§ 8810 Retention Payment Withholding Rules

• •If you hire someone to do work, you can hold back some money until the job is done right.
• •This rule applies to both the main worker and any helpers they hire.
• •The money you hold back is called a 'retention payment'.

You hire a builder to fix your house, and the builder hires a plumber to help.

You can hold back some of the builder's pay until the whole job is done. The builder can also hold back some of the plumber's pay until their part is done right.