Section 8180.  


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  • (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.

(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 697, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2011. Operative July 1, 2012, by Sec. 105 of Ch. 697.)