Common use of PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIENS Clause in Contracts

PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIENS. You can protect yourself from liens by getting a list from your contractor of all the subcon- tractors and material suppliers that work on your project. Find out from your contractor when these subcontractors started work and when these suppliers delivered goods or 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 contractor 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 internet website at xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx or call CSLB at 000-000-XXXX (2752). 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 forced sale of your home to pay what you owe. Information about the Contractors’ State License Board (CSLB): CSLB is the state consumer protection agency that licenses and regulates construction contractors. Contact CSLB for information about the licensed 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 four years), CSLB has authority to investigate the complaint. If you use an unlicensed contractor, CSLB may not be able to help you resolve your complaint. Your only remedy may be in 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 internet website at xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx Call CSLB at 000-000-XXXX (2752) Write CSLB at X.X. Xxx 00000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000. COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE (CGL) Check the appropriate box:

PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIENS. You can protect yourself from liens by getting a list from your contractor of all the subcon- tractors and material suppliers that work on your project. Find out from your contractor when these subcontractors started work and when these suppliers delivered goods or 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 contractor 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 internet website Web site at xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx or call CSLB at 000-000-XXXX (2752). 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 forced sale of your home to pay what you owe. Information about the Contractors’ State License Board (CSLB): CSLB is the state consumer protection agency that licenses and regulates construction contractors. Contact CSLB for information about the licensed contractor you are considering, including information about disclosable complaints, disciplinary actions, 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 four years), CSLB has authority to investigate the complaint. If you use an unlicensed contractor, CSLB may not be able to help you resolve your complaint. Your only remedy may be in 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 internet website Internet Web site at xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx Call CSLB at 000-000-XXXX (2752) Write CSLB at X.X. Xxx 00000P.O. Box 26000, XxxxxxxxxxSacramento, XX 00000CA 95826. COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE (CGL) Check the appropriate box:

PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIENS. You can protect yourself from liens by getting a list from your contractor of all the subcon- tractors and material suppliers that work on your project. Find out from your contractor when these subcontractors started work and when these suppliers delivered goods or 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 contractor 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 internet website Web site at xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx or call CSLB at 000-000-XXXX (2752). 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 forced sale of your home to pay what you owe. Information about the Contractors’ State License Board (CSLB): CSLB is the state consumer protection agency that licenses and regulates construction contractors. Contact CSLB for information about the licensed contractor you are considering, including information about disclosable complaints, disciplinary actions, 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 four years), CSLB has authority to investigate the complaint. If you use an unlicensed contractor, CSLB may not be able to help you resolve your complaint. Your only remedy may be in 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 internet website Internet Web site at xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx Call CSLB at 000-000-XXXX (2752) Write CSLB at X.X. Xxx 00000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000. COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE (CGL) Check the appropriate box:

PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIENS. You can protect yourself from liens by getting a list from your contractor of all the subcon- tractors 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 or 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 contractor 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 internet website CSLB‟s Internet Web site at xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx or call CSLB at 000-000-XXXX (2752). 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 forced sale of your home to pay what you owe. Information about NOTICE OF CANCELLATION (Print/type date of transaction) (Contract number) You may CANCEL this transaction, without any Penalty or Obligation, within THREE (3) BUSINESS DAYS from the Contractors’ State License Board (CSLB): CSLB is the state consumer protection agency that licenses and regulates construction contractors. Contact CSLB for information about the licensed contractor you are considering, including information about disclosable complaints, disciplinary actions, and civil judgments that are reported to CSLB. Use only licensed contractorsabove date. If you file a complaint against a licensed contractor cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS following receipt by the legal deadline (usually four years)seller of your cancellation notice, CSLB has authority to investigate and any security interest arising out of the complainttransaction will be cancelled. If you use an unlicensed contractorcancel, CSLB you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale, or you may, if you wish, comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller’s expense and risk. If you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within twenty (20) calendar days of the date of your Notice of Cancellation, you may not be able retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to help make the goods available to the seller, or if you resolve your complaintagree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract. Your only remedy To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this Cancellation Notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram, TO (Print/type name of seller or seller’s authorized representative) AT (Print/type address for receipt of Cancellation Notice) NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF (Date – THREE (3) BUSINESS DAYS from the date of transaction) I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION. NOTICE OF CANCELLATION (required duplicate) (Print/type date of transaction) (Contract number) You may be in civil courtCANCEL this transaction, without any Penalty or Obligation, within THREE (3) BUSINESS DAYS from the above date. If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by you may will be liable for damages returned within TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of any injuries the transaction will be cancelled. If you cancel, you must make available to the unlicensed contractor seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale, or you may, if you wish, comply with the unlicensed contractorinstructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller’s employeesexpense and risk. For more information: Visit CSLBIf you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within twenty (20) calendar days of the date of your Notice of Cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to make the goods available to the seller, or if you agree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract. To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this Cancellation Notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram, TO (Print/type name of seller or seller’s internet website at xxx.xxxx.xx.xxx Call CSLB at 000-000-XXXX authorized representative) AT (2752Print/type address for receipt of Cancellation Notice) Write CSLB at X.X. Xxx 00000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000. COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY INSURANCE (CGL) Check the appropriate box:NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF