Legal Opinion
BANIS RESTAURANT DESIGN, INC. v. Serrano
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 18, 2005No. C048900PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HULL, J.
Business and Professions Code section 7031, subdivision (a) precludes an unlicensed contractor from filing suit “for the collection of compensation for the performance of any act or contract where a license is required.” (Unspecified statutory references that follow are to the Business and Professions Code.)
When plaintiff Banis Restaurant Design, Inc., filed suit against defendants Borgata Serrano (Serrano) and Bank of America to recover the unpaid balance on a contract, defendants responded by filing a demurrer, asserting in part that plaintiff was not a licensed contractor…
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