Public Contract Code section 20513

The contract shall specify a date certain when the improvement shall be started, the date to be not more than 30 days after the execution thereof, and that the contract shall continue in force for a period of one year from the effective date of the contract.

Source: Section 20513, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PCC§ionNum=20513. (updated Jan. 1, 1982; accessed Jul. 21, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/public_contract_code_section_20513

Original Source: Section 20513, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PCC§ionNum=20513. (last accessed May 12, 2025).