Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7160 · Article 10. Home Improvement Business
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 7160
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Any person who is induced to contract for a work of improvement, including but not limited to a home improvement, in reliance on false or fraudulent representations or false statements knowingly made, may sue and recover from such contractor or solicitor a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500), plus reasonable attorney’s fees, in addition to any damages sustained by him by reason of such statements or representations made by the contractor or solicitor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by renumbering Section 7028.2 by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1138.
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