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Certificate of Substantial Completion and Handover Record
The record that fixes the day your liability clock starts, and the warning that signing it too early can collapse your lien deadline. Includes which of the 31 state definitions of completion applies to you, and the 15 states where nothing shortens your exposure.
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When to use this
- •Handing over a finished job and wanting the completion date on paper
- •Working out when your liability for a job actually ends
- •Checking whether signing a completion record could shorten your lien deadline
- •Setting a warranty period without accidentally extending your own exposure
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