{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-8812","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 8812","heading":"","body":"(a) If an owner withholds a retention from a direct contractor, the owner shall, within 45 days after completion of the work of improvement, pay the retention to the contractor.\n(b) If part of a work of improvement ultimately will become the property of a public entity, the owner may condition payment of a retention allocable to that part on acceptance of the part by the public entity.\n(c) If there is a good faith dispute between the owner and direct contractor as to a retention payment due, the owner may withhold from final payment an amount not in excess of 150 percent of the disputed amount.","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 8. Prompt Payment [8800. - 8851.]","ARTICLE 2. Retention Payment [8810. - 8822.]"],"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":"d5a545d0e5fc2ade5464b98183ba4c9ad96690cefcdc1976b4f8de829ac38ce0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-8811","next":"us-ca/civ-8814"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}