This is an example of a common law "notice and demand".

NOTICE AND DEMAND
(EXAMPLE)

To:
    BEN BAAD
    12345 Calle Real
    Regal City, California

BEN BAAD AND ALL OTHERS ACTING IN CONCERT WITH YOU, PLEASE TAKE NOTICE OF THE FOLLOWING:

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On December 1, 2008 AIDU HERTZ and BEN BAAD entered into a contract, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A. You are the owner of My Royal Palace located at 12345 Calle Real, Regal City, California; the legal description of which is:

    Lot 1. Of Tract No. 1, in the City of Regal, County of Los Angeles, State of California, as per map recorded in Book 1, Page(s) 1 and 2 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said County.

During the term of the contract BEN BAAD
    1. Approved the choice of colors,

    2. Regularly inspected, approved, and praised the work as it progressed.
The work was timely and properly completed and accepted by you on December 10, 2008.

Since December 15, 2008, you have refused to pay the $20,750 balance of the bill and the $88 reimbursable expenses (cost of city permit).

INJURY

Aidu Hertz has suffered the loss of the value of labor and materials.


DUTY

You have a moral, legal, and lawful duty to not breach the contract. That duty is codified in the following places:

    California Civil Codes:
      Section 3512. One must not change his purpose to the injury of another.
      Section 3521. He who takes the benefit must bear the burden.
    Common law, You may not injure another.
    Luke 6:31, "And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."
    Talmud, Shabbat 31a, "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow."
    Mahabharata, Section CXIII, One should never do that to another which one regards as injurious to one's own self."
BREACH OF DUTY

You are breaching that duty by

    1. Refusing to pay the balance of the bill of charges, and

    2. Refusing to reimburse for expenses.

DAMAGES

California Civil Codes:
  (3300.) Section Thirty-three Hundred. For the breach of an obligation arising from contract, the measure of damages, except where otherwise expressly provided by this Code, is the amount which will compensate the party aggrieved for all the detriment proximately caused thereby, or which, in the ordinary course of things, would be likely to result therefrom.
The damages are $20.750 and $88.

DEMAND

NOW, THEREFORE, AIDU HERTZ DEMANDS that you execute or others acting in concert with you deliver the said damages to AIDU HERTZ within thirty calendar days of service of this notice and demand, or show cause why said demand should not be enforced in a court of record in California.

DEFAULT

If you, Ben Baad, and others acting in concert with you fail to satisfy the demand within the allotted time after having been duly served with this notice and demand, then by tacit procuration AIDU HERTZ or his nominee or his assigns will determine for you the following:

    1. That the aforesaid demand is just,

    2. That a court of record in California may enforce the demand either ex parte or con parte,

    3. That you, and each of you, concur and are satisfied with the justness of the demand, and the process by which the demand shall be enforced.

Further, if you fail to satisfy the demand within the allotted time after having been duly served with this notice and demand, then AIDU HERTZ will take lawful action in a court of record (in personam and in rem),

    1. To defend against any of you or persons acting in concert with you who have caused any injuries to AIDU HERTZ;

    2. To secure his substantive rights, and

    3. To redeem the aforementioned value owed to him.

Please do not contact AIDU HERTZ by telephone. In order to avoid any misunderstanding, all communications shall henceforth be on the record, i.e. in writing and duly served. Please serve all communications and process directly to:

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AIDU HERTZ
54321 Victim Rd
Emerald City, California
January 10, 2009