{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-7160","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 7160","heading":"","body":"Any person who is induced to contract for a work of improvement, including but not limited to a home improvement, in reliance on false or fraudulent representations or false statements knowingly made, may sue and recover from such contractor or solicitor a penalty of five hundred dollars ($500), plus reasonable attorney’s fees, in addition to any damages sustained by him by reason of such statements or representations made by the contractor or solicitor.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000. - 9998.12.]","CHAPTER 9. Contractors [7000. - 7191.]","ARTICLE 10. Home Improvement Business [7150. - 7170.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"67a75611f2044a359abc7297d485cc63b85d55ee2de58ca4d3e58df233b834b3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-7159.14","next":"us-ca/bpc-7161"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}