Payment_Bond.docx

CONTRACTOR’S PAYMENT SURETY BOND

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palo Alto, State of California (“City”) and , (“Principal”), have entered into an agreement dated , and identified as (“Agreement”), which is hereby referred to and made a part here of, whereby Principal agrees to install and complete certain designated public improvements; and

WHEREAS, under the terms of said agreement, Principal is required before entering upon the performance of the work to file a good and sufficient payment surety bond with City to secure the claims to which reference is made in Titles 1 and 3 (commencing with Section 8000) of Part 6 of Division 4 of the Civil Code of the State of California.

NOW, THEREFORE, Principal and ________________________________________________, as Surety, incorporated under the laws of the State of _______________________________, and duly authorized to transact business as an admitted surety, under the Laws of the State of California, are held and firmly bound unto City in the penal sum of dollars ($ ), this amount being not less than one hundred percent of the total amount payable by the terms of the Agreement per Civil Code section 9554, for the payment whereof Principal and Surety bind themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.

The condition of this obligation is such that if Principal, Principal’s subcontractors, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, or assigns shall fail to pay any of the persons, companies, or corporations, referred to in Section 9100 of the California Civil Code, as amended, with respect to any work of labor performed or materials supplied by any such persons, companies, or corporations, which work, labor, or materials are covered by the above-mentioned agreement and any amendments, changes, change order, additions, alterations, or modifications thereof, or any amounts due under the California Unemployment Insurance Code with respect to such work or labor, or for any amounts required to be deducted, withheld, and paid over to the Employment Development Department from the wages of employees of the Principal and its subcontractors pursuant to Section 13020 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, as amended, with respect to such work and labor, the Surety will pay for the same, in an amount not exceeding the sum herein above specified, and also, in case suit is brought upon this bond, the Surety will pay reasonable attorney’s fees in an amount to be fixed by the court.

It is hereby expressly stipulated and agreed that this surety bond shall inure to the benefit of any and all persons, companies, and corporations entitled named in Section 9100 of the California Civil Code, as amended, so as to give a right of action to them or their assigns in any suit brought upon this surety bond.

The Surety hereby stipulates and agrees that no amendment, change, change order, addition, alteration, or modification to the terms of the agreement of the work to be performed thereunder or the specifications accompanying the same, shall in any way affect its obligations on this surety bond, and it does hereby waive notice of any such amendment, change, change order, addition, alteration, or modification to the terms of the agreement or to the work performed thereunder or to the specifications accompanying the same. Surety hereby waives the provisions of California Civil Code Sections 2845 and 2849.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument has been duly executed by the Surety and Principal above named on ______________, 20___.

__ Phone Number: ______________ Name of Surety

Signature of Surety

Name of Contractor/Principal

Signature of Contractor/Principal

CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT

(Civil Code § 1189) A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

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