Does a construction contract have to be made by a lawyer? -

I am the administrative assistant for a construction Company, this is my first time working for a construction company so I constantly have questions. My manager told me to generate a construction contract, to get one from online and then modify it, so i looked online, on google. Everything that came out was about lawyers making up the contracts, and legalizing them, so, when drawing up a contract, do you have to go through a lawyer?

Like the others said, a contract is what it is, for better or worse. If you re not sure about some potentially expensive mistake, get legal advice. If you don t know what a potentially expensive mistake looks like before you get slammed with one, get legal advice. However, you might also be working in an area that requires specific things in every contract (large or small), such as words about permits, liability, your rights, limits on down payments, etc. Be careful using someone else s contract from outside the jurisdiction until you have had it reviewed by a local lawyer. You could suffer some administrative fines for not using the proper form. Reviewing a contract for legal essentials is a lot cheaper than having a lawyer draft one quot;from scratchquot;.

contracts are a legal binding contract between both parties but you do not need a lawyer although it wouldn t hurt to work with a lawyer since they would more likely understand all the clauses and what not but not neccessary unless you want to cough up extra money for assurance

A contract can say anything two parties want it to. If your boss is comfortable with you just pulling a contract out of the air than that ll be his problem if it bites him in the you know what. Here s one for him. Good Luck.

You don t have to use a lawyer but you d be a fool to DIY.