ELIGIBILITY: The American Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning Contest (the “Contest”) is open only to legal residents of California who are (18) years of age or older. Employees of American Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning (collectively, “Sponsors”) and their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, and advertising and promotion agencies, prize providers, and their immediate families (spouse, and parents, children, siblings and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and/or persons living in the same household of such individuals, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win this Contest. Professional actors, as determined by Sponsors, are also not eligible. Contest is void outside the United States and where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.

HOW TO ENTER: You may enter Contest by going to any third party referral website listed on referral.americanplumbhvac.com/ (the “Referral Site”) during the Contest Period and follow the onscreen instructions to complete and submit the official entry form, including: (i) all required entry information, (ii) a description of the job quality (“Quality”), (iii) Submission of Entry indicates your acceptance of these Official Rules. ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY OR BEFORE 11:59:59 PM ET ON THE FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH and ending on September 1, 2010. Limit: There is no limit on the number of Entries you can submit, but each Entry must be substantially different from any other. Sponsors’ clock is the official time clock for the Contest. Entries generated by a script, macro or other automated means or by any means which subvert the entry process will be disqualified. Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete, inaccurate, misdirected, delayed, stolen or mutilated Entries; all of which will be void. Proof of submission does not constitute proof of receipt. If there is a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, the entrant will be deemed the authorized account holder of the email address used to enter and he/she must be eligible according to these Official Rules. The “authorized account holder” is defined as the natural person to whom the email address is assigned by an internet service provider, online service provider or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email address.

Winning Entries and, within Sponsor’s sole discretion, certain non-winning Entries will be displayed on a special American Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning web page at the Contest Site. In addition, all winning and non-winning entries may be displayed on Americanplumbhvac.com following the end of the Contest Period. By submitting an Entry into the Contest, you acknowledge and agree to such display. Entrant agrees that Released Parties are not responsible for any unauthorized use of Entries by third parties. Released Parties do not guarantee the posting of any Entry. Entrants agree that they will not use the Entry for any other purpose, including, without limitation, posting the Entry to any online social networks, without the express consent of Sponsors in each instance.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS: Entry may not contain, as determined by the Sponsors, in their sole discretion, any content that:

• is sexually explicit or suggestive; unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group; profane or pornographic; contains nudity;
• promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing); promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; promotes any particular political agenda or message;
• is obscene or offensive; endorses any form of hate or hate group; appears to duplicate any other submitted Entries;
• defames, misrepresents or contains disparaging remarks about Sponsors, Sponsors’ products, other people or companies or products;
• contains trademarks, logos, or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or building exteriors/interiors) owned by others, without permission; contains any personal identification, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;
• contains copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media), without permission;
• contains materials embodying the names, likenesses, voices, or other indicia identifying any person, including, without limitation, celebrities and/or other public or private figures, living or dead, without permission;
• communicates messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or good will to which we wish to associate; and/or
• violates any law.

Entry must be the original work of the entrant, may not have been previously published and must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity. If the Entry contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant, and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties (including a professional photograph not taken by entrant), the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the Entry, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Entry by Sponsors in the manner set forth in these Official Rules, including, without limitation, name and likeness permissions from any person who appears in or is identifiable in the Entry. Sponsors reserve the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsors from any entrant at any time. Failure to provide such proof, if requested, may render Entry null and void. By submitting an Entry, entrant warrants and represents that he/she and any persons appearing or who are identifiable in the Entry consent to the submission and use of the Entry in the Contest and to its use as otherwise set forth herein.

SELECTION OF WINNERS: The top Entry will be determined from among all eligible Entries received by representatives of American Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning (collectively, the “Judges”). Entries will be selected by drawing from a container of all valid names from Referral Sites. Judges’ decisions are final and binding on all matters relating to this Contest.

VERIFICATION OF WINNERS: Prize Winner’s name will be posted at Americanplumbhvac.com on/or about the second of each month ending on September 2, 2010 following verification of eligibility and compliance with the terms of these Official Rules. All potential winners will also be notified by mail, telephone and/or email using the contact information provided at time of Entry and will be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and liability release and, where permitted, a publicity release (collectively, “Release”) within seven (7) days of date of issuance. Releases will be sent to Winners by overnight delivery. A winner may be disqualified and prize may be awarded to alternate winner, at Sponsors’ discretion, if (i) two (2) phone attempts to make live contact within a 24-hour time period are unsuccessful, (ii) if Releases are not returned within seven (7) days after mailing to a winner, (iii) if a winner is not in compliance with these Official Rules, or (iv) if prize notification or prize is returned as undeliverable. Acceptance of a prize constitutes permission for, and a winner’s consent to Sponsors and their respective designees to use a winner’s name, likeness, biographical information and/ or Entry for advertising, promotional and other purposes in any and all media, now or hereafter devised, worldwide in perpetuity, without additional compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law. All winners may be subject to a background check. To the extent necessary and as permitted by law, winners shall authorize this background check. Sponsors reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify a winner based on the results of the background check or if winner has committed any act involving moral turpitude. If any winner is at least 18 but still considered a minor in his/her state of residence, Sponsors reserve the right to award the prize in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who will be responsible for fulfilling all requirements imposed on winners set forth herein.

GENERAL: Any and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with this Contest must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction within the United States. Except where prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, and in no event will entrant be permitted to receive attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) no punitive, incidental, special, consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits may be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (4) entrant hereby waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages multiplied or increased. Florida law, without reference to Florida’s choice of law rules, governs the Contest and all aspects related thereto. Released Parties not responsible for: (a) late, lost, stolen, damaged, garbled, incomplete, misaddressed, delayed, inaccurate, postage due or misdirected Entries, e-mails or other communications; errors, omissions, interruptions, deletions, (b) defects or delays in operations or transmission of information, in each case whether arising by way of technical or other failures or malfunctions of computer hardware, software, communications devices or transmission lines; data corruption, theft, destruction, unauthorized access to or alteration of entry materials; loss or otherwise; or (c) electronic communications that are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive filtering of any kind or insufficient space in entrant's e-mail account to receive e-mail messages. Sponsors disclaim any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in, or accessing or downloading information in connection with, this Contest and reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate or suspend this Contest for any reason whatsoever, including, but not limit to, if any virus, bug, technical failure, unauthorized human intervention or other cause outside of Sponsors’ control corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this Contest. In the event of any such cancellation, termination or suspension, a notice will be posted at the Contest Site and Sponsors reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to determine the winners from among all eligible, non-suspect Entries received as of the termination date using the judging procedure set forth above. Sponsors reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to disqualify any entrant (and all of his/her Contest Entries) from this Contest or any other promotion conducted now or in the future by Sponsors or any of their respective affiliates if she/he tampers with the entry process or if her/his fraud or misconduct affects the integrity of this Contest or he/she is otherwise found in violation of these Official Rules. Released Parties are not responsible for other errors or difficulties of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, computer, network, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Contest, including, without limitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Contest, the processing or judging of Entries, the announcement of the prizes, the incorrect uploading of the Photo, or in any Contest-related materials or the pre-emption or non-broadcast of the Show. Without limiting the foregoing, Sponsors reserve the right to correct any such error. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Contest or downloading materials from or use of the website.

By participating in this Contest, each entrant accepts the conditions stated in these Official Rules, agrees to be bound by the decisions of Sponsors and Judges and warrants that she/he is eligible to participate in this Contest. By participating in this Contest, entrant agrees to hold Sponsors, O2 Media Services Group, Inc. and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, advertising and promotion agencies, and prize suