Legal Question in Construction Law in California

If the defect was not known to you and not discoverable by you with normal inspection, and this is not necessarily the original defect, but rather that the repair was defective, then the time limit is ten years.

The Civil Code commencing with Section 895 applies to residential construction and establishes minimum warranties, a "prelitigation procedure" (notice, acknowledgment of notice, document production, inspection and testing, builder�s right to repair and mediation), statutes of limitation, and limits for recoverable damages.

Although no action may be brought more than ten years after substantial completion or the date a valid notice of completion is recorded, certain of the defects have significantly shorter statutes of limitation, including countertops, which If no useful life representation is made, or if the representation is less than one year, the period shall be no less than one year.

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