HOA Risk News:

SB 354 – Contractors Aiding Unlicensed Persons:
Status – Chaptered

Licensed contractors who aid an unlicensed person in evading the contractors’ license requirements or allow someone to use their license can be ordered to pay an injured party for injury resulting from the acts of the unlicensed person. The bill “authorizes the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) to issue to a licensee, who has aided and abetted an unlicensed person, a citation, which includes an order for payment for the financial injury caused by the acts of the unlicensed person. In order to determine the financial damage to the consumer caused by the licensee, as authorized under the Contractors Law, CSLB contracts with licensed professionals (industry experts) for the site investigation of consumer complaints. To report someone using another contractor’s license or to report unlicensed contractors please go to www.cslb.ca.gov. To read a summary of this new law Click Here.


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