On a public works contract that exceeds $25,000, the prime contractor must furnish:
Explanation
Civil Code §9550 requires the direct contractor on a public works contract over $25,000 to give a payment bond before work begins, and §9554(a) requires an admitted surety insurer to execute it; it exists because subcontractors and suppliers cannot lien public property. A mechanics lien is the private-works remedy and cannot attach here at all. The CSLB licence bond is a $25,000 bond that answers to injured parties generally and is not doubled for public work. The disciplinary bond under B&P §7071.8 is imposed as a condition of licence reinstatement, not by the public works contract.
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