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Construction

Oct. 8, 2002

Whether New Law Applies Retroactively Is Open Question

Focus Column - By Daniel Lee Jacobson and Georgia M. Linkletter - California's Business and Professions Code is unforgiving to building contractors who fail to abide by its licensing requirements. Section 7031 contains two punishments for nonlicensed contractors. One of those punishments is new and the other one, while not new, has had its scope explained by the courts.

        Focus Column
        
        By Daniel Lee Jacobson and Georgia M. Linkletter
        
        California's Business and Professions Code is unforgiving to building contractors who fail to abide by its licensing requirements. Section...

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