Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 32 > Article 27 > Chapter 1 - Statutory Home Improvement Warranties

• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• home: means an attached or detached single family dwelling. See Indiana Code 32-27-1-3
• home improvement: means any alteration, repair, or other modification of an existing home. See Indiana Code 32-27-1-4
• home improvement contract: means a written agreement between a remodeler and an owner to make a home improvement. See Indiana Code 32-27-1-5
• load bearing parts of the home: means the following:

  Indiana Code 32-27-1-6

• owner: means a person who:

  Indiana Code 32-27-1-8

• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• person: means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a business trust, an estate, a trust, a partnership, an association, a cooperative, or other legal entity. See Indiana Code 32-27-1-9
• remodeler: means a person who contracts with an owner to alter, repair, or modify the owner's home. See Indiana Code 32-27-1-10
• warranty date: means the date by which all home improvements and work under the home improvement contract have been substantially completed so the owner can occupy and use the improvement in the manner contemplated by the home improvement contract. See Indiana Code 32-27-1-11
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5