California Code
PART 6 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT
TITLE 1 - WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT GENERALLY

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 8000. - 8000. Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions...

Section 8002. - 8002. “Admitted surety insurer” has the meaning provided in Section...

Section 8004. - 8004. “Claimant” means a person that has a right under...

Section 8006. - 8006. “Construction lender” means either of the following: (a) A...

Section 8008. - 8008. “Contract” means an agreement that provides for all or...

Section 8010. - 8010. “Contract price” means the price agreed to in a...

Section 8012. - 8012. “Contractor” includes a direct contractor, subcontractor, or both. This...

Section 8014. - 8014. “Design professional” means a person licensed as an architect...

Section 8016. - 8016. “Direct contract” means a contract between an owner and...

Section 8018. - 8018. “Direct contractor” means a contractor that has a direct...

Section 8020. - 8020. For the purposes of Title 3 (commencing with Section...

Section 8022. - 8022. “Labor, service, equipment, or material” includes, but is not...

Section 8024. - 8024. (a) “Laborer” means a person who, acting as an...

Section 8026. - 8026. “Lien” means a lien under Title 2 (commencing with...

Section 8028. - 8028. “Material supplier” means a person that provides material or...

Section 8030. - 8030. (a) For the purposes of Title 2 (commencing with...

Section 8032. - 8032. “Person” means an individual, corporation, public entity, business trust,...

Section 8034. - 8034. (a) For the purposes of Title 2 (commencing with...

Section 8036. - 8036. “Public entity” means the state, Regents of the University...

Section 8038. - 8038. “Public works contract” has the meaning provided in Section...

Section 8040. - 8040. “Site” means the real property on which a work...

Section 8042. - 8042. “Site improvement” means any of the following work on...

Section 8044. - 8044. (a) (1) For the purposes of Title 2 (commencing...

Section 8046. - 8046. “Subcontractor” means a contractor that does not have a...

Section 8048. - 8048. “Work” means labor, service, equipment, or material provided to...

Section 8050. - 8050. (a) “Work of improvement” includes, but is not limited...

ARTICLE 2 - Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 8052. - 8052. (a) This part is operative on July 1, 2012....

Section 8054. - 8054. (a) This part does not apply to a transaction...

Section 8056. - 8056. Except as otherwise provided in this part, Part 2...

Section 8058. - 8058. For purposes of this part, “day” means a calendar...

Section 8060. - 8060. (a) If this part provides for filing a contract,...

Section 8062. - 8062. No act of an owner in good faith and...

Section 8064. - 8064. An owner may give a notice or execute or...

Section 8066. - 8066. An act that may be done by or to...

CHAPTER 2 - Notice

Section 8100. - 8100. Notice under this part shall be in writing. Writing...

Section 8102. - 8102. (a) Notice under this part shall, in addition to...

Section 8104. - 8104. (a) A direct contractor or subcontractor on a work...

Section 8106. - 8106. Except as otherwise provided by statute, notice under this...

Section 8108. - 8108. Except as otherwise provided by this part, notice under...

Section 8110. - 8110. Except as otherwise provided by this part, notice by...

Section 8114. - 8114. A notice required by this part to be posted...

Section 8116. - 8116. Notice under this part is complete and deemed to...

Section 8118. - 8118. (a) Proof that notice was given to a person...

Section 8119. - 8119. (a) With respect to a work of improvement on...

CHAPTER 3 - Waiver and Release

Section 8120. - 8120. The provisions of this chapter apply to a work...

Section 8122. - 8122. An owner, direct contractor, or subcontractor may not, by...

Section 8124. - 8124. A claimant’s waiver and release does not release the...

Section 8126. - 8126. An oral or written statement purporting to waive, release,...

Section 8128. - 8128. (a) A claimant may reduce the amount of, or...

Section 8130. - 8130. This article does not affect the enforceability of either...

Section 8132. - 8132. If a claimant is required to execute a waiver...

Section 8134. - 8134. If the claimant is required to execute a waiver...

Section 8136. - 8136. If the claimant is required to execute a waiver...

Section 8138. - 8138. If the claimant is required to execute a waiver...

CHAPTER 4 - Bonds

Section 8150. - 8150. The Bond and Undertaking Law (Chapter 2 (commencing with...

Section 8152. - 8152. None of the following releases a surety from liability...

Section 8154. - 8154. (a) A bond given under this part shall be...