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FAR and DFARS › DFARS Part 252: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 252.2

DFARS 252.217-7014 Discharge of liens.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause requires the contractor to immediately clear any lien or right in rem (other than one favoring the Government) that arises from work or materials under a job order. If the contractor does not, the Government may clear it and charge the contractor the cost.

Applies to: Contractors performing work or furnishing material under job orders

What it requires

  • Immediately discharge, or cause to be discharged, any lien or right in rem of any kind, other than in favor of the Government, that exists or arises in connection with work done or material furnished under any job order under this agreement.

Key terms: lien · right in rem · job order · discharge

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 217.7104(a), use the following clause:

Discharge of Liens (DEC 1991)

(a) The Contractor shall immediately discharge, or cause to be discharged, any lien or right in rem of any kind, other than in favor of the Government, that exists or arises in connection with work done or material furnished under any job order under this agreement.

(b) If any lien or right in rem is not immediately discharged, the Government, at the expense of the Contractor, may discharge, or cause to be discharged, the lien or right.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

Sections that refer to it

← 252.217-7013 Guarantees. · 252.217-7015 Safety and health. →

Rule changes for DFARS Part 252

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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