Driveway and paving rules in California

California's Contractors State License Board licenses this work under C-12 Earthwork and Paving and C-8 Concrete, and sealcoating falls under C-32. A job under $1,000 in total for labor and materials can be exempt if it's casual or minor, needs no building permit and the person doing it hires no one to help.^1-6 Check a license with the Contractors State License Board.

Work in a state highway's right-of-way, such as a driveway, needs a Caltrans encroachment permit, applied for online through CEPS.⁷

In the Lake Tahoe Basin, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency regulates land coverage, and driveways count toward it. Elsewhere in California, the state's construction stormwater permit starts at 1 acre of disturbed land.^8-9

In California, the buyer can cancel a home solicitation contract until midnight of the third business day, or the fifth for senior citizens (Civ. Code 1689.6).¹⁰