Section 14 Private Prompt Pay Act

• Library: Consumer Law and Practice 2010

While not a consumer statute, the Missouri Private Prompt Pay Act, § 431.180, RSMo 2000, may be of interest to readers. The statute applies to private construction work on nonowner-occupied residential property of more than four units and provides some substantial remedies to contractors, surveyors, architects, engineers, landscape designers, and construction management firms, in addition to contract remedies. Section 431.180 provides that any of the foregoing entities that engage in private design or...