{"data":{"id":"us-ca/civ-9552","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CIV § 9552","heading":"","body":"If a payment bond is not given and approved as required by Section 9550:\n(a) Neither the public entity awarding the public works contract nor any officer of the public entity shall audit, allow, or pay a claim of the direct contractor pursuant to the contract.\n(b) A claimant shall receive payment of a claim pursuant to a stop payment notice in the manner provided by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9350).","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":"931e72b48a6fc1db784c672f1cd87ad77486e12bff86977de1fa67d093feac4f","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/civ-9550","next":"us-ca/civ-9554"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}