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Change orders and extras in California

A California home improvement contract wants the change order signed before the extra work starts, and on a public job the change gets priced under rules the agency wrote long before you bid. These guides cover getting the change in writing, pricing it, and collecting on it when the original contract says nothing.

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How to run the businessSole owner or LLCThe $800 minimum franchise tax, the LLC gross receipts fee from $900 to $11,790, CSLB fees of $200 against $350 to issue and $450 against $700 to renew, and the extra $100,000 worker bond, costed across two years of a $620,000 business.How to run the businessChange orders and extrasWritten and signed before the extra work starts on residential jobs under BPC s.7159, the 150 percent cap on withholding a disputed amount (BPC s.7108.5), and the public works order of preference where agreement comes before force account.Before you qualifyC-50 Reinforcing steelAn $8,000 inspection item caps the withholding at $12,000 under BPC s.7108.5, and the other $34,000 of a $46,000 progress payment is due within 7 days of the prime being paid. Covers the purchased weight that never comes back as a change order, retention at 45 days, and a 90 day lien window cut to 30 by a recorded Notice of Completion.Before you qualifyC-57 Well drillingDepth is the whole cost and nobody can price it from the surface, so the contract carries a stated base depth, a per foot rate above it and a change order signed at the sample tray. Covers the county well permit, the groundwater agency that can move a start date by months, and six months to sue on a public works payment bond.

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