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    "slug": "written-contract-required-elements",
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    "title": "What a Residential Contract Must Contain",
    "statement": "Over one thousand dollars, the contract goes on paper, by law. Arizona requires it to carry the license number, the total amount, the deposit, the schedule of payments tied to stages of the work, and a ten point bold notice of the homeowner's complaint rights with the Registrar. Cash earns a signed receipt on request, and changes belong in writing too.",
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      "label": "A.R.S. § 32-1158",
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