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<section article="gsf" article_name="State Finance and Procurement" number="17-109" title_number="17" title_name="Special Provisions -- State and Local Subdivisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Security for Construction Contracts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An action on a payment bond required by this subtitle shall be filed in the appropriate court of the county where:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the contract was executed and performed; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the contractor has its principal place of business.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An action on a payment bond required by this subtitle shall be filed within 1 year after the public body finally accepts the work performed under the contract.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An obligee named in a bond or a trustee for any other security is not liable for any costs in connection with an action on a payment bond required by this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
