CHAPTER 5. Payment Bond

Chapter 5 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20.

§§ 9550–9566 · 8 sections

• § 9550 (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…
• § 9552 If a payment bond is not given and approved as required by Section 9550: (a) Neither the public entity awarding the public works contract nor any officer of…
• § 9554 (a) A payment bond shall be in an amount not less than 100 percent of the total amount payable pursuant to the public works contract. The bond shall be in the…
• § 9558 A claimant may commence an action to enforce the liability on the bond at any time after the claimant ceases to provide work, but not later than six months…
• § 9560 (a) In order to enforce a claim against a payment bond, a claimant shall give the preliminary notice provided in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 9300). (b)…
• § 9562 Notice to the principal and surety under Section 9560 shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8100) of Title 1.
• § 9564 (a) A claimant may maintain an action to enforce the liability of a surety on a payment bond whether or not the claimant has given the public entity a stop…
• § 9566 (a) A claimant does not have a right to recover on a payment bond unless the claimant provided work to the direct contractor either directly or through one or…