Code Section

Civil Code - CIV

DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274 - 9566]

  ( Heading of Division 4 amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 16. )
  

PART 6. WORKS OF IMPROVEMENT [8000 - 9566]

  ( Part 6 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20. )
  

TITLE 3. PUBLIC WORK OF IMPROVEMENT [9000 - 9566]

  ( Title 3 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20. )
  

CHAPTER 4. Stop Payment Notice [9350 - 9510]

  ( Chapter 4 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20. )
  

ARTICLE 3. Distribution of Funds Withheld [9450 - 9456]
  ( Article 3 added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20. )

  
9456.  

(a) A stop payment notice takes priority over an assignment by a direct contractor of any amount due or to become due pursuant to a public works contract, including contract changes, whether made before or after the giving of a stop payment notice, and the assignment has no effect on the rights of the claimant.

(b) Any garnishment of an amount due or to become due pursuant to a public works contract by a creditor of a direct contractor under Article 8 (commencing with Section 708.710) of Chapter 6 of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure and any statutory lien on that amount is subordinate to the rights of a claimant.

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20. (SB 189) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697 and by Section 8052.)