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Corrections log
Format, one line per correction: date · page · what changed · why
This log opens on September 26, 2026 and every entry stays in it permanently.
| Date | Page | What changed | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| /states/california/retainage/ | California's private-work row now states the 5% retention cap in Civil Code § 8811 for contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2026, with its two exceptions; it had said private retention had no statutory cap. The same row is corrected in the retainage laws by state table and its CSV and JSON downloads. | SB 61 (Stats. 2025, ch. 49) added § 8811, effective January 1, 2026. Our research predated the check against it; we read the statute on California Legislative Information on 2026-10-17. | |
| /states/missouri/retainage/ | Missouri's private-work row now states the 10% cap and the release within 30 days of substantial completion in Mo. Rev. Stat. §§ 436.300 to 436.336; it had said Missouri set no private retainage rule. | Found in a 51-state re-check of the retainage table against current statutes; read on the official code site on 2026-10-17. | |
| /states/tennessee/retainage/ | Tennessee's rows now state the 5% cap on owner-to-prime retainage in Tenn. Code Ann. § 66-34-203 for public and private work, the $500,000 escrow threshold, and that public owners do not owe the $300-a-day damages; they had shown no cap above the prime and applied the damages to public owners. | Found in a 51-state re-check of the retainage table against current statutes; read on the official code site on 2026-10-17. | |
| /states/idaho/retainage/ | Idaho's private-work row now states the 5% cap and the 35-day release in Idaho Code § 29-115; the page had covered public work only and left private work out. | Found in a 51-state re-check of the retainage table against current statutes; read on the official code site on 2026-10-17. | |
| /states/rhode-island/retainage/ | Rhode Island's rows now state that the 5% cap in R.I. Gen. Laws § 37-12-10.1 also covers private lienable work of $250,000 or more, and that a retainage application may be submitted only 60 days after substantial completion unless the contract allows earlier; the page had covered public work only and omitted the 60-day wait. | Found in a 51-state re-check of the retainage table against current statutes; read on the official code site on 2026-10-17. | |
| /states/oklahoma/retainage/ | Oklahoma's public-work row now states the November 1, 2022 rule in 61 O.S. §§ 113.1 and 226: retainage is reduced to 2.5% of the amount earned to date after 50% completion with satisfactory progress; it had described the earlier rule limited to bonded work. | Found in a 51-state re-check of the retainage table against current statutes; read on the official code site on 2026-10-17. | |
| /states/montana/retainage/ | Montana's public-work row now cites Mont. Code Ann. § 18-2-316, which caps retainage at 5% on state and local public contracts, and the 30-day final payment on building contracts in § 18-2-306; it had relied on a statute whose definition does not reach the state. | Found in a 51-state re-check of the retainage table against current statutes; read on the official code site on 2026-10-17. | |
| /states/delaware/retainage/ | Delaware's public-work row now states the 60-day payment of retainage after completion or notice of completion, with interest from the 61st day, in 29 Del. C. § 6516(f)(3)-(4); it had no release deadline. | Found in a 51-state re-check of the retainage table against current statutes; read on the official code site on 2026-10-17. | |
| /states/retainage-laws/ | The District of Columbia row now states the 10% retent on District construction contracts in D.C. Code § 2-203.01 and the private Prompt Payment Act, which counts retainage as an undisputed amount due on its schedule (§§ 27A-101 to 27A-104); both rows had said no statute applied. | Found in a 51-state re-check of the retainage table against current statutes; read on the official code site on 2026-10-17. |
Last updated September 26, 2026.