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Can I get in trouble for hiring a non license contractor?

May 19, 2009

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I’m doing some work on a house I bought and I hired some people to do some clean up work worth about a $1000.00 and my neighbor said that anything over $500.00 in the state of California needs to be a license contractor.
Can I get in troble for this?

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Written by lab · Filed Under Contractors 

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3 Responses to “Can I get in trouble for hiring a non license contractor?”

  1. Angel Aries on May 19th, 2009 10:21 pm

    Yes. First of all, Liability. If they are not licensed, they probably don’t have any insurance. That means you are liable as a home owner for any injuries. Also the State of Calif. is very strict about this.

  2. Ittyfish on May 23rd, 2009 5:09 am

    If someone tells on you yeah. Plus its not a good idea. With the amount $$$, if something goes wrong you could be out a lot of money.

  3. john e on May 23rd, 2009 4:45 pm

    They probably are not insured. This could be trouble.
    An unlicensed contractor cannot sue you for payment.

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