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title: Certified Payroll Requirements for County of Tulare Projects
url: https://wellstanding.com/requirements/county-of-tulare/
description: County of Tulare public works projects: the portal situation, the DIR eCPR duty, deadlines and penalties, with live project registration data updated.
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publisher: WellStanding Certified Payroll
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# Certified payroll requirements for County of Tulare projects

What California public works subcontractors owe, and keep owing every payroll week, when the awarding body is County of Tulare. With live registration data from DIR project filings.

Data updated 2026-10-18

11projects registered 2026-06-26 to 2026-10-18

6subcontractor listings on those projects

Requireddirect DIR eCPR filing on this body's projects

## Recent County of Tulare project registrations

New PWC-100 project registrations naming County of Tulare as the awarding body, from DIR's public project registry. Every one of these projects means certified payroll for every contractor and sub on it, starting with the first week worked.

| Project | Registered | Scope |
| --- | --- | --- |
| HVAC Maintenance, Repair and Emergency | 2026-10-15 | Perform HVAC and Building Mechanical Systems preventative maintenance and water treatment on Chiller and Boile |
| Fire Station 16 | 2026-10-06 |  |
| Fiscal Year 2027 Working Agreement | 2026-10-06 |  |
| Behavioral Health Urgent Care Facility H | 2026-10-06 |  |
| Visalia Landfill Boring | 2026-10-05 |  |
| Public Defender Breakroom at Courthouse | 2026-09-11 |  |
| Paving | 2026-07-06 |  |
| Excavation | 2026-07-06 | Emergency Main Water Line Repair @ Bldg #21 for Porterville Dev. Center |

## The portal situation

We have not verified a dedicated compliance portal for County of Tulare. Your contract documents are the source of truth: if a system like LCPtracker, Elation, or PRISM is named, uploads there are the awarding body's monitoring copy. Either way the direct DIR eCPR filing under your own registration is a separate, standing obligation on non-exempt projects ([DIR eCPR FAQ](https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/ecprfaq.html)).

## Your filing duties on these projects

- **Direct DIR eCPR filing.** On a registered public works project you submit electronic certified payroll records directly to DIR at least monthly, or more often when the contract says so, under your own PWCR registration ([Labor Code 1771.4](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=1771.4)). DIR is explicit that submitting certified payroll to the awarding body, the prime, or a portal "does not put you in compliance with the state unless you submit eCPRs directly to DIR" ([DIR eCPR FAQ](https://www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/ecprfaq.html)).
- **Federal WH-347 weekly** when federal money is in the project, with the Statement of Compliance signed ([U.S. Department of Labor](https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/forms/wh347)).
- **Records on demand.** A written request for certified payroll records starts a 10 day clock. Miss it and the penalty is $100 per worker per calendar day, enforceable by withholding from your progress payments ([Labor Code 1776](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&sectionNum=1776)). From January 1, 2027, [SB 909](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB909) (Chapter 660, Statutes of 2026) raises it to $140 per worker per calendar day; [what SB 909 changes](https://wellstanding.com/guides/sb-909-prevailing-wage-penalty-increases-2027/).

## Working for a county

County public works departments buy across every trade, and several of the large counties run third-party compliance portals. A county portal upload is the county's monitoring copy. Unless the county is one of the four legacy Labor Compliance Programs, the direct DIR eCPR filing is still owed under your own registration.

## Trades recently listed on County of Tulare work

- General engineering (A): 5 contractors
- Electrical (C-10): 4 contractors
- General building (B): 4 contractors
- Building moving and demolition (C-21): 4 contractors
- Low voltage systems (C-7): 3 contractors
- Plumbing (C-36): 2 contractors

### Keep reading

- [California certified payroll: the complete guide](https://wellstanding.com/guides/california-certified-payroll/)
- [LCPtracker vs DIR: why the GC's portal does not make you compliant](https://wellstanding.com/guides/lcptracker-vs-dir/)
- [Certified payroll penalties in California](https://wellstanding.com/guides/certified-payroll-penalties-california/)

### Other county requirements

- [County of Sacramento](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/county-of-sacramento/)
- [County of Los Angeles](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/county-of-los-angeles/)
- [County of Santa Barbara General Services, Procurement Services](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/county-of-santa-barbara-general-services-procurement-services/)
- [San Joaquin County - Purchasing & Support Services](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/san-joaquin-county-purchasing-support-services/)
- [County of Orange/OC Public Works](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/county-of-orange-oc-public-works/)
- [All county pages](https://wellstanding.com/requirements/type/county/)

### Works with the payroll you already run

- [QuickBooks Online](https://wellstanding.com/for/quickbooks-online/)
- [QuickBooks Desktop](https://wellstanding.com/for/quickbooks-desktop/)
- [ADP](https://wellstanding.com/for/adp/)
- [Paychex](https://wellstanding.com/for/paychex/)
- [Gusto](https://wellstanding.com/for/gusto/)
- [Sage](https://wellstanding.com/for/sage/)