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Mechanics liens and preliminary notice, Civil Code

General Provisions

Chapter 1 of Title 3 is two sections. Section 9000 applies the public works half of Part 6 to any work of improvement contracted for by a public entity, and section 9100 names who may claim on it: anyone unpaid who provided work authorized for the public works contract, a laborer, and a person described in Public Contract Code section 4107.7, but never the direct contractor. No free question cites it yet.

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Cited as
Civil Code Part 6: Works of Improvement
This chapter
Title 3, Chapter 1. General Provisions
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2
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Reproduced from the official code text. The official version is the one linked above. Nothing has been added to the text, and nothing inside this chapter has been left out.

Section 9000§Sections

This title applies to a work of improvement contracted for by a public entity.

(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.)

Section 9100§Sections

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any of the following persons that have not been paid in full may give a stop payment notice to the public entity or assert a claim against a payment bond:

(1) A person that provides work for a public works contract, if the work is authorized by a direct contractor, subcontractor, architect, project manager, or other person having charge of all or part of the public works contract.

(2) A laborer.

(3) A person described in Section 4107.7 of the Public Contract Code.

(b) A direct contractor may not give a stop payment notice or assert 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.)