Payment Bond Manual, Third Edition, provides the reader with a basic primer of payment bond law for 53 jurisdictions. The Manual contains a section for each of the 50 United States, as well as the territory of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and Federal Miller Act payment bonds.

Each chapter contains brief descriptions of the statutes and case law relevant to each jurisdiction and is intended to provide a basic understanding of payment bond law for both surety company claims professionals and practitioners. In almost every jurisdiction, the manual provides a brief synopsis of the law broken down into various subsections, which is then followed by the statutory citation and the relevant statutory excerpts that support the statement of the law. To the extent that the respective jurisdiction has decided case law that highlights or interprets the law of jurisdiction, those case annotations are provided.

The Payment Bond Manual appears different in format from the prior two editions. The format presented in this edition evolved from the editors' discussions with company representatives and surety law practitioners over the past three years.