{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-9300","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 9300","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, before giving a stop payment notice or asserting a claim against a payment bond, a claimant shall give preliminary notice to the following persons:\n(1) The public entity.\n(2) The direct contractor to which the claimant provides work.\n(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a):\n(1) A laborer is not required to give preliminary notice.\n(2) A claimant that has a direct contractual relationship with a direct contractor is not required to give preliminary notice.\n(c) Compliance with this section is a necessary prerequisite to the validity of a stop payment notice under this title.\n(d) Compliance with this section or with Section 9562 is a necessary prerequisite to the validity of a claim against a payment bond under this title.","path":["Civil Code - CIV","DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274. - 9566.]","PART 6. WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT [8000. - 9566.]","TITLE 3. PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT [9000. - 9566.]","CHAPTER 3. Preliminary Notice [9300. - 9306.]"],"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":"9978619dcb1285a41f9e1cd2adf83be590ae11f1cd5cdf64a415ebe6f9f72da1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-9208","next":"us-ca/civ-9302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}