A formal demand for payment made against a contractor's payment bond when you haven't been paid.
A bond claim is a formal demand made against a payment bond by a subcontractor, supplier, or laborer who has not been paid for work or materials furnished to a construction project. Bond claims are the primary remedy on public projects where mechanic's liens cannot be filed against government-owned property. Claimants must typically provide written notice of the claim to the surety and principal within a prescribed deadline set by state or federal law.
A material supplier who delivered $80,000 in steel to a federal courthouse project files a bond claim against the general contractor's payment bond after 90 days without payment.
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