{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-8504","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 8504","heading":"","body":"A claimant that willfully gives a false stop payment notice or that willfully includes in the notice a demand to withhold for work that has not been provided forfeits all right to participate in the distribution of the funds withheld and all right to a lien under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 8400).","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]","PART 6. WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT [8000. - 9566.]","TITLE 2. PRIVATE WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT [8160. - 8851.]","CHAPTER 5. Stop Payment Notice [8500. - 8560.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [8500. - 8510.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"bcdc583b09fd5d8e11547fdc27feb987b9b3bc046e1bd7040052651bd4321799","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-8502","next":"us-ca/civ-8506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}