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Dear Mr. Marceaux:

This office is in receipt of your recent opinion request in which you present the following issue for our review: Is the construction of a new, free-standing structure that is not attached to a residence included in the definition of "Home improvement contracting". Louisiana Revised Statute 37:2150.1(7) states:

"Home improvement contracting" means the reconstruction, alteration, renovation, repair, modernization, conversion, improvement, removal, or demolition, or the construction of an addition to any pre-existing owner occupied building which building is used or designed to…