New Jersey § 2a:44-145

§ 2a:44-145.

Any person who may be a beneficiary of the payment bond, as defined in this article,

and who does not have a direct contract with the contractor furnishing the bond shall,

prior to commencing any work, provide written notice to the contractor by certified

mail or otherwise, provided that he shall have proof of delivery of same, that said

person is a beneficiary of the bond. If a beneficiary fails to provide the required written notice, the beneficiary shall

only have rights to the benefits available hereunder from the date the notice is provided. Any beneficiary, as defined in N.J.S. 2A:44-143 , to whom any money shall be due on account of having performed any labor or furnished

any materials, provisions, provender or other supplies, or teams, fuels, oils, implements

or machinery in, upon, for or about the construction, erection, alteration or repair

of any public building or other public work or improvement, shall, at any time before

the expiration of one year from the last date upon which such beneficiary shall have performed

actual work or delivered materials to the project, in the case of a material supplier , furnish the sureties on the bond required by this article a statement of the amount

due to him. No action shall be brought against any of the sureties on the bond required by this

article until the expiration of 90 days after provision to the sureties and the contractor of the statement of the amount due to

him, but in no event later than one year from the last date upon which such beneficiary

shall have performed actual work or delivered materials to the project .