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HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT
Contractors License No. 729266
To schedule work, email or fax this signed Authorization Agreement, or call directly:
58 Wright Brothers Avenue, Livermore, CA 94551
Remember if you do nothing, you risk having a lien placed on your home. This can mean that you may have to
pay twice, or face the for sale of your home to pay what you owe.
CSLB is the State Consumer Protection Agency that licenses and regulates construction contractors. Contact CSLB for
information about the license contractor you are considering, including information about disclosable complaints,
disciplinary actions and civil judgments that are reported to CSLB. Use only licensed contractors. If you file a complaint
against a licensed contractor within the legal deadline (usually 4 years), CSLB has authority to investigate the
complaint. Licensed contractors are regulated by laws designed to protect the public. If you use an unlicensed
contractor, CSLB may not be able to help you resolve your complaint. Your only remedy may be in a civil court, and
you may be liable for damages arising out of any injuries to the unlicensed contractor or the unlicensed contractor's
employees.
For more information; Visit CSLB's web site at www.cslb.ca.gov, or call 1-800-321-2752, or write at PO Box 26000,
INFORMATION ABOUT CONTRACTOR'S STATE LICENSE BOARD (CSLB)
NOTICE TO OWNER - MECHANICS LIEN
Anyone who helps improve your property, but who is not paid, may record what is called a mechanic's lien on your
property. A mechanic's lien is a claim, like a mortgage or home equity loan, made against your property and recorded
with the County Recorder. Even if you pay your contractor in full, unpaid subcontractors, suppliers, and laborers who
help to improve your property may record mechanic's liens and sue you in court to foreclose the lien. If the court finds
the lien valid, you could be forced to pay twice or have a court officer sell your home to pay the lien. Liens can also
affect your credit.
To preserve their right to record a lien, each subcontractor and material supplier must provide you with a document
called a "20-day Preliminary Notice". This notice is not a lien. The purposes of the notice is to let you know that a
person who sends you the notice has the right to record a lien on your property if he or she is not paid.
BE CAREFUL. The preliminary notice can be sent up to 20 days after the subcontractor starts work or the supplier
provides material. This can be a big problem if you pay your contractor before you have received the preliminary
notices. You will not get preliminary notices from your prime contractor or from laborers who work on your project. The
law assumes that you already know that they are improving your property.
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIENS. You can protect yourself from liens by getting a list from your contractor of all
these subcontractors and material suppliers that work on your project. Find out from your contractor when these
subcontractors started work and when these suppliers delivered goods and materials. Then wait 20 days, paying
attention to the preliminary notices you receive.
PAY WITH JOINT CHECKS. One way to protect yourself is to pay with a joint check. When your subcontractor tells you
it is time to pay for the work of a subcontractor or supplier who has provided you with a preliminary notice, write a joint
check payable to both the contractor and the subcontractor or material supplier. For other ways to prevent liens, visit
CSLB's web site at www.cslb.ca.gov or call CSLB at 1-800-321-2752.
If a Home Inspection has been or will be performed by HomeGuard Incorporated on this property, the following
consumer disclosure applies:
(A) The same company that performs the roof inspection and roof repairs will perform the home inspection on the same
property.
(B) Any repairs that are authorized by the consumer are for the repairs identified in the roofing contractor’s roof
NOTICE TO OWNER - HOME INSPECTION
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