There are two lessons here. The first is an unlicensed contractor may not offset material costs for a job against a property owner\u2019s Business and Professions Code 7031 (b) disgorgement claim. The second is enforcement of a 2001 law permitting property owners to take unlicensed contractors to court to recover all the money paid to them.<\/p>\n
While the lessons may sound rather drastic, it is unfortunately true that if you wish to do business as a contractor you must be licensed at all times without any lapses. At least that\u2019s what building contractor Terry Criddlebaugh found out the hard way.<\/p>\n
The facts are a bit boring, perhaps even laughable when you examine them deeply. Terry was not licensed and had actually been trying to use the license of another contractor that was out of the country; a contractor that had assigned his license to Terry. Now on the surface that sounds like it (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are two lessons here. The first is an unlicensed contractor may not offset material costs for a job against a property owner\u2019s Business and Professions Code 7031 (b) disgorgement claim. The second is enforcement of a 2001 law permitting…<\/span><\/p>\n