Sections
8 entriesSection 9550Requires a direct contractor awarded a public works contract exceeding $25,000 to give an approved payment bond before work begins and requires…Section 9552Prohibits a public entity and its officers from auditing, allowing, or paying a direct contractor’s contract claim when the required payment bond…Section 9554Requires a public-works payment bond to equal at least 100 percent of the contract amount, be a bond rather than a deposit,…Section 9558Allows a claimant to start an action enforcing payment-bond liability after the claimant stops providing work, but bars commencement later than six…Section 9560Requires preliminary notice to enforce a payment-bond claim, but beginning July 1, 2012 allows cure by notice to the surety and principal…Section 9562Requires notice to the payment-bond principal and surety under the referenced provision to comply with the requirements of the specified general notice…Section 9564Allows a claimant to sue a payment-bond surety whether or not the claimant gave the public entity a stop payment notice. Allows…Section 9566Limits recovery on a payment bond to a claimant that provided work to the direct contractor, directly or through one or more…