Purpose of this Article: When a lien is placed on a payment through the Accounts Payable module, the lien amount is retained until designated to pay. 


There are generally two types of lien payments:

-    Lien payments due to another different city department 

-    Lien payments due to a third party


Depending on the lien payment type, there are different procedures required to process the payment correctly. The purpose of this article is to walk through the process for the two lien payment types. 

Audience: City Financials & Procurement Users

AuthorMin Fang

Version/Update Date: v1.0

Search Terms: Lien, Retention, Voucher