{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-9400","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 9400","heading":"","body":"A direct contractor may obtain release of funds withheld pursuant to a stop payment notice under the summary proceeding provided in this article on any of the following grounds:\n(a) The claim on which the notice is based is not a type for which a stop payment notice is authorized under this chapter.\n(b) The claimant is not a person authorized under Section 9100 to give a stop payment notice.\n(c) The amount of the claim stated in the stop payment notice is excessive.\n(d) There is no basis for the claim stated in the stop payment notice.","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 4. Stop Payment Notice [9350. - 9510.]","ARTICLE 2. Summary Proceeding for Release of Funds [9400. - 9414.]"],"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":"f5de94e68ba1b73acca9ef3cb96a2416f3536011a9b269f3810b86ea3c4bda9d","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-9364","next":"us-ca/civ-9402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}