An informational checklist for California home improvement contracts (Bus. & Prof. Code §§7159 and 7159.5), including the 2026 changes described in CSLB Industry Bulletin #25-04 (AB 1327, SB 517): email as a way to cancel, the contractor's email address and phone number for the Notice of Cancellation, and the subcontractor disclosure. Each item links the statute section or CSLB bulletin it comes from.
Not legal advice. This is an informational checklist that looks for specific wording and numbers. It does not review your contract as a whole, cannot see type size, placement or language, and can miss problems or show items that do not apply to you. "Found" only means matching wording was seen; it is not an approval of the contract. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by the Contractors State License Board or any government agency. For advice about your contract, consult a licensed California attorney.
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Prepared with Lathcheck (prototype). Informational checklist only, not legal advice; consult a licensed California attorney. Not affiliated with the Contractors State License Board or any government agency. Statute text: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. Rules last verified against statute text on 2026-10-28.
Plain-English explainers
One page per major rule, each citing and linking the statute: all explainers.
More coming. Rules verified against the statute text on leginfo.legislature.ca.gov and CSLB Industry Bulletin #25-04 on 2026-10-28 (see RULES_VERIFIED.md). Prototype, local only.