Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000 - 9998.11]
( Heading of Division 3 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 30. ) CHAPTER 9. Contractors [7000 - 7191]
( Chapter 9 added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 37. ) ARTICLE 10. Home Improvement Business [7150 - 7170]
( Article 10 added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1021. ) 7160.
Any person who is induced to contract for a work of improvement, including but not limited to a home improvement, in reliance on false or fraudulent representations or false statements knowingly made, may sue and recover from such contractor or solicitor a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500), plus reasonable attorney’s fees, in addition to any damages sustained by him by reason of such statements or representations made by the contractor or solicitor.
(Added by renumbering Section 7028.2 by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1138.)