.A. § 44-14-366; 2020 Ga. Laws (SB 315), eff. 2021-01-01
Effective 2021-01-01 · checked 2026-08-25 · pack 2026.08.0 · pending attorney verification
Contract payment terms displace Georgia's prompt-pay defaults
Restricted by statute
Georgia's Prompt Pay Act (O.C.G.A. § 13-11-1 et seq.) provides default payment schedules (generally 15 days owner-to-contractor and 10 days contractor-to-subcontractor after receipt) with interest on late payment, but the Act generally yields to the contract's own payment terms.
Authority: O.C.G.A. § 13-11-1 et seq.
Effective 1995-01-01 · checked 2026-08-25 · pack 2026.08.0 · pending attorney verification
No-damages-for-delay is generally enforceable in Georgia
Enforceable but aggressive
Georgia courts generally enforce no-damages-for-delay provisions in private contracts, subject to limited exceptions recognized in case law (such as fraud or bad faith).
Authority: Georgia appellate case law on no-damages-for-delay
Effective 1990-01-01 · checked 2026-08-25 · pack 2026.08.0 · pending attorney verification
Georgia licensing can bar contract enforcement
Restricted by statute
Georgia's contractor licensing law provides that contracts entered by contractors required to be licensed but unlicensed at the time are generally unenforceable by the contractor (O.C.G.A. § 43-41-17(b)); trade-specific licensing (electrical, plumbing, conditioned air) is governed separately (O.C.G.A. Title 43, Ch. 14).
Authority: O.C.G.A. § 43-41-17(b); O.C.G.A. Title 43, Ch. 14
Effective 2008-07-01 · checked 2026-08-25 · pack 2026.08.0 · pending attorney verification

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6 state-law findings fired on this contract

Georgia Law: Pay-if-paid is generally enforceable in Georgia

This contract's payment-contingency clause is the kind Georgia courts generally enforce as written. Unlike some states, you should NOT count on the law to soften it later. If the owner doesn't pay, this clause is designed to leave that loss with you. The negotiation table is where this gets fixed, not the courthouse. (Enforceable but aggressive.)

Georgia courts generally ENFORCE pay-if-paid provisions that clearly and unambiguously make the owner's payment a condition precedent to the subcontractor's right to payment. Authority: Georgia appellate case law on conditions precedent. Effective 1990-01-01; content verified 2026-08-25 (pack 2026.08.0). [Legal content pending attorney verification. Treat as orientation, and confirm before relying on it in negotiation.] Not legal advice.

· Georgia Law: Georgia's anti-indemnity statute voids sole-negligence indemnity
· Georgia Law: Georgia restricts lien waivers to statutory forms and scope
· Georgia Law: Contract payment terms displace Georgia's prompt-pay defaults
· Georgia Law: No-damages-for-delay is generally enforceable in Georgia
· Georgia Law: Georgia licensing can bar contract enforcement

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