Section 20855 Of Article 57. Public Entities—improvement Act Of 1911 From California Public Contract Code >> Division 2. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 57.
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. If the contract price is not paid within 30 days from the
date of the recording of the certificate, the contractor may file a
sworn statement to that effect with the superintendent of streets,
who shall record the same in his or her office in the book in which
the certificate of acceptance has been recorded. The contractor shall
thereupon have a cause of action against the person owning the
tracks for the amount of the contract, together with a reasonable
attorney's fee, and shall also have as security for the recovery of
such amount, a first lien upon that portion of the track and
franchises of the railroad, between whose rails or tracks the work
has been performed, which is contained within the corporate limits of
the city.