California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 4 — General Provisions, Part 6 — Works of Improvement, Title 2 — Private Works of Improvement, Chapter 5 — Stop Payment Notice, Article 1 — General Provisions, Section 8508
A stop payment notice is not valid unless both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The claimant gave preliminary notice to the extent required by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200).
(b) The claimant gave the stop payment notice before expiration of the time within which a claim of lien must be recorded under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 8400).
Notes
Limits a valid stop payment notice to a claimant that gave preliminary notice to the extent required by the referenced chapter and gave the stop payment notice before expiration of the applicable lien-recording period. Both the preliminary-notice condition and the timing condition must be satisfied.
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