Arizona Laws 34-611. Payment bonds for construction-manager-at-risk, design-build and job-order-contracting construction services
A. Every claimant who has furnished labor or material in the prosecution of the construction provided for in a contract for construction-manager-at-risk construction services, design-build construction services and job-order-contracting construction services in respect of which a payment bond is furnished under section 34-610, and who has not been paid in full before the expiration of ninety days after the day on which the last of the labor was done or performed by the claimant or material was furnished or supplied by the claimant for which the claim is made, shall have the right to sue on the payment bond for the amount, or the balance, unpaid at the time of institution of the suit and to prosecute the action to final judgment for the sums justly due the claimant, and have execution thereon, provided, however, that any claimant having a direct contractual relationship with a subcontractor of the contractor furnishing the payment bond but no contractual relationship express or implied with the contractor shall have a right of action on the payment bond on giving the contractor only a written preliminary twenty day notice, as provided for in Section 33-992.01, subsection C, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 and subsections E and H, and on giving written notice to the contractor within ninety days from the date on which the claimant performed the last of the labor or furnished or supplied the last of the material for which the claim is made, stating with substantial accuracy the amount claimed and the name of the party to whom the material was furnished or supplied or for whom the labor was done or performed. The notice shall be served by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, in an envelope addressed to the contractor at any place the contractor maintains an office or conducts business, or at the contractor’s residence.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 34-611
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Construction services: means either of the following for construction-manager-at-risk, design-build and job-order-contracting project delivery methods:
(a) Construction, excluding services, through the construction-manager-at-risk or job-order-contracting project delivery methods. See Arizona Laws 34-101
- Construction-manager-at-risk: means a project delivery method in which:
(a) There is a separate contract for design services and a separate contract for construction services, except that instead of a single contract for construction services, the agent may elect separate contracts for preconstruction services during the design phase, for construction during the construction phase and for any other construction services. See Arizona Laws 34-101
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Contract: means all types of agent agreements, regardless of what they are called, for the procurement of assayer services, construction services, design services, geologist services or land surveying services. See Arizona Laws 34-601
- Contractor: means any person who has a contract with an agent for assayer services, construction services, design services, geologist services or land surveying services. See Arizona Laws 34-601
- Design-build: means a project delivery method in which:
(a) There is a single contract for design services and construction services, except that instead of a single contract for design services and construction services, the agent may elect separate contracts for preconstruction services and design services during the design phase, for construction and design services during the construction phase and for any other construction services. See Arizona Laws 34-101
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Job-order-contracting: means a project delivery method in which:
(a) The contract is a requirements contract for indefinite quantities of construction. See Arizona Laws 34-101
- Person: means any corporation, business, individual, union, committee, club, other organization or group of individuals. See Arizona Laws 34-101
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- Subcontractor: means a person who contracts to perform work or render service to a contractor or to another subcontractor as a part of a contract with an agent. See Arizona Laws 34-101
B. Every suit instituted under this section shall be brought in the name of the claimant, but no suit may be commenced after the expiration of one year from the date on which the last of the labor was performed or materials were supplied by the person bringing this suit.
C. The contracting body and the agent in charge of its office shall furnish to anyone making written application therefor and who states that it has supplied labor or materials for work, and payment therefor has not been made, or that it is being sued on any bond, or that it is the surety on the bond, a certified copy of the bond and the contract for which it was given, which copy is prima facie evidence of the contents, execution and delivery of the original. Applicants shall pay for these certified copies such reasonable fees as the contracting body or the agent in charge of its office fixes to cover the actual cost of preparation of the copies.