§672E-5  Written notice of acceptance; access to premises.  (a)  The claimant, within thirty days after receipt of a contractor's settlement offer, may accept any offer by serving the contractor with a written notice of acceptance; provided that an association shall have forty-five days to respond.  If no written notice of acceptance is served, the settlement offer shall be deemed rejected.

     (b)  If a claimant accepts a contractor's offer to repair, the claimant shall provide unfettered access to perform and complete the construction within the timetable stated in the settlement offer. [L 2004, c 119, pt of §2; am L 2005, c 22, §43]