Arkansas Residential Home Improvement Contract

ARKANSAS RESIDENTIAL HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT

Before signing: Use for work on an existing single-family residence negotiated and signed at the contractor's established business premises. For an in-home solicitation, use the related Arkansas home-solicitation contract and its cancellation notices. Complete the scope and payment schedule. Give the defect-process notice and the statutory owner lien notice below before work starts; record actual delivery.

Contract date: [__/__/____]

Owner: [FULL LEGAL NAME], [MAILING ADDRESS], [PHONE], [EMAIL]

Contractor: [LEGAL NAME], [BUSINESS ADDRESS], [PHONE], [EMAIL]

Contractor license or registration number, if applicable: [NUMBER]

Property: [STREET ADDRESS, CITY, COUNTY, ARKANSAS ZIP]

Place of negotiation and signing: [ADDRESS]

1. Work and materials

Contractor shall perform the improvement described in signed Exhibit A at the property. Exhibit A identifies each work area, plan, material, fixture, allowance, exclusion, and cleanup duty. Contractor supplies the labor, supervision, equipment, and materials specified there.

Permit and inspection responsibility: [CONTRACTOR / OWNER; DETAILS]. Contractor shall perform the work in accordance with the agreed plans and applicable permits.

Owner access obligation and work hours: [DETAILS]. Site protection and disposal: [DETAILS].

2. Price and payment

Total contract price: $[AMOUNT], subject only to signed change orders.

Sum of scheduled payments: $[SAME TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE]. Contractor shall give a receipt for each payment. Owner may request the list of suppliers and service providers and lien waivers described in the statutory owner notice below.

3. Schedule, changes, and completion

Start date or condition: [DATE / CONDITION]. Target completion: [DATE / EVENT]. Contractor shall promptly describe a material delay and propose a revised schedule.

Any change to scope, price, materials, or schedule requires a written change order signed by both parties before changed work starts. At completion, the parties will record any unfinished or disputed items and an agreed correction schedule in writing.

4. Warranty and disputes

Written workmanship warranty, if offered: [ATTACH / NONE]. Manufacturer warranties delivered: [LIST / NONE]. No completion acknowledgment waives a claim that cannot lawfully be waived.

The parties may give written notice of a disputed performance issue to the addresses above and seek a practical resolution. The construction defect notice and response process in Section 6 applies when its statutory conditions are met. This paragraph does not shorten a statutory period or restrict a remedy.

5. Signatures

The parties agree to the terms above and the completed exhibits and notices below. Each receives a signed copy. A later change must be in a writing signed by both parties.

Owner signature: [________________________] Date: [__/__/____]

Contractor authorized signature: [________________________] Date: [__/__/____]

6. Arkansas construction defect process notice

Contractor gives Owner this written notice before work begins under Ark. Code Ann. § 4-75-1502(g). For a construction defect found within one year after completion, an owner, tenant, or lessee who plans a civil action or arbitration against a covered home improvement contractor must first give a written claim describing the defect and its known results at least 28 days before starting the action, and allow an opportunity to repair or remedy it. The contractor must respond in writing within 14 days after delivery, proposing an inspection within a specified time, offering a remedy without inspection, or disputing the claim. After an inspection the contractor may offer a remedy or dispute the claim. The claimant may proceed without further notice if the contractor disputes, does not timely respond, fails to fulfill an accepted offer, or the claimant rejects an offer. An acceptance must be served within 30 days after the offer and provide reasonable work access; a fulfilled accepted offer bars an action for the claim identified in the notice. This process does not apply to the Attorney General's specified consumer-enforcement actions.

Notice delivered to Owner on: [__/__/____] Method: [HAND DELIVERY / OTHER WRITTEN DELIVERY].

Owner receipt (evidence of delivery): [________________________] Date: [__/__/____]

7. Arkansas important notice to owner

For residential real estate with four or fewer units, Contractor must give the exact notice below to Owner or an authorized or registered agent by personal delivery or certified mail before work begins. Print it conspicuously in bold, capital letters. The owner signature in the statutory form is optional when the notice is delivered by certified mail.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OWNER

I UNDERSTAND THAT EACH CONTRACTOR, SUBCONTRACTOR, LABORER, SUPPLIER, ARCHITECT, ENGINEER, SURVEYOR, APPRAISER, LANDSCAPER, ABSTRACTOR, OR TITLE INSURANCE AGENT SUPPLYING LABOR, SERVICES, MATERIAL, OR FIXTURES IS ENTITLED TO A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY IF NOT PAID IN FULL FOR THE LABOR, SERVICES, MATERIALS, OR FIXTURES USED TO IMPROVE, CONSTRUCT, OR INSURE OR EXAMINE TITLE TO THE PROPERTY EVEN THOUGH THE FULL CONTRACT PRICE MAY HAVE BEEN PAID TO THE CONTRACTOR. I REALIZE THAT THIS LIEN CAN BE ENFORCED BY THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY IF NECESSARY. I AM ALSO AWARE THAT PAYMENT MAY BE WITHHELD TO THE CONTRACTOR IN THE AMOUNT OF THE COST OF ANY SERVICES, FIXTURES, MATERIALS, OR LABOR NOT PAID FOR. I KNOW THAT IT IS ADVISABLE TO, AND I MAY, REQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR TO FURNISH TO ME A TRUE AND CORRECT FULL LIST OF ALL SUPPLIERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS UNDER THE CONTRACT, AND I MAY CHECK WITH THEM TO DETERMINE IF ALL MATERIALS, LABOR, FIXTURES, AND SERVICES FURNISHED FOR THE PROPERTY HAVE BEEN PAID FOR. I MAY ALSO REQUIRE THE CONTRACTOR TO PRESENT LIEN WAIVERS BY ALL SUPPLIERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, STATING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PAID IN FULL FOR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER THE CONTRACT, BEFORE I PAY THE CONTRACTOR IN FULL. IF A SUPPLIER OR OTHER SERVICE PROVIDER HAS NOT BEEN PAID, I MAY PAY THE SUPPLIER OR OTHER SERVICE PROVIDER AND CONTRACTOR WITH A CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO THEM JOINTLY.

SIGNED:______________________________ ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: _______________ DATE:_____________

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE SIGNATURE ABOVE IS THAT OF THE OWNER, REGISTERED AGENT OF THE OWNER, OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AT THE ADDRESS SET OUT ABOVE.

__________________ CONTRACTOR

Actual delivery: ☐ Personally delivered on [__/__/____] to [RECIPIENT]. ☐ Certified mail sent on [__/__/____] to [RECIPIENT AND ADDRESS]; tracking number [NUMBER].

Exhibit A — work and specifications

Owner initials: [____] Contractor initials: [____]

Sources and references

• Arkansas Act 558 of 2025, §§ 4-75-1501–1502
• Arkansas Labor Department, statutory owner lien notice