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26 entriesSection 8000Sets the definitions contained in this article to govern construction of this part unless a particular provision or its context requires otherwise.…Section 8002Defines “admitted surety insurer” by assigning the term the meaning provided in the referenced Code of Civil Procedure provision. The definition therefore…Section 8004Defines “claimant” as a person having a right under this part to record a claim of lien, give a stop payment notice,…Section 8006Defines “construction lender” as a mortgagee or deed-of-trust beneficiary lending funds to pay all or part of a work of improvement, including…Section 8008Defines “contract” as an agreement that provides for all or part of a work of improvement. The defined term covers an agreement…Section 8010Defines “contract price” as the price agreed to in a direct contract for a work of improvement. The defined amount is the…Section 8012Defines “contractor” to include a direct contractor, a subcontractor, or both. Exempts the two referenced provisions from this definition, so the inclusion…Section 8014Defines “design professional” as a person licensed or registered under the cited professional laws as an architect, landscape architect, professional engineer, or…Section 8016Defines “direct contract” as a contract between an owner and a direct contractor that provides for all or part of a work…Section 8018Defines “direct contractor” as a contractor having a direct contractual relationship with an owner. Establishes that another statute’s reference to a “prime…Section 8020Defines “funds,” for purposes of the specified title, as a warrant, check, money, or bonds when bonds are to be issued as…Section 8022Defines “labor, service, equipment, or material” to include labor, skills, services, material, supplies, equipment, appliances, power, and surveying provided for a work…Section 8024Defines a “laborer” as an employee who performs labor, supplies skill, or provides necessary services on a work of improvement, including persons…Section 8026Defines “lien” as a lien under the referenced title and expressly includes a design professional’s lien under the cited provision, a lien…Section 8028Defines “material supplier” as a person that provides material or supplies to be used or consumed in a work of improvement. The…Section 8030Defines “payment bond” differently by title: for the specified Title 2, it means a bond given under the referenced provision; for the…Section 8032Defines “person” as an individual, corporation, public entity, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other entity. Establishes that…Section 8034Defines “preliminary notice” by title: for the specified Title 2, it means the notice provided by the referenced chapter within that title;…Section 8036Defines “public entity” as the state, the Regents of the University of California, a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and…Section 8038Defines “public works contract” by assigning the term the meaning provided in the referenced Public Contract Code provision. The definition therefore incorporates…Section 8040Defines “site” as the real property on which a work of improvement is situated or planned. The definition covers real property where…Section 8042Defines “site improvement” to include specified real-property work such as demolition or vegetation removal, test-hole drilling, grading or filling, adjoining street or…Section 8044Defines “stop payment notice” for Title 2 as the referenced claimant notice, which may be bonded or unbonded, and treats general references…Section 8046Defines “subcontractor” as a contractor lacking a direct contractual relationship with an owner and includes a contractor whose contract is with a…Section 8048Defines “work,” for purposes of this part, as labor, service, equipment, or material provided to a work of improvement. The definition covers…Section 8050Defines “work of improvement” to include, without limitation, specified construction, alteration, repair, demolition, removal, additions, landscaping planting, filling, leveling, and grading. Except…