§ 8610 Payment Bond Enforcement Deadline

• •If a payment bond is recorded before a construction project is finished, you have a limited time to make a claim.
• •You must start your claim within six months after the project is completed.
• •If you wait too long, you can't ask for payment anymore.

A contractor builds a new house and records a payment bond before finishing the work. After the house is built, a supplier who provided materials isn't paid.

The supplier must start a claim for payment within six months after the house is completed. If they wait longer than six months, they can't get paid anymore.