§ 8180

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20. (SB 189) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697 and by Section 8052.
(a)For the purpose of this title, completion of a work of improvement occurs upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1)Actual completion of the work of improvement.
(2)Occupation or use by the owner accompanied by cessation of labor.
(3)Cessation of labor for a continuous period of 60 days.
(4)Recordation of a notice of cessation after cessation of labor for a continuous period of 30 days.
(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if a work of improvement is subject to acceptance by a public entity, completion occurs on acceptance.

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