{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-9452","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 9452","heading":"","body":"Nothing in this chapter impairs the right of a claimant to recover from the direct contractor or the contractor’s sureties in an action on a payment bond under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 9550) any deficit that remains unpaid after the distribution under Section 9450.","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 3. Distribution of Funds Withheld [9450. - 9456.]"],"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":"bcaab6a0716d3e8fe3ad2f4035126e1aa87899fc324810cde18f28757c1ccff2","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-9450","next":"us-ca/civ-9454"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}