§ 34-221 Contract with successful bidder; payments to contractor and design professional; security; recovery of damages for delay; progress payments; changed or additional work; attorney fees; definitions
§ 34-222 Surety bond required; suit on bond; limitations
§ 34-223 Payment bond provisions
§ 34-224 Effect of article on prior contracts
§ 34-225 Governmental mall; private and public development; construction contracts; limitations
§ 34-226 State preemption; indemnity agreements in construction and design professional services contracts void; definitions
§ 34-227 Construction contracts; design professional services contracts; void provisions

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 34 > Chapter 2 > Article 2 - Contract

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Architect services: means those professional architect services that are within the scope of architectural practice as provided in title 32, chapter 1. See Arizona Laws 34-101
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contract: means all types of agent agreements, regardless of what they are called, for the procurement of services pursuant to this title. See Arizona Laws 34-101
  • Contractor: means any person who has a contract with an agent. See Arizona Laws 34-101
  • 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.
  • Design professional: means an individual or firm that is registered by the state board of technical registration pursuant to Title 32, Chapter 1 to practice architecture, engineering, geology, landscape architecture or land surveying or any combination of those professions and persons employed by the registered individual or firm. See Arizona Laws 34-101
  • Design-bid-build: means a project delivery method in which:

    (a) There is a sequential award of two separate contracts. See Arizona Laws 34-101

  • Engineer services: means those professional engineer services that are within the scope of engineering practice as provided in title 32, chapter 1. See Arizona Laws 34-101
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Horizontal construction: means construction of highways, roads, streets, bridges, canals, floodways, earthen dams, landfills, light rail and airport runways, taxiways and aprons. See Arizona Laws 34-101
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Landscape architect services: means those professional landscape architect services that are within the scope of landscape architectural practice as provided in Title 32, Chapter 1. See Arizona Laws 34-101
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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 any corporation, business, individual, union, committee, club, other organization or group of individuals. See Arizona Laws 34-101
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subcontractor: means a person who contracts to perform work or render service to a contractor or to another subcontractor as a part of a contract with an agent. See Arizona Laws 34-101
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215