2005 Idaho Code - 54-1927 — CLAIMS FOR LABOR OR MATERIAL FURNISHED OR EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED -- SUIT ON CONTRACTOR\'S PAYMENT BOND -- PROCEDURE -- LIMITATION

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 19
                           PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTORS
    54-1927.  CLAIMS FOR LABOR OR MATERIAL FURNISHED OR EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED --
SUIT ON CONTRACTOR'S PAYMENT BOND -- PROCEDURE -- LIMITATION. Every claimant
who has furnished labor or material or rented, leased, or otherwise supplied
equipment in the prosecution of the work provided for in such contract in
respect of which a payment bond is furnished under this act, and who has not
been paid in full therefor before the expiration of a period of ninety (90)
days after the day on which the last of the labor was done or performed by him
or material or equipment was furnished or supplied by him for which such claim
is made, shall have the right to sue on such payment bond for the amount, or
the balance thereof, unpaid at the time of institution of such suit and to
prosecute such action to final judgment for the sum or sums justly due him and
have execution thereon; provided, however, that any such claimant having a
direct contractual relationship with a subcontractor of the contractor
furnishing such payment bond but no contractual relationship expressed or
implied with such contractor shall not have a right of action upon such
payment bond unless he has given written notice to such contractor within
ninety (90) days from the date on which such claimant performed the last of
the labor or furnished or supplied the last of the material for which such
claim is made, stating with substantial accuracy the amount claimed and the
name of the person to whom the material or equipment was furnished or supplied
or for whom the labor was done or performed. Each notice shall be served by
mailing the same by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, in an
envelope addressed to the contractor at any place he maintains an office or
conducts his business or at his residence.
    The contracting body and the agent in charge of its office, is authorized
and directed to furnish, to anyone making application therefor who submits an
affidavit that he has supplied labor, equipment, or materials for such work
and payment therefor has not been made or that he is being sued on any such
bond, or that it is the surety thereon, a certified copy of such bond and the
contract for which it was given, which copy shall be prima-facie evidence of
the contents, execution, and delivery of the original. Applicants shall pay
for such certified copies such reasonable fees as the contracting body or the
agent in charge of its office fixes to cover the actual cost of the
preparation thereof.
    Every suit instituted on the aforesaid payment bond shall be brought in
appropriate court in any county in which the contract was to be performed and
not elsewhere; provided, however, that no such suit shall be commenced after
the expiration of one (1) year from the date on which the claimant performed
the last of the labor or furnished or supplied the last of the material or
equipment for which such suit is brought, except, that if the claimant is a
subcontractor of the contractor, no such suit shall be commenced after the
expiration of one (1) year from the date on which final payment under the
subcontract became due.