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Construction in East Village, San Diego. A "Little Miller Act" is a U.S. state statute, based upon the federal Miller Act, that requires prime contractors on state construction projects to post bonds guaranteeing the performance of their contractual duties and/or the payment of their subcontractors and material suppliers.
A surety bond is defined as a contract among at least three parties: [1] the obligee: the party who is the recipient of an obligation; the principal: the primary party who will perform the contractual obligation; the surety: who assures the obligee that the principal can perform the task; European surety bonds can be issued by banks and surety ...
A supersedeas bond (often shortened to supersedeas), also known as a defendant's appeal bond, is a type of surety bond that a court requires from an appellant who wants to delay payment of a judgment until an appeal is over. [1] [2] This is a feature of common law, and in particular the American legal system.
A performance bond, also known as a contract bond, is a surety bond issued by an insurance company or a bank to guarantee satisfactory completion of a project by a contractor. The term is also used to denote a collateral deposit of good faith money , intended to secure a futures contract , commonly known as margin .
Post a certified copy at the job site, too. The Notice notes the property owner's intent to begin improvements, the location of the property, description of the work and the amount of bond (if any). It also identifies the property owner, contractor, surety, lender and other pertinent information.
The court in many jurisdictions, especially states that as of 2012 prohibited surety bail bondsmen – Oregon, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky and Maine [29] – may demand a certain amount of the total bail (typically 10%) be given to the court, which is known as surety on the bond and unlike with bail bondsmen, is returned if the ...
Jan. 16—OLYMPIA — During the 2023 election cycle in Washington, 20 school bond measures went on ballots in local elections. Of them, only two met the 60% threshold of votes needed to pass.
Many states do not require large mining companies to post a surety bond for the costs of mine reclamation. [3] Instead, these companies can hold their own assets as "self-bonding". [4] The bankruptcy of large coal mining companies may imperil the $3.7 billion state regulators have allowed in self-bonding. [5]