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Customers expect warranties. You provide them to show you stand behind your work. But are you adequately protecting yourself and your business?

Profit from the legal wisdom of the National Association of Home Builders staff attorneys. The authors provide new information about warranties based on research for NAHB members on hundreds of warranty issues. The second edition of Warranties for Builders and Remodelers helps inform and protect builders and remodelers. It addresses the changes to state statutes of repose applicable to construction and changes and additions to the mandatory notice provisions in states that have these laws. It also includes the new mandatory notice provision for Washington, DC.

Warranties for Builders and Remodelers, second edition, presents, clear explanations of implied warranties, statutory warranties, warranties imposed by courts, and more, sample language and formats for warranty documents, your rights and responsibilities and the recommended practices and procedures, tips for drafting warranties that work, state-by-state list of cases and statutes applicable to construction claims. Builder and remodeler warranties are among the most important issues affecting the construction industry. With the guidance of your attorney and this book, you can learn how to properly use warranties to market your services and avoid expensive mistakes.

List of Figures     v
Acknowledgments     vii
About the Authors     ix
Introduction     xi
Express Warranties     1
Written Versus Oral     1
Exclusive Warranty     2
Limited Warranty     2
Implied Warranties     5
Sample Case Law     7
Disclaimers     9
Disclaimers of Implied Warranties     9
Sample Case Law     14
The Warranty Document     17
Sample Warranty Forms     20
Claims Procedures     37
Be Proactive in Approaching Your Building Project     38
Establish and Implement Best Practices     38
Construction Performance Guidelines     40
Notice and Opportunity to Repair (NOR) Legislation     41
Common Components of NOR Legislation     41
States Without NOR Legislation     44
Alternative Dispute Resolution     55
Mediation     55
Arbitration     56
Statutory Warranties     61
California, Cal. Civil Code [section] 895-[section] 945.5     61
Connecticut, Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. [section] 47-116-[section] 47-121     62
Indiana, Ind. Code [section] 32-27-2-1-[section] 32-27-2-11     63
Louisiana, La. Rev. Stat. Ann. [section] 9:3141-[section] 9:3150     63
Maine, Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. [section]1487(10.)     64
Maryland, Md. Code Ann., Real Prop. [section] 10-604-[section] 10-610     64
Minnesota, Minn. Stat. [section] 327A.01-[section] 327A.08     65
Mississippi, Miss. Code [section] 83-58-1-[section] 83-58-17     65
New Jersey, N.J. Stat. Ann. [section] 46:3B-1-46:3B-20     66
New York, N.Y. Gen. Bus. [section] 777-[section] 777(b)     66
Texas, Tx. Property Code [section] 430.001-[section] 430.011 and Tx. Administrative Code [section] 304.1-[section] 304.3     67
Virginia, Va. Code Ann. [section] 55-70.1     68
Warranties Mandated by HUD     71
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act     73
Statutes of Repose Applicable to Construction Claims by State     79
Cases and Statutes, State by State     87
Glossary     135
Resources     139
Organizations     139
Publications     140
Index     143