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Over the last four years we’ve all had to deal with the funding crashes that followed the 2008 financial crisis.  In those four years, many have also learned the difference between pay-if-paid clauses and pay-when-paid clauses. But what is the difference between the two, when should each one be used, and why should it matter to you?<\/span>

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If you’re a contractor, subcontractor, or sub-subcontractor, you should take the time to find out how and if a pay-when-paid and pay-if-paid clause will effect you. As a contractor, how you word your contract could mean financing a project for an insolvent owner that never pays you. As a subcontractor, if the owner goes out of business you may never get paid for work you do if the contractor never gets paid.  In many states, all this depends on some simple wording. <\/span>

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We’ll explain what a pay-if-paid and what a pay-when-paid clause is one at a time so you can compare the differences:<\/span>

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Pay When Paid Clauses<\/b><\/span>

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The phrase “pay-when-paid” is deceiving: most people believe pay when paid means that if the contractor does not receive payment from the owner, then he has no obligation to pay his subcontractor.  However, most courts have interpreted “pay-when-paid” as timing provisions. In New York, for instance, the court has defined pay-when-paid clauses as permitting a delay in payment for a reasonable period of time.  In short, courts refuse to permit the risk of non-payment to be shifted to the subcontractor based on pay when paid provisions.  According to an article <\/span>titled “Pay-If-Paid Clauses: Freedom of Contract or Protecting the Subcontractor from Itself?<\/a>“,<\/span>written by William M. Hill and Mary-Beth McCormack <\/span>in the<\/span> <\/span>Construction Lawyer, <\/i><\/span>Winter 2011 edition, when interpreting pay-when-paid clauses, <\/span>Courts usually point to the “harsh effects of ‘conditions precedent’, and a general policy of avoiding them if other reasonable readings of a contract is possible.”<\/span>

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Courts have not uniformly construed \u201cpay-when-paid\u201d clauses. One of the premiere cases “<\/span>that squarely addresses the issue is Seal Tite Corp v. Ehret, Inc.<\/a><\/i>, 589 F.Supp. <\/span>701 (D.N.J. 1984). In Seal Tite<\/i>, the court, following the reasoning expounded in the Sixth <\/span>Circuit case, Thos. J. Dyer Co. v. Bishop Int\u2019l Engineering Co.<\/a><\/i>, 303 F.2d 606 (6th Cir. 1962), <\/span>construed a subcontract \u201cpay-when-paid\u201d provision as postponing payment for a reasonable <\/span>period of time rather than a conditional promise to pay by the general contractor. The court <\/span>explained that because the payment clause did not make reference to the possibility of the <\/span>owner\u2019s insolvency, but did refer to the amount, a time and method of payment, the clause <\/span>was merely a provision affording the general contractor a reasonable time to procure from <\/span>the owner the funds necessary to pay the subcontractor. Seal Tite<\/i>, 589 F.Supp. at 704 <\/span>(quotations omitted). Ultimately, the court\u2019s determination turned on whether there is any <\/span>indication in the payment clause that the subcontractor would undertake any risk in the <\/span>event the owner of the project would become insolvent. Id<\/u>. Simply put, there must be <\/span>express language clearly showing the intention of the parties to shift the risk. Id<\/u>. The Dyer <\/span>approach has been recognized as the leading decision in this area. Lafayette Steel Erectors, <\/a><\/i><\/span>Inc. v. Roy Anderson Corp.<\/a><\/i>, 71 F. Supp. 2d 582, 587 (S.D. Miss. 1997) (“Dyer has been cited <\/span>and relied upon repeatedly . . . .”); Mrozik Constr., Inc. v. Lovering Associates., Inc.<\/i>, 461 <\/span>N.W.2d 49, 51 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990) (describing Dyer as “a leading case on which the <\/span>Restatement [(Second) of Contracts] illustration was based”); Watson Constr. Co. v. Reppel <\/a><\/i><\/span>Steel & Supply Co.<\/a><\/i>, 598 P.2d 116, 119 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1979) (terming Dyer<\/i> “a leading decision <\/span>in this area”).” <\/span>See <\/a><\/span><\/i>Fixture Specialists, Inc. v. Global Construction, LLC<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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Pay-If-Paid Clause – Majority Rule<\/u><\/b><\/span>

