StatutoryFree to read
California Legislature (leginfo) / Contractors State License Board
downstream payment to subcontractorslicence classification and scopelicensing as a condition of recoverydisciplinary consequences of payment failure
Sits at the edge of this lane but is load-bearing for the subcontractor listing rule, because a listed subcontractor must hold the correct licence classification and the listing is what commits the prime. Licence classification scope and the unlicensed-contractor recovery bar belong to the contract administration lane and were deliberately left there.
StatutoryFree to read
California Legislature (leginfo)
payment bonds on public worksstop payment noticesprogress payment and retention on private workmechanics lien procedureswaivers and releases
StatutoryFree to readcurrent; B-2 residential remodelling classification is comparatively recent
Contractors State License Board
licence classification definitions and scopeCSLB administrative rules
Classification scope is a licensing question before it is a commercial one, because working outside the held classification is unlicensed work and pulls in B&P 7031. The CSLB summary page is a starting point; the regulation text is what settles a boundary dispute.
StatutoryFree to readcurrent
California Legislature
home solicitation contract cancellationsenior citizen and disaster-related extended cancellation periodsnotice of cancellation form
StatutoryFree to readas reorganised by SB 189 (2010), operative 1 July 2012
California Legislature
preliminary noticemechanics lienprivate and public stop payment noticepublic works payment bondstatutory waiver and release formsprivate prompt payment and retention
Note the 2012 renumbering: pre-2012 California lien citations (the old 3084 series) are still widespread online and will not match. Any secondary source citing three-thousand-series lien sections is stale and should not be relied on.
De facto standardFree to readpublished periodically
Contractors State License Board
consolidated licensing law and practice guidancehome improvement contract requirements in practice
Useful for orientation and for CSLB's enforcement posture, which is not visible from the statute alone. Never cite it as authority for a figure, go to the Business and Professions Code section.
De facto standardFree to readissued periodically; each contract names its governing edition
California Department of Transportation
progress payment and retention procedure on state highway workmeasurement and payment provisionsclaims and dispute review procedure
Caltrans work is a large share of California public construction and its payment provisions sit on top of the Public Contract Code rather than replacing it. Where the specification and the statute conflict on retention, the statutory cap governs.