Construction Contracts · NOC Signatures
Issue a written construction contract — scope of work, contract price, payment schedule, timeline, and terms — and get it e-signed by your customer before work begins. Every signed contract is protected by SHA-256 hashes, signer IP and user-agent capture, and an append-only audit trail, the same evidentiary backbone NOC Signatures uses for Notices of Commencement and lien waivers.
Documents e-signed through NOC Signatures are enforceable under the federal E-SIGN Act and state UETA. Every signed construction contract carries the signer's drawn signature, printed name, title, timestamp, and IP address for non-repudiation, plus SHA-256 hashes of the original and signed PDFs for tamper-evidence. Free for all signed-in NOC Signatures users while in beta.
A construction contract is the written agreement between a contractor and a property owner that defines the scope of work, contract price, payment schedule, project timeline, warranty, and any additional terms. It's the document that protects both parties' rights — most state mechanic's lien statutes, prompt-payment laws, and dispute-resolution remedies require a signed written contract before you can enforce them.
A paper contract that's been emailed back and forth as a scanned PDF is hard to defend in court — there's no record of who actually clicked sign, when, from where, or whether the document was altered. An e-signed contract from NOC Signatures captures the signer's IP address and user-agent at submission, generates SHA-256 hashes of the original and signed PDFs, and writes every action to an append-only audit trail. The same evidentiary backbone we use for Notices of Commencement and lien waivers.
Yes. Electronic signatures on construction contracts are enforceable under the federal E-SIGN Act (15 U.S.C. § 7001 et seq.) and state Uniform Electronic Transactions Acts (UETA), which all 50 U.S. states have adopted in some form. The signer's consent to e-sign is captured explicitly on the signing page, and the final PDF carries the signer's drawn signature, printed name, title, timestamp, and IP address for non-repudiation.
Be specific. Describe the work to be performed (e.g. "demolish existing 12'×14' kitchen, install new cabinets per attached drawing A-3, run new 20A circuit for refrigerator"), the materials and fixtures (with model numbers if known), and any explicit exclusions (e.g. "electrical panel upgrades not included; permit fees billed at cost"). A vague scope is the #1 cause of change-order disputes.
The payment schedule field is free-text — write it however your business runs. Common patterns are progress payments tied to milestones (e.g. "30% deposit on signing, 30% on rough-in, 30% on substantial completion, 10% on final walkthrough") or net-30 invoicing. Check your state's prompt-payment statute and any home-improvement laws (e.g. Florida § 489.126 caps residential deposits) before drafting the schedule.
Issue a Change Order — also free in NOC Signatures. Change orders document a price, scope, or schedule modification to an existing contract, get e-signed by the customer using the same workflow, and become part of the original agreement once signed. Verbal change orders are the leading cause of construction payment disputes; always paper them.
You get an email notification with the signer's name, title, and timestamp. The signed PDF is generated on the fly with the customer's drawn signature stamped in the signature block, plus a footer with the signer IP for non-repudiation. You can download it from the contract detail page any time, and the full audit trail (viewed, sent, signed, downloaded events) is preserved.
This page is general information about construction contracts and electronic signatures — not legal advice. Consult a licensed construction attorney for questions about your specific project or state.