{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-9550","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 9550","heading":"","body":"(a) A direct contractor that is awarded a public works contract involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) shall, before commencement of work, give a payment bond to and approved by the officer or public entity by whom the contract was awarded.\n(b) A public entity shall state in its call for bids that a payment bond is required for a public works contract involving an expenditure in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).\n(c) A payment bond given and approved under this section will permit performance of and provide coverage for work pursuant to a public works contract that supplements the contract for which the bond is given, if the requirement of a new bond is waived by the public entity.\n(d) For the purpose of this section, a design professional is not deemed a direct contractor and is not required to give a payment bond.\n(e) This section does not apply to a public works contract with a “state entity” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 7103 of the Public Contract Code.","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 5. Payment Bond [9550. - 9566.]"],"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":"c90b36d55feae967a8f372997f4f2d47e142fc50d816dcbc9a51f7a9c46b0eef","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-9510","next":"us-ca/civ-9552"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}