SEC. 73-59-9. Violations in connection with licensing; penalties; builder or remodeler without license may not bring certain actions.

(1) Any residential builder who undertakes or attempts to undertake the business of residential construction without having a valid license as required by this chapter, or who knowingly presents to the board, or files with the board, false information for the purpose of obtaining such license, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or be imprisoned for not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days in the county jail, or both.

(2) Any remodeler who undertakes or attempts to undertake the business of residential improvement without having a valid license as required by this chapter, or who knowingly presents to the board, or files with the board, false information for the purpose of obtaining such license, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) and not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or be imprisoned for not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days in the county jail, or both.

(3) A residential builder or remodeler who does not have the license provided by this chapter may not bring any action, either at law or in equity, to enforce any contract for residential building or remodeling or to enforce a sales contract.

SOURCES: Laws, 1993, ch. 534, Sec. 5; reenacted, 1995, ch. 431, Sec. 5, eff from and after passage (approved March 16, 1995), and shall stand repealed July 1, 2000. Reenacted by Laws 2000, Ch. 345, Sec. 6, HB263, eff. July 1, 2000.

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2000