Legal Question in Consumer Law in Florida

Re: Contract Time

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RESPONSE: Usually if the construction contract does not state when the project will be completed then a "reasonable time" is presumed for completion. In addition, Florida Statute 489.128((1)(h), which concerns disciplinary violations against certified and registered contractors proivdes that "A project may be presumed abandoned after 90 days if the contractor terminates the project without just cause or without proper notification to the owner, including the reason for termination, or fails to perform work without just cause for 90 consecutive days." You may want to just send the contractor a certified letter requesting that he complete within a certain period of time and if not, then to provide a completion date.

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