California Codes, Business and Professions Code - BPC, Division 3 — Professions and Vocations Generally, Chapter 9 — Contractors, Article 10 — Home Improvement Business, Section 7160
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
Allows a person induced to contract for construction or other improvement work by knowingly false or fraudulent representations to sue the contractor or solicitor. Allows recovery of a $500 penalty and reasonable attorney’s fees in addition to any damages the person sustained because of those statements or representations.
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