Section 9300 - Persons to whom notice given(a) Except as otherwise provided by statute, before giving a stop payment notice or asserting a claim against a payment bond, a claimant shall give preliminary notice to the following persons: (2) The direct contractor to which the claimant provides work.(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a): (1) A laborer is not required to give preliminary notice.(2) A claimant that has a direct contractual relationship with a direct contractor is not required to give preliminary notice.(c) Compliance with this section is a necessary prerequisite to the validity of a stop payment notice under this title.(d) Compliance with this section or with Section 9562 is a necessary prerequisite to the validity of a claim against a payment bond under this title.Added by Stats 2010 ch 697 (SB 189),s 20, eff. 1/1/2011, op. 7/1/2012.