When a home improvement contract's funds are handled through an approved joint control, the effect on the standard down payment and progress payment limits is that they:

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B&P §7159.5(a)(8) exempts a contractor who furnishes a performance and payment bond, a lien and completion bond, an approved bond equivalent, or a JOINT CONTROL approved by the registrar covering full performance and payment, from paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) — the $1,000-or-10-percent downpayment cap, the dollars-and-cents payment schedule, and the bar on accepting payment beyond the value in place. Such a contractor may accept payment before completion, and the matching §7159 notices may be omitted. The security replaces the statutory cash controls. Two conditions are easy to miss: the joint control must be REGISTRAR-APPROVED, and the contractor may hold no financial or other interest in it. (d) reads the exemption out of the statute; (a) and (b) invent arithmetic the statute never performs.