5-322.3 - Payment bonds to be filed.

§ 5-322.3. Payment  bonds  to  be  filed.  A  copy of any payment bond  executed in connection with a  contract  for  the  improvement  of  real  property  other than a contract for a public improvement, shall be filed  within thirty days of such execution by the owner of the improvement  in  the office of the county clerk in the county in which the improvement is  to  be undertaken; provided, however, that such filing shall be required  only where the contract for the improvement of real property is  for  an  amount  in  excess of one hundred thousand dollars. Any owner failing to  file such payment bond as  provided  herein  shall  be  liable  for  the  reasonable  attorney's fees, as determined by the court, of any claimant  successfully bringing an action or proceeding on the bond.