Resources
Everything published on this site, organised by the kind of exposure it covers, plus the primary sources you can check yourself.
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Nine questions about the job, the notices and the dates.
55 California construction-law terms with statute citations.
Licence requirements, BPC §7031, the bond, and what puts a licence at risk.
BPC §§7107, 7109 and 7110 explained, side by side.
What happens after a complaint is filed, and the §7091 deadlines.
Lien deadlines, preliminary notice, and getting paid on a disputed job.
Who can file, notice requirements, and foreclosure timelines.
Licence bonds, payment and performance bonds, and claim procedure.
SB 800 standards, the right to repair, and statutes of repose.
How work resurfaces after a sale, and the defences available.
Duty of care without privity: the Biakanja and Beacon framework.
Civil Code §1102.1 and Loughrin v. Superior Court.
McMillin Albany and the BPC §7044 boundary.
What a buyer can actually recover, and under which sections.
Practical first steps, and what not to do.
Smoke alarms, water heaters and CO detectors at sale.
Aas, Robinson Helicopter and Rattagan as a defence.
How construction matters proceed, and what evidence decides them.
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