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David, to the board, the first qualifying agent retains responsibility
(refer to F.S. 489), as for other legal responsibilities, an attorney
must guide you through that maize. There would be a lot of "depends on"
qualifications to any answer.


R.J.Koning - Director
Contractors Institute
rjkoning at contractorsinstitute.com
8301 Joliet Street
Hudson, Fl 34667
727-863-5147



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:codetalk-bounces at myfloridacode.com] On Behalf Of David HODGES
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 9:19 PM
To: codetalk at myfloridacode.com
Subject: [Florida Code Talk] The recovery contractor

  1. When the contractor who pulled the permit to build a house is
subsequently fired after abandoning the job, is the potential recovery
contractor held responsible for the first guy's mistakes if he comes in
to finish the job?
2.  If one of the mistakes is that the house is not situated on the
property correctly, and extra costs are involved in allowing it to stay
there, can the first contractor be charged for the extra costs by the
second contractor?
3.  Must the homeowner allow the first contractor to fix his errors if
he abandons the job or is fired for cause?