{"code":"CIV","codeName":"Civil Code","section":"9550","citation":"Civ. Code, § 9550","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4"},{"name":"PART 6. WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT [8000. - 9566.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-6"},{"name":"TITLE 3. PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT [9000. - 9566.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-6/title-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 5. Payment Bond [9550. - 9566.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/division-4/part-6/title-3/chapter-5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20.   (SB 189)   Effective January 1, 2011.   Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697 and by Section 8052.","effective":"2011-01-01","html":"<p>(a) A direct contractor that is awarded a public works contract involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall, before commencement of work, give a payment bond to and approved by the officer or public entity by whom the contract was awarded.</p><p>(b) A public entity shall state in its call for bids that a payment bond is required for a public works contract involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).</p><p>(c) A payment bond given and approved under this section will permit performance of and provide coverage for work pursuant to a public works contract that supplements the contract for which the bond is given, if the requirement of a new bond is waived by the public entity.</p><p>(d) For the purpose of this section, a design professional is not deemed a direct contractor and is not required to give a payment bond.</p><p>(e) This section does not apply to a public works contract with a “state entity” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section <a href=\"/pcc/7103\">7103</a> of the Public Contract Code.</p>","text":"(a) A direct contractor that is awarded a public works contract involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall, before commencement of work, give a payment bond to and approved by the officer or public entity by whom the contract was awarded. (b) A public entity shall state in its call for bids that a payment bond is required for a public works contract involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000). (c) A payment bond given and approved under this section will permit performance of and provide coverage for work pursuant to a public works contract that supplements the contract for which the bond is given, if the requirement of a new bond is waived by the public entity. (d) For the purpose of this section, a design professional is not deemed a direct contractor and is not required to give a payment bond. (e) This section does not apply to a public works contract with a “state entity” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 7103 of the Public Contract Code.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/civil-code/payment-bond-9550","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}