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CA Civ Code § 8312 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - Design Professionals Lien|Section 8312.

8312.  A design professional shall record a claim of lien under this chapter no later than 90 days after the design professional knows or has reason to know that the work of improvement will not be commenced. (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.)
CA Civ Code § 8314 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - Design Professionals Lien|Section 8314.

8314.  The creation of a lien under this chapter does not affect the ability of the design professional to pursue other remedies.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 8316 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - Design Professionals Lien|Section 8316.

8316.  (a) No lien created under this chapter affects or takes priority over the interest of record of a purchaser, lessee, or encumbrancer, if the interest of the purchaser, lessee, or encumbrancer in the real property was duly recorded before recordation of the claim of lien.(b) No lien created under this chapter affects or takes priority over an encumbrance of a construction lender that funds the loan for the work of improvement for which the design professional provided services.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 8318 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - Design Professionals Lien|Section 8318.

8318.  A design professional may not obtain a lien under this chapter for services provided for a work of improvement relating to a single-family, owner-occupied residence for which the expected construction cost is less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).(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.)
CA Civ Code § 8319 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - Design Professionals Lien|Section 8319.

8319.  (a) A design professional may convert a recorded design professional lien to a mechanics lien if all of the following requirements are met:(1) The design professional lien expires pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 8306.(2) The design professional lien remains fully or partially unpaid.(3) Within 30 days of the expiration of the design professional lien pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 8306, the design professional records a mechanics lien for the amount of the unpaid design professional lien.(4) The recorded mechanics lien states that it is a converted design professional lien but shall be recorded and enforced as a mechanics lien, except the design professional need not provide a preliminary notice to enforce this mechanics lien. This mechanics lien shall be effective as of the date of recordation of this mechanics lien and shall be given priority pursuant to the provisions of Section 8450.(b) This section shall not apply if a design professional lien expires pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 8306.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 127, Sec. 1. (SB 424) Effective January 1, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 2 of Ch. 127.)
CA Civ Code § 8600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Payment Bond|Section 8600.

8600.  (a) This section applies if, before the commencement of work, the owner in good faith files a direct contract with the county recorder, and records a payment bond of the direct contractor in an amount not less than 50 percent of the price stated in the direct contract.(b) If the conditions of subdivision (a) are satisfied, the court shall, where equitable to do so, restrict lien enforcement under this title to the aggregate amount due from the owner to the direct contractor and shall enter judgment against the direct contractor and surety on the bond for any deficiency that remains between the amount due to the direct contractor and the whole amount due to claimants.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 8602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Payment Bond|Section 8602.

8602.  Section 8600 does not preclude an owner from requiring a performance bond, payment bond, or other security as protection against a direct contractor’s failure to perform the direct contract or to make full payment for all work provided pursuant to the contract.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 8604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Payment Bond|Section 8604.

8604.  (a) If a lending institution requires that a payment bond be given as a condition of lending money to finance a work of improvement, and accepts in writing as sufficient a bond given in fulfillment of the requirement, the lending institution may not thereafter object to the borrower as to the validity of the bond or refuse to make the loan based on an objection to the bond if the bond is given by an admitted surety insurer.(b) For purposes of this section, a “lending institution” includes a commercial bank, savings and loan institution, credit union, or other organization or person engaged in the business of financing loans.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 8606 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Payment Bond|Section 8606.

8606.  (a) A payment bond under this title shall be conditioned for the payment in full of the claims of all claimants and shall by its terms inure to the benefit of all claimants so as to give a claimant a right of action to enforce the liability on the bond. The bond shall be given by an admitted surety insurer.(b) An owner, direct contractor, or subcontractor may be the principal on the bond.(c) A claimant may enforce the liability on the bond in an action to enforce a lien under this part or in a separate action on the bond.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 8608 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Payment Bond|Section 8608.

8608.  (a) This title does not give a claimant a right to recover on a direct contractor’s payment bond given under this chapter unless the claimant provided work to the direct contractor either directly or through one or more subcontractors, pursuant to a direct contract.(b) Nothing in this section affects the stop payment notice right of, and relative priorities among, design professionals and holders of secured interests in the real property.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 8609 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Payment Bond|Section 8609.

8609.  Any provision in a payment bond attempting by contract to shorten the period prescribed in Section 337 of the Code of Civil Procedure for the commencement of an action on the bond shall not be valid under either of the following circumstances:(a) If the provision attempts to limit the time for commencement of an action on the bond to a shorter period than six months from the completion of any work of improvement.(b) As applied to any action brought by a claimant, unless the bond is recorded before the work of improvement is commenced.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 8610 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Payment Bond|Section 8610.

8610.  Notwithstanding Section 8609, if a payment bond under this title is recorded before completion of a work of improvement, an action to enforce the liability on the bond may not be commenced later than six months after completion of the work of improvement.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 8612 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Payment Bond|Section 8612.

8612.  (a) In order to enforce a claim against a payment bond under this title, a claimant shall give the preliminary notice provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200).(b) If preliminary notice was not given as provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200), a claimant may enforce a claim by giving written notice to the surety and the bond principal within 15 days after recordation of a notice of completion. If no notice of completion has been recorded, the time for giving written notice to the surety and the bond principal is extended to 75 days after completion of the work of improvement.(c) Commencing July 1, 2012, and except as provided in subdivision (b), if the preliminary notice was required to be given by a person who has no direct contractual relationship with the contractor, and who has not given notice as provided in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8200), that person may enforce a claim by giving written notice to the surety and the bond principal, as provided in Section 8614, within 15 days after recordation of a notice of completion. If no notice of completion has been recorded, the time for giving written notice to the surety and the bond principal is extended to 75 days after completion of the work of improvement.(d) Subdivision (c) shall not apply in either of the following circumstances:(1) All progress payments, except for those disputed in good faith, have been made to a subcontractor who has a direct contractual relationship with the general contractor to whom the claimant has provided materials or services.(2) The subcontractor who has a direct contractual relationship with the general contractor to whom the claimant has provided materials or services has been terminated from the project pursuant to the contract, and all progress payments, except those disputed in good faith, have been made as of the termination date.(e) Pursuant to Section 8200, this section shall not apply to a laborer, as defined under Section 8024.(f) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2012.(Amended (as to be added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697) by Stats. 2011, Ch. 700, Sec. 3. (SB 293) Effective January 1, 2012. Operative July 1, 2012, pursuant to Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 105, and this section's own provisions.)
CA Civ Code § 8614 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 2 - PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 6 - Payment Bond|Section 8614.

