{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-8608","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 8608","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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.","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 6. Payment Bond [8600. - 8614.]"],"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":"eb9ccfcbfd0c89e84b79635044229a7bc980f72dcb6c300337dfc023de355d41","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-8606","next":"us-ca/civ-8609"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}