---
kind: "section"
citation: "48 C.F.R. § 28.103-3"
title: "48"
number: "28.103-3"
heading: "Payment bonds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/48/28.103-3"
---

# §28.103-3. Payment bonds.

- (a) A payment bond is required only when a performance bond is required, and if the use of payment bond is in the Government's interest.
- (b) When a contract price is increased, the Government may require additional bond protection in an amount adequate to protect suppliers of labor and material.

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 42286, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 61 FR 39213, July 26, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 42286, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 42286, Sept. 19, 1983, as amended at 61 FR 39213, July 26, 1996]