Free Blank Massachusetts Construction Subcontractor Agreement (2026)

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Massachusetts rules that this document follows

Prompt payment to subcontractors	The contractor must pay the subcontractor on the schedule the statute sets, which extends the payment period by seven days for each tier below the general contractor. Late payment carries the rate the statute sets.Source: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 29E
Retainage cap on private work	Retainage may not exceed 5% of the contract sum or of any payment on private contracts of $3,000,000 or more.Source: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 29F
Pay-if-paid clauses	A general contractor may not withhold payment on the ground that it has not been paid, except in the narrow circumstances the statute allows and only after the statutory notice and dispute procedure.Source: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 29E
Anti-indemnity statute	An indemnity clause in a construction contract is void to the extent it makes the subcontractor answer for the indemnitee's own negligence, whether sole or partial; indemnity for the subcontractor's own share of fault is still allowed.Source: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 29C
Subcontractor lien rights	An unpaid subcontractor may record a mechanics lien against the project; the chapter below sets the preliminary-notice and filing deadlines, which run from the subcontractor's last work, not from the general contractor's.Source: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 254 (liens)
Uninsured subcontractor — workers' compensation	An insured general contractor is liable for compensation to the employees of an uninsured subcontractor and may recover the amount from that subcontractor.Source: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, § 18
Contractor licensing	Office of Consumer Affairs — Home Improvement Contractor registration — The residential contracting agreement must give the contractor's and salesperson's names, addresses and home improvement contractor registration number, and the date the contract was executed.Source: Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 142A, § 2(a)

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