AB 2353: Construction defects: actions.

Existing law specifies the requirements for actions for construction defects. Existing law includes a statute of limitations that, except as specified, prohibits an action from being brought to recover under these provisions more than 10 years after substantial completion of the improvement but no later than the date the notice of completion is recorded. defects and includes a nonadversarial procedure for the parties to resolve the dispute. Existing law requires, as part of this nonadversarial procedure, a builder who elects to inspect a claim of unmet building standards to meet certain requirements for the inspection.

This bill would shorten the 10-year period to 5 years. require that an inspection for purposes of the above-described provisions be conducted by a person who is licensed as a contractor with a license that applies to the field and scope in which the person is conducting the inspection and issuing his or her inspection findings or report.