Pennsylvania Appellate Court Has Provided Some Clarity to the Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act
On behalf of Kaplin Stewart Meloff Reiter & Stein, P.C. posted in General on Oct 5, 2012.
On July 1, 2009, the Pennsylvania Home Improvement Consume Protection Act (HICPA), 73 P.S. §§ 517.1 et seq., became effective. HICPA is a consumer protection statute that regulates and governs home improvement contractors and their contracts with homeowners. HICPA provides, inter alia, that “[n]o home improvement contract shall be valid or enforceable against an owner unless it . . . [i]s in writing and legible.” 73 P.S. § 517.7(a)(1).
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