At any time after the completion of any work or improvement for any public body the contractor may issue notice as hereinafter provided, specifically stating that the improvement has been completed and requiring that all subcontractors or persons who furnished any items of labor, service, skill, material, equipment, or supplies for any subcontractor, naming them, must file their claims with the contractor within one hundred twenty days after the first publication of said notice.
The notice shall specify the name and address of the public body, department, bureau, commission, or agency thereof which caused the improvement to be made and the name and address of the contractor, and that claims shall be filed at both addresses so specified. If the contractor be a nonresident of the State of South Dakota, he shall specify a place and address within the state where claims may be filed.