Lien Management Settings screen

Use the Lien Management Settings screen to establish basic information that ProContractor uses to control how liens are handled for a company, including the defaults for auto-creating lien notices and releases and the type of notifications you will receive.

ProContractor has a default set of lien management settings. You can modify these settings as needed.

General Settings

  • When entering an invoice, calculate the lien release amount by subtracting the retainage amount from the purchase/billing amount: No

  • When selecting vendor invoices for payment, notify if lien releases sent earlier have not been received: Yes

Vendor-Related Options

Function

Auto-Create Option

Lien Management Review Required

Enter Purchase Order

Lien Notice

No

Enter Subcontract

Lien Notice

Yes

Enter Subcontract Change Order

Lien Notice

Yes

Create PO from Estimate

Lien Notice

Yes

Enter Vendor Invoice

Received Conditional Release

Yes

Select Vendor Invoice for Payment

Received Conditional Release

Yes

Customer-Related Options

Function

Auto-Create Option

Lien Management Review Required

Project

Do Not Auto Create

No

Enter Owner Change Order

Do Not Auto Create

No

Enter Project Manager Worksheet

Do Not Auto Create

No

Enter Contract Invoice

Do Not Auto Create

Yes

Enter Manual Time & Material Invoice

Do Not Auto Create

No

Enter Generated Time & Material Invoice

Do Not Auto Create

No

Enter Cash Receipts

Do Not Auto Create

No

Enter Customer Invoice

Do Not Auto Create

No

If you choose not to have ProContractor auto-create lien notices and/or releases, you can still create and manage lien notices and releases using the Enter Customer Lien Notice & Release screen or the Enter Vendor Lien Notice & Release screen.

Note: To open the Lien Management Settings screen, click Projects > Setup > Lien Management Settings in the All Tasks pane.
Note: The Lien Management Settings screen is a step in the Project Setup process. The Default Project screen is the next step.