339.045 - Certified copies of payment bonds and contracts to be furnished applicant by contracting body; fee; copies as prima facie evidence.

339.045  Certified copies of payment bonds and contracts to be furnished applicant by contracting body; fee; copies as prima facie evidence.

      1.  The contracting body shall furnish a certified copy of any payment bond and the contract for which such bond was given to any person who makes an application for such copy and who submits an affidavit stating that the person:

      (a) Has supplied labor or material for the completion of the work provided for in the contract, and that the person has not been fully paid for such labor or material;

      (b) Is the defendant in an action brought on a payment bond; or

      (c) Is surety in a payment bond on which an action has been brought.

      2.  Every such applicant shall pay for each certified copy a fee fixed by the contracting body to cover the actual cost of the preparation of such copy.

      3.  A certified copy of any payment bond and of the contract for which such bond was given shall constitute prima facie evidence of the contents, execution and delivery of the original of such bond and contract.

      (Added to NRS by 1963, 165)