§ 863.319. Violations.

1.

It shall be a violation to:

a.

Abandon or fail to perform, or furnish, without justification, any labor, services or materials included under a home improvement contract, or willfully deviate from the plans or specifications of a home improvement contract in any material respect without the consent of the owner;

b.

Conduct a home improvement business in any name other than the one in which the person is licensed;

c.

Fail to agree in writing that the owner may cancel by written notice the home improvement contract without penalty at any time prior to midnight on the third business day after the date such contract is made;

d.

Make a false statement or provide false information in making application for a license, including a renewal or duplicate license;

e.

Fail to notify the sealer, in writing, of any change of control in the ownership, management or business name or location of a home improvement business within ten days thereof;

f.

Fail to disclose on all advertising, stationery, proposals, change orders, and invoices for a home improvement business and in all contracts with an owner for a home improvement, the number of the license issued under this article;

g.

Fail to comply with the provisions of section 863.325 of this article;

h.

Fail to comply with the provisions of sections 863.326, 863.327 and 863.329 of this article; or

i.

Operate a home improvement business without a license as required by this article.

2.

The foregoing acts are unlawful when committed by a person engaged in the home improvement business within the County of Westchester and violations of the provisions of this section proscribing certain acts shall be enforced in accordance with and shall be subject to the penalties provided in the Laws of Westchester County, including but not limited to chapter 182, article VIII of chapter 277 and article I of chapter 863 thereof.

(Added by L.L. No. 3-1987; amended by L.L. No. 21-2000; L.L. 24-2002; L.L. No. 10-2004, § 1; L.L. No. 3-2007; L.L. No. 10-2018 , § 6)