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title: CA Start Date and Completion Date
description: See if your California Home Improvement Contracts comply with the new laws from CSLB especially regarding start and completion dates
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# CALIFORNIA Home Improvement Contract Law Test Question 2

  

# **2. **My California Home Improvement contract tells the approximate date when work will start and when work will end.****

# **CORRECT ANSWER IS YES**

 

 

## **Here is why: This is covered under section 7159 of the California Business and Professions Code which states**:

## 10) The contract shall address the commencement of work to be performed in substantially the following form:

> ## (A) A statement that describes what constitutes substantial commencement of work under the contract.
> 
> ## (B) The Heading: "Approximate Start Date."
> 
> ## (C) The approximate date on which the work will be commenced.

## 11) The estimated completion date of the work shall be referenced in the contract in substantially the following form:

> ## (A) The heading "Approximate Completion Date."
> 
> ## (B) The approximate date of completion.

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