{"id":897612,"date":"2020-06-18T11:18:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T17:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=897612"},"modified":"2020-06-18T11:18:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T17:18:24","slug":"contractor-as-in-unlicensed-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/contractor-as-in-unlicensed-contractor\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is a \u201cContractor\u201d as Used in \u201cUnlicensed Contractor\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Taylor Orgeron | <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ahclaw.com\/construction-blog-posts\/2020\/06\/who-is-a-contractor-as-used-in-unlicensed-contractor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Autry, Hall &amp; Cook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent Georgia Court of Appeals case established a rule concerning the effect of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/unlicensed-contractors-statute-of-limitations-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unlicensed contractor<\/a> failing to disclose that he is unlicensed. In\u00a0<em>Fleetwood v. Lucas,<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ahclaw-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/orgeron_ahclaw_com\/Documents\/1.%20TDO%20Drive\/1.%20Firm%20Documents\/4.%20DRC%20Projects\/Blog%20Post\/Fleetwood%20v.%20Lucas%20Blog%20Post.docx#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0the contractor was hired by the homeowners to perform renovations on two homes. One of the projects went over budget, and the homeowners failed to pay the remaining balances on both projects. Following their failure to pay, the contractor sued the homeowners for breach of contract, and the jury delivered a verdict in his favor. The homeowners appealed on the grounds that the contractor was barred from bringing suit because the contractor did not have a license to perform the work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, if a contractor does not have a residential or general contractor\u2019s license but performs work when a license is required, the contract is unenforceable. O.C.G.A. \u00a7 43-41-17(b). However, under O.C.G.A. \u00a7 43-41-17(g), a contractor may perform repair work without a license if the contractor discloses that he does not have a license, and the work does not affect the structural integrity of the project. In this case, the contractor failed to disclose that he did not have a license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, the contractor argued that he was not a \u201ccontractor\u201d within the meaning of O.C.G.A. \u00a7 43-41-2 because he bore no responsibility for any contractual risk to the homeowners. Despite the language of the statute, the Court liberally construed the definition of \u201ccontractor\u201d to further the legislative intent of protecting property owners. The Court declined to interpret O.C.G.A. \u00a7 43-41-2 to mean that \u201ca person is a contractor only if he has contractual risk to the owner for the performance and cost of the construction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ahclaw-my.sharepoint.com\/personal\/orgeron_ahclaw_com\/Documents\/1.%20TDO%20Drive\/1.%20Firm%20Documents\/4.%20DRC%20Projects\/Blog%20Post\/Fleetwood%20v.%20Lucas%20Blog%20Post.docx#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;840 S.E.2d 720 (2020)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Orgeron | Autry, Hall &amp; Cook A recent Georgia Court of Appeals case established a rule concerning the effect of an unlicensed contractor failing to disclose that he is unlicensed. In\u00a0Fleetwood v. Lucas,[1]\u00a0the contractor was hired by the homeowners to perform renovations on two homes. 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