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  "title": "California Business and Professions Code section 7071.5 - who the contractor's bond is for the benefit of",
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      "text": "Section 7071.5(a) provides that the contractor's bond is for the benefit of a homeowner contracting for home improvement upon the homeowner's personal family residence damaged as a result of a violation of the chapter by the licensee."
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      "text": "Section 7071.5(b) provides that the bond is for the benefit of a property owner contracting for the construction of a single-family dwelling who is damaged as a result of a violation of the chapter by the licensee, and provides that the property owner shall only recover under that subdivision if the single-family dwelling is not intended for sale or offered for sale at the time the damages were incurred."
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      "text": "Section 7071.5(e) provides that the bond is for the benefit of a person or entity, including a laborer described in subdivision (b) of Section 8024 of the Civil Code, to which a portion of the compensation of an employee of a licensee is paid by agreement with that employee or the collective bargaining agent of that employee, damaged as the result of the licensee's failure to pay fringe benefits for its employees."
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