California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 4 — General Provisions, Part 6 — Works of Improvement, Title 3 — Public Work of Improvement, Chapter 4 — Stop Payment Notice, Article 1 — General Provisions, Section 9362
(a) Not later than 10 days after each of the following events, the public entity shall give notice to a claimant that has given a stop payment notice of the time within which an action to enforce payment of the claim stated in the stop payment notice must be commenced:
(1) Completion of a public works contract, whether by acceptance or cessation.
(2) Recordation of a notice of cessation or completion.
(b) The notice shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8100) of Title 1.
(c) A public entity need not give notice under this section unless the claimant has paid the public entity ten dollars ($10) at the time of giving the stop payment notice.
Notes
Requires a public entity, within 10 days after public-work completion or recordation of a cessation or completion notice, to tell a stop-payment claimant the enforcement-action deadline. Exempts the entity from giving that notice unless the claimant paid $10 to the entity when giving the stop payment notice.
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