§ 8608

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.
(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.

Other sections in Chapter 6 - Payment Bond

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