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Pay-if-paid clauses are generally enforced by courts.  Two big exceptions to the enforcement of pay-if-paid clauses are New York and California, which have held that pay-if-paid clauses are unenforceable and against public policy.  Let’s deal with the majority rule first though.<\/span>

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Enforcing pay-if-paid clauses is more palatable to courts because there is no “condition precedent” to payment.  The contract’s <\/span>pay-if-paid generally clearly states that payment to the subcontractor is to be directly contingent upon the receipt by the general contractor of payment from the owner.  <\/span>In MidAmerica Const. Management Co., Inc. v. <\/a><\/u><\/span>Mastec North America, Inc.<\/a><\/u>, 436 F.3d 1257 (10th Cir. 2006), the Federal Court for the Tenth Circuit first noted the <\/span>distinction between “pay-when-paid” and “pay-if-paid” clauses:<\/span>

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A typical “pay-when-paid” clause might read: “Contractor shall pay <\/span>subcontractor within seven days of contractor’s receipt of payment from <\/span>the owner.” Under such a provision in a construction subcontract, a <\/span>contractor’s obligation to pay the subcontractor is triggered upon receipt <\/span>of payment from the owner. Most courts hold that this type of clause at <\/span>least means that the contractor’s obligation to make payment is <\/span>suspended for a reasonable amount of time for the contractor to receive <\/span>payment from the owner. The theory is that a “pay-when-paid” clause <\/span>creates a timing mechanism only. Such a clause does not create a <\/span>condition precedent to the obligation to ever make payment, and it does <\/span>not expressly shift the risk of the owner’s nonpayment to the <\/span>subcontractor. . . .<\/span>

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A typical “pay-if-paid” clause might read: “Contractor’s receipt of <\/span>payment from the owner is a condition precedent to contractor’s <\/span>obligation to make payment to the subcontractor; the subcontractor <\/span>expressly assumes the risk of the owner’s nonpayment and the <\/span>subcontract price includes this risk.” Under a “pay-if-paid” provision in <\/span>a construction contract, receipt of payment by the contractor from the <\/span>owner is an express condition precedent to the contractor’s obligation <\/span>to pay the subcontractor. A “pay-if-paid” provision in a construction <\/span>subcontract is meant to shift the risk of the owner’s nonpayment under <\/span>the subcontract from the contractor to the subcontractor. In many <\/span>jurisdictions, courts will enforce a “pay-if-paid” provision only if that<\/span>
language is clear and unequivocal. Judges generally will find that a <\/span>“pay-if-paid” provision does not create a condition precedent, but rather <\/span>a reasonable timing provision, where the “pay-if-paid” provision is <\/span>ambiguous.<\/span>

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Pay-If-Paid Minority Rule<\/u><\/b><\/span>

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Regardless of the language used in the pay-if-paid clauses, courts in New York and California will not enforce such clauses, holding the clauses to be void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy.”  Interestingly, the courts based their decisions on New York’s mechanics lien law<\/a> and California’s mechanics lien law<\/a>. In so finding, the courts held that conditional payment provisions effect an indirect waiver of a subcontractor’s protected mechanics’ lien rights.  <\/span>

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In yet some other states, pay-if-paid clauses have been outlawed by statute: generally in the “prompt payment” acts that have been enacted throughout the country.  Over 32 states have some type of prompt payment act, which requires timely payment of amounts due from contractors to subcontractors.  Massachusetts is one of these states, voiding any pay-if-paid clauses for projects worth over three million dollars, unless the project involves residential construction consisting of 4 or fewer dwelling units.  Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Wisconsin, North Carolina and South Carolina have banned pay-if-paid clauses for all private projects.<\/span>

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