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The site was developed in 2022 and our mission is to offer high quality, user friendly, easy to access editable sample contract administration form templates online to builders that may help to minimize some of the risks that builders and remodelers face when building projects.

By using THE CONTRACTOR’S LEGAL KIT.COM website (the "Site") or any of THE CONTRACTOR’S LEGAL KIT forms and ebook user guide ("Applications"), you agree to follow and be bound by these terms of use (the "Terms of Use"). In these Terms of Use, the words "you", "your" and “end user” refer to each customer, Site visitor, or Application/Form user, or your entity's representatives, agents, contractors, affiliates, employees, etc…, “site” refers to the Contractor’s Legal Kit website, "we", "us", “company” and "our" refer to THE CONTRACTOR’S LEGAL KIT website and its owner, THE CONTRACTOR’S LEGAL KIT, LLC (herein referred to as “Company”); and “forms” refers to the CONTRACTOR’S LEGAL KIT forms.

However, please note that these sample form templates are not legal advice and the Company is not a law firm or an attorney and therefore we cannot and are not offering legal advice of any kind to you when you access this site and/or purchase and use THE CONTRACTOR’S LEGAL KIT forms. Use of the form templates and ebook user guide on this site does not constitute the formation of any kind of attorney/client relationship between you and us or any attorney. Because neither the company or this site is a law firm or an attorney, you understand and agree that you are representing yourself at all times whenever you use the forms or information on this site. You further understand that you should seek and obtain legal advice from a licensed attorney in your local area who is familiar with construction law before using or relying on any of the forms or information on this site.

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The forms and ebook user guide on this site are provided only as general information and may or may not reflect the most current legal developments, your specific needs or laws applicable to the state where you conduct business and therefore information provided and the template forms on this site are not promised or guaranteed to be correct or complete for your specific use or the state where you conduct business.

By purchasing the forms and ebook user guide on this site, you are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable personal license to use the forms currently available for download from this site strictly in accordance with these Terms of Use. You agree not to use the Applications and forms available on this site in any unlawful manner. All Applications and forms on this site are the property of the Company and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright laws and restrictions related to your use of the Applications and forms available for download on this site.

You understand and agree that the forms and ebook user guide on this site are not for resale and may not be posted on any other websites or used, transferred, shared or gifted to others in any unauthorized manner by you. By ordering or downloading forms form this site, you agree that the forms you purchase and download may only be used by you for your personal or business use and may not be sold or redistributed in any manner without the express written consent of the Company. Except as authorized in these Terms of Use, you agree that you have no right to share, copy, post in any medium, distribute, resell, gift, create derivative works of the forms for sale and distribution, or in any way use any of the forms or information on this site in any manner, except for modifications in filling out and revising the forms for your own authorized use.

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You further agree that by purchasing the forms and ebook user guide on this site that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any forms or Applications on this site. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the Applications or forms on this site except as expressly authorized by these Terms of Use or as otherwise agreed to in writing between you and the Company. As set forth more fully in the Disclaimer, the information, Applications and forms available for download on this site are for educational and informational purposes only and are not intended as, and shall not be understood or construed as legal advice or any other professional advice.
After downloading the forms and ebook user guide, you should read all template forms with care, fill in, modify, delete, add language to or revise portions of the template forms according to your specific needs, the laws of your state and only with the advice of your own local attorney.

BINDING AGREEMENT: These Terms of Use constitute a binding agreement between you and us. This Agreement and the Terms of Use shall be effective as of the date you accept the Terms of Use herein or first access, download or use any of the forms or Applications on the site and shall remain in effect for so long you use, reuse or access any of the forms or applications on this site.

LAWS MAY FROM STATE TO STATE AND INDIVIDUAL NEEDS WILL VARY: Please be aware that despite all the years of effort put into creating and revising these forms over the years, no generic set of forms like the ones found on this site or the general information on this site can completely satisfy all the unique business needs, project requirements and meet the varying legal requirements placed on contractors in different states who are preparing construction agreements and contract administration documents for different types of projects, i.e. residential vs. commercial projects, new construction vs. remodels, etc... There is no “one size fits all” when it comes to editable contract administration form templates. Therefore, the editable form templates on this site are intended to be a good starting point only and should be thoroughly and carefully reviewed and modified by you and your own local attorney before being used.

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