Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 24-5-11-4 (2026)

"Real property improvement contract"

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     Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "real property improvement contract" means an agreement, oral or written, between a real property improvement supplier and a consumer to make a real property improvement and for which the real property improvement contract price exceeds one hundred fifty dollars ($150).

As added by P.L.251-1987, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.170-2017, SEC.11.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2002–2026 · leading case: Cyr v. J. Yoder, Inc., 762 N.E.2d 148 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002).
Cyr v. J. Yoder, Inc., 762 N.E.2d 148 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “" I.C. § 24-5-11-4. A "home improvement supplier" is defined as "a person who engages in or solicits home improvement contracts whether or not the person deals directly with the consumer.”
Faye E. Warfield & Keyotta Warfield a/k/a Nicole Warfield v. Jim Dorey d/b/a JRD Constr. Servs. & JRD Enter., LLC, 55 N.E.3d 887 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 24-5-11-4. Instead, Faye’s daughter, Keyotta, signed the contract as Faye’s agent, without identifying herself as such.”
Thomas A. Ambrose II v. Dalton Constr., Inc., 51 N.E.3d 320 (Ind. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “” Ind.Code § 24-5-11-4 (emphasis added). However, it also states that “[a] modification to a home improvement contract is not enforceable against a consumer unless the modification is stated in a writing that is signed by the consumer.”
Jacob Balash v. Steve Mader (Ind. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 4× “” I.C. § 24-5-11-4 (2017). [7] The heart of the Act, Section 24-5-11-10(a), mandates that suppliers provide a completed contract to the consumer before it is signed by the consumer.”
Barry F. Logan, Jr. v. Curtis Evans (Ind. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “Under Indiana Code section 24-5-11-4, the definition of a “real property improvement contract” means an agreement, oral or written, between a real property improvement supplier and a consumer .”
Jana Stacy v. ASI Select Ins. Corp. (Ind. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “” I.C. § 24-5-11-4. Therefore, the HICA did not apply to UDI for the purpose of its transaction with Greenwell.”
Castle Constr. Corp. v. Sharon Leibengood-Chavez (Ind. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 2× “See I.C. §§ 24-5-11-4, -10; Balash v. Mader, 245 N.”
Nathan Kluger & Laura Kluger v. J.J.P. Enter., Inc. d/b/a SERVPRO of North Lexington (Ind. Ct. App. 2020). “§ 24-5-11-4. The “home improvement contract price” is “the amount actually charged for the services, materials, and work to be performed under the .”
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