2011 California Code
Civil Code
DIVISION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS [3274 - 9566]
ARTICLE 1. Definitions
Section 8044
(a) (1) For the purposes of Title 2 (commencing with Section 8160), stop payment notice means the notice given by a claimant under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 8500) of Title 2.
(2) A stop payment notice given under Title 2 (commencing with Section 8160) may be bonded or unbonded. A bonded stop payment notice is a notice given with a bond under Section 8532. An unbonded stop payment notice is a notice not given with a bond under Section 8532.
(3) Except to the extent Title 2 (commencing with Section 8160) distinguishes between a bonded and an unbonded stop payment notice, a reference in that title to a stop payment notice includes both a bonded and an unbonded notice.
(b) For the purposes of Title 3 (commencing with Section 9000), stop payment notice means the notice given by a claimant under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9350) of Title 3.
(c) A reference in another statute to a stop notice in connection with the remedies provided in this part means a stop payment notice.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697.)
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