Home improvement contracts
Your rights, by state
Deposit limits, the right to cancel, contractor registration and what the contract must include, from each state's official pages. 51 on file.
Information, not legal advice
- AlabamaNo state limit on record
- AlaskaNo state limit on record
- ArizonaNo state limit on record
- ArkansasNo state limit on record
- CaliforniaDown payment: $1,000 or 10%
- ColoradoNo state limit on record
- ConnecticutNo state limit on record
- DelawareNo state limit on record
- District of ColumbiaNo state limit on record
- FloridaNo state limit on record
- GeorgiaNo state limit on record
- HawaiiNo state limit on record
- IdahoNo state limit on record
- IllinoisNo state limit on record
- IndianaNo state limit on record
- IowaNo state limit on record
- KansasNo state limit on record
- KentuckyNo state limit on record
- LouisianaNo state limit on record
- MaineDown payment: one-third at most · Contracts over $3,000
- MarylandDeposit: one-third at most · Before or at signing
- MassachusettsDeposit: one-third at most · Before work starts
- MichiganNo state limit on record
- MinnesotaNo state limit on record
- MississippiNo state limit on record
- MissouriNo state limit on record
- MontanaNo state limit on record
- NebraskaNo state limit on record
- NevadaDeposit: $1,000 or 10%
- New HampshireNo state limit on record
- New JerseyNo state limit on record
- New MexicoNo state limit on record
- New YorkNo state limit on record
- North CarolinaNo state limit on record
- North DakotaNo state limit on record
- OhioApplies over $25,000
- OklahomaNo state limit on record
- OregonNo state limit on record
- PennsylvaniaDeposit: one-third at most · Contracts over $5,000
- Rhode IslandNo state limit on record
- South CarolinaNo state limit on record
- South DakotaNo state limit on record
- TennesseeApplies in 9 counties
- TexasNo state limit on record
- UtahNo state limit on record
- VermontSet by labor & materials
- VirginiaNo state limit on record
- WashingtonNo state limit on record
- West VirginiaNo state limit on record
- WisconsinNo state limit on record
- WyomingNo state limit on record