Contractors Beware: Licensure Foot-faults Could Make Your Construction Contract Unenforceable
By EsqSocial Corporation 20/01/25
Under the Michigan Occupational Code, residential building, maintenance and alteration contractors must be licensed to perform certain types of work. The Michigan Supreme Court held in Stokes v. Millen Roofing, 649 N.W.2d 371 (2002) that under MCL 339.2412(1), a residential building contractor cannot sue an unpaying customer for compensation if the contractor did not have a license for the act or contract it performed....
By: Warner Norcross + Judd