Free Blank Ohio Construction Subcontractor Agreement (2026)
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Ohio rules that this document follows
| Prompt payment to subcontractors | The contractor must pay the subcontractor within 10 days after the contractor receives payment from the owner. Late payment carries 18% per year.Source: Ohio Rev. Code § 4113.61 |
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| Retainage cap on private work | No statutory cap was confirmed — retainage is whatever the subcontract says, and should never exceed what the owner holds from the general contractor |
| Pay-if-paid clauses | Ohio enforces a pay-if-paid clause when the contract uses express condition-precedent language.Source: Transtar Elec., Inc. v. A.E.M. Elec. Servs. Corp., 140 Ohio St. 3d 193, 16 N.E.3d 645 (2014) |
| Anti-indemnity statute | An indemnity clause in a construction contract is void to the extent it makes the subcontractor answer for the indemnitee's sole negligence; indemnity for shared fault is still allowed.Source: Ohio Rev. Code § 2305.31 |
| 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: Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1311.01 et seq. (mechanics' liens) |
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