Beneficial Use Certificate Not Signed Before Payment Release Email Template

Use this page when payment is being held because the buyer says the beneficial use certificate, substantial use certificate, or early-use handover record still has not been signed. This is different from a final inspection or occupancy certificate delay. The exact issue is that the asset may already be usable and already in service, but the buyer is still treating the unsigned beneficial use record as the formal condition for payment release. Your email should ask whether the beneficial use certificate is the only remaining blocker, whether the site or equipment is already being used in practice, who is responsible for signing the certificate, and whether payment will be released immediately once that record is executed. The outcome you want is to stop the payer from hiding behind broad handover language and force a specific decision on the one document that converts practical use into a payable milestone. It is commercially strong because suppliers often discover that the buyer is already benefiting from the work while still delaying cash over an unsigned internal use certificate.