Arizona Contract, General Purpose

An Arizona Preliminary notice is a legal document sent out on construction projects to provide information to the parties in charge of payment. Also referred to in Arizona as a 20-day notice, since it needs to be sent within the first 20 days of first furnishing labor and materials to the project.

The claimant should not be punished for the owner refusing or not claiming a mailing. The property owner has the right to notice, but if the owner refuses it or doesn't claim it, that's a waiver of that right, or at least a tactic or direct estoppel to the owner to later argue that the claimant didn't provide notice.

California requires preliminary notice in order to preserve your right to file a mechanics lien. Sending notice late will reduce the amount that you can claim in a lien. For example, sending preliminary notice today will allow you to file a claim for any work or materials you provided in the last 20 days.

The deadline to file a mechanics lien in Arizona is 120 days after completion of the entire project.

Preliminary notices are part of the construction payment process. Construction project participants send preliminary notices sometimes called pre lien notices or notices to owner in the early stages of a project to notify other parties of their involvement.

PICK UP NECESSARY MATERIALS. IDENTIFY A QUALIFYING PARTY. MEET MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EXAMINATION WITH EXPERIENCE. PASS THE EXAM. PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK. CREATE A LEGAL BUSINESS ENTITY. FILE A BOND. SUBMIT AN ID.

General Contractors in the state of California are required to obtain a license for projects worth more than $500 from the California Contractors State License Board. You'll need: Proof of at least 4 years of professional experience completed within the past 10 years. Pass trade, business, and law exams.

The state of Arizona does not generally collect sales taxes on the vast majority of services performed. An example of taxed services would be one which manufactures or creates a product.

In Arizona, and in four other states, sales of building materials to contractors are exempt from the sales tax, with the tax being imposed upon a prime contractor's gross receipts from the contracting project. Subcontractors that work for a taxable prime contractor that is liable for the sales tax are exempt.