An unlicensed handyman advertises 'home repairs of any size' in a local newspaper. Under §7027.1, which statement best describes the legal limit on his advertising?

Explanation

§7027.2 is the section that lets an unlicensed person advertise at all, and it imposes two conditions at once: the aggregate contract price for labour, material and all other items on the project must be less than $1,000, and the advertisement must state that the person is not licensed under this chapter. Miss either and §7027.1(a) applies in full — a misdemeanour for advertising for covered work without a licence in the classification advertised, with a fine of $700 to $1,000 under §7027.1(c). That $1,000 tracks the minor-work exemption in §7048(a), which also requires that the work need no building permit, and §7048(c) withdraws the exemption entirely from anyone who advertises as a contractor or employs another person to do the work. So 'home repairs of any size' is unlawful on its face. (a) confuses honesty about price with the price limit itself, (b) invents a media exemption, and (d) treats a licence he might get later as though it worked backwards.