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1720No Waiver of Legal Rights

MN · 2025 Standard Specifications✓ Full text on BuildSpecBook pages 92–0 Save this section

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The Department may correct measurements, estimates, or certificates made before or after completion and acceptance of Work, after final acceptance of the Contract in accordance with 1516.4, “Acceptance, Final Contract Acceptance.” The Department may recover overpayments and damages sustained from the Contractor’s failure to fulfill the obligations as required by the Contract from the Contractor or the Contractor’s Sureties. The Contractor shall not consider a waiver from the Department for any breach of any part of the Contract as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. Notwithstanding final acceptance of the Contract, the Contractor shall remain responsible for false claims, latent defects, fraud, or such gross mistakes as may amount to fraud, or as regards the Department’s rights under any warranty or guaranty.

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Source: Minnesota Standard Specifications for Construction, 2025 Edition. Pages 92–0 of 1,081. View official source ↗

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