8614.  Notice to the principal and surety under Section 8612 shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8100) of Title 1.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 9200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Completion|Section 9200.

9200.  For the purpose of this title, completion of a work of improvement occurs at the earliest of the following times:(a) Acceptance of the work of improvement by the public entity.(b) Cessation of labor on the work of improvement for a continuous period of 60 days. This subdivision does not apply to a contract awarded under the State Contract Act, Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 9202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Completion|Section 9202.

9202.  (a) A public entity may record a notice of cessation if there has been a continuous cessation of labor for at least 30 days prior to the recordation that continues through the date of the recordation.(b) The notice shall be signed and verified by the public entity or its agent.(c) The notice shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8100) of Title 1, and shall also include all of the following information:(1) The date on or about which the labor ceased.(2) A statement that the cessation has continued until the recordation of the notice. (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.)
CA Civ Code § 9204 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Completion|Section 9204.

9204.  (a) A public entity may record a notice of completion on or within 15 days after the date of completion of a work of improvement.(b) The notice shall be signed and verified by the public entity or its agent.(c) The notice shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8100) of Title 1, and shall also include the date of completion. An erroneous statement of the date of completion does not affect the effectiveness of the notice if the true date of completion is 15 days or less before the date of recordation of the notice.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 9208 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 2 - Completion|Section 9208.

9208.  A notice of completion in otherwise proper form, verified and containing the information required by this title shall be accepted by the recorder for recording and is deemed duly recorded without acknowledgment.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 9300 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Notice|Section 9300.

9300.  (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, before giving a stop payment notice or asserting a claim against a payment bond, a claimant shall give preliminary notice to the following persons:(1) The public entity.(2) The direct contractor to which the claimant provides work.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a):(1) A laborer is not required to give preliminary notice.(2) A claimant that has a direct contractual relationship with a direct contractor is not required to give preliminary notice.(c) Compliance with this section is a necessary prerequisite to the validity of a stop payment notice under this title.(d) Compliance with this section or with Section 9562 is a necessary prerequisite to the validity of a claim against a payment bond under this title.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 9302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Notice|Section 9302.

9302.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), preliminary notice shall be given in compliance with the requirements of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 8100) of Title 1.(b) If the public works contract is for work constructed by the Department of Public Works or the Department of General Services of the state, preliminary notice to the public entity shall be given to the disbursing officer of the department constructing the work.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 9303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Notice|Section 9303.

9303.  The preliminary notice shall comply with the requirements of Section 8102, and shall also include:(a) A general description of the work to be provided.(b) An estimate of the total price of the work provided and to be provided.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 9304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Notice|Section 9304.

9304.  A claimant may give a stop payment notice or assert a claim against a payment bond only for work provided within 20 days before giving preliminary notice and at any time thereafter.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 9306 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 3 - Preliminary Notice|Section 9306.

9306.  If the contract of any subcontractor on a particular work of improvement provides for payment to the subcontractor of more than four hundred dollars ($400), the failure of that subcontractor, licensed under the Contractors’ State License Law (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code), to give the notice provided for in this chapter, constitutes grounds for disciplinary action under the Contractors’ State License Law. (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.)
CA Civ Code § 9550 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 5 - Payment Bond|Section 9550.

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 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.(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.)
CA Civ Code § 9552 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 5 - Payment Bond|Section 9552.

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 the public entity shall audit, allow, or pay a claim of the direct contractor pursuant to the contract.(b) A claimant shall receive payment of a claim pursuant to a stop payment notice in the manner provided by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9350).(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.)
CA Civ Code § 9554 (2021)
2021 California Code|Civil Code - CIV|DIVISION 4 - GENERAL PROVISIONS|PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT|TITLE 3 - PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT|CHAPTER 5 - Payment Bond|Section 9554.

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 form of a bond and not a deposit in lieu of a bond. The bond shall be executed by an admitted surety insurer.(b) The payment bond shall provide that if the direct contractor or a subcontractor fails to pay any of the following, the surety will pay the obligation and, if an action is brought to enforce the liability on the bond, a reasonable attorney’s fee, to be fixed by the court:(1) A person authorized under Section 9100 to assert a claim against a payment bond.(2) Amounts due under the Unemployment Insurance Code with respect to work or labor performed pursuant to the public works contract.(3) Amounts required to be deducted, withheld, and paid over to the Employment Development Department from the wages of employees of the contractor and subcontractors under Section 13020 of the Unemployment Insurance Code with respect to the work and labor.(c) The payment bond shall be conditioned for the payment in full of the claims of all claimants and by its terms inure to the benefit of any person authorized under Section 9100 to assert a claim against a payment bond so as to give a right of action to that person or that person’s assigns in an action to enforce the liability on the bond. (d) The direct contractor may require that a subcontractor give a bond to indemnify the direct contractor for any loss sustained by the direct contractor because of any default of the subcontractor under this section.(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.)