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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Blaik:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">489.124 requires that all “business records” be maintained for 3 years. A broad reading of the statute would seem to suggest that the documents you describe
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2011/489.124">http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2011/489.124</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I don’t know if there may be some other requirement to keep such records longer. Good luck.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Schoeppel<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 25, 2011 1:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RPPTL constructionlaw<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] General Contractors Document Retention Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Send me the answer, thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Kevin A. Schoeppel, Esquire</span></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Aug 25, 2011, at 12:50 PM, Blaik Ross wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">1. How long is a building contractor of a custom-design single family home obligated to retain project records? (specifically, field notes, daily logs, time sheets, RFI's, punch
lists and other documents that track what, if any, were the onsite problems and supervisory controls).</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Statute of repose and warranty requirements seem to set forth a blurry deadline depending on the type of record or document at issue.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">2. Is the contractor obligated to document what records, if any, were turned over to the owner at the time of the Final C.O.?</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Thank you in advance to anyone who may provide some advice, cases, statutes, etc. on these questions. Please feel free to reply to me directly if you do not wish to reply to
all under the guidelines of WWAD!?!.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> My email address is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:bross@beauchampco.com">bross@beauchampco.com</a></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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