573.2 Public improvements — bond — waiver and remedies.
1. Contracts for the construction of a public improvement shall, when the contract price equals or exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars, be accompanied by a bond, with surety, conditioned for the faithful performance of the contract, and for the fulfillment of other requirements as provided by law. The bond may also be required when the contract price does not equal that amount. However, if a contractor provides a performance or maintenance bond as required by a public improvement contract governed by this chapter and subsequently the surety company becomes insolvent and the contractor is required to purchase a new bond, the contractor may apply for reimbursement from the governmental agency that required a second bond and the claims shall be reimbursed from funds allocated for road construction purposes.
2. If the requirement for a bond is waived pursuant to section 12.44, a person, firm, or corporation, having a contract with the targeted small business or with subcontractors of the targeted small business, for labor performed or materials furnished, in the performance of the contract on account of which the bond was waived, is entitled to any remedy provided under this chapter. When a bond has been waived pursuant to section 12.44, the remedies provided for under this subsection are available in an action against the public corporation.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §10300; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §573.2; 82 Acts, ch 1096, §1]
86 Acts, ch 1246, §32; 88 Acts, ch 1032, §1
Referred to in §12.44, 573.3
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 573 - LABOR AND MATERIAL ON PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
Section 573.2 - Public improvements — bond — waiver and remedies.
Section 573.3 - Bond mandatory.
Section 573.4 - Deposit in lieu of bond.
Section 573.5 - Amount of bond.
Section 573.6 - Subcontractors on public improvements.
Section 573.7 - Claims for material or labor.
Section 573.8 - Highway improvements.
Section 573.9 - Officer to endorse time of filing claim.
Section 573.10 - Time of filing claims.
Section 573.11 - Claims filed after action brought.
Section 573.12 - Payments and retention from payments on contracts.
Section 573.13 - Inviolability and disposition of fund.
Section 573.14 - Retention of unpaid funds.
Section 573.15 - Claim against retainage or bond.
Section 573.15A - Early release of retained funds.
Section 573.16 - Optional and mandatory actions — bond to release.
Section 573.18 - Adjudication — payment of claims.
Section 573.19 - Insufficiency of funds.
Section 573.20 - Converting property into money.
Section 573.21 - Attorney fees.
Section 573.22 - Unpaid claimants — judgment on bond.
Section 573.23 - Abandonment of public work — effect.
Section 573.24 - Notice of claims to state department of transportation.
Section 573.25 - Filing of claim — effect.
Section 573.26 - Public corporation — action on bond.