3190-3193
CIVIL CODE
SECTION 3190-3193
3190. If the money withheld pursuant to stop notices shall be insufficient to pay in full all of the valid claims stated in such notices, the same shall be distributed among the stop notice claimants in the same ratio that their respective claims bear to the aggregate of such valid claims, without regard to the order of time in which their respective notices may have been served or their respective actions, if any, commenced. 3191. Nothing in this article shall impair the right of any stop notice claimant to recover from the contractor or his sureties any deficit that may remain unpaid after such pro rata distribution in an action upon the bond provided for by Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3247). 3192. Any person who willfully gives a false stop notice to the public entity or who willfully includes in his notice labor, services, equipment, or materials not furnished for the work of improvement with respect to which such notice is given, forfeits all right to participate in the pro rata distribution of money or bonds withheld. 3193. No assignment by the original contractor of any of the money due or to become due to the original contractor under the contract, or for "extras" in connection therewith whether made before or after the service of a stop notice, takes priority over a stop notice under this chapter and such assignment has no effect on the rights of the stop notice claimants. Any garnishment of such money by any creditor of the original contractor pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 708.710) of Chapter 6 of Division 2 of Title 9 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure and any statutory lien thereon are subordinate to the rights of all stop notice claimants.