California Stop Notice for Public Work

CA contractors, are you waiting to be paid for labor, goods or services you supplied for a public works construction project? Use this form to prepare a California Stop Notice for Public Work.

• The Stop Notice sets out any amounts still owing to the contractor with respect to labor, professional services, materials, machinery, fixtures or tools provided to a work site and not yet paid for.
• The contractor requests that the public entity withhold sufficient funds to pay the unpaid balance and any reasonable costs of litigation.
• This is a reusable lien form. Buy the form once, download it, use it as often as you require.

This California Stop Notice for Public Work template is in MS Word format, and is easy to download, fill in and print.