Free Blank New York Residential Construction Contract (Home Improvement) (2026)
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New York rules that this document follows
| Contractor license | county or city licensing agency (New York City, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Rockland or Putnam) — A home improvement contract must state the contractor's name, address, telephone number and licence number.Source: N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 771(1)(a) |
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| License number on the contract | Required — the contract must state itSource: N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 771(1)(a) |
| Written contract required | Yes — A home improvement contract must be in writing and must state the contractor's details, the approximate dates on which the work will begin and be substantially completed, a description of the work and the materials, the agreed price, the progress-payment schedule, the mechanic's lien notice, the deposit escrow notice and the three-day cancellation notice.Source: N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 771 |
| Down payment cap | None confirmed — no statutory cap was found; a deposit tied to mobilisation and special-order materials is the norm |
| Required notices | MECHANIC'S LIEN NOTICE; DEPOSITS HELD IN TRUST; THREE-DAY RIGHT TO CANCELSource: N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 771(1)(d) |
| Right to cancel | 3 business days — The owner may cancel the home improvement contract until midnight of the third business day after the day the owner signed the agreement, and the contract must say so.Source: N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 771(1)(g) |
| Lien notice in the contract | New York prescribes the wording of the mechanic's lien notice that must appear in the contract.Source: N.Y. Gen. Bus. Law § 771(1)(d) |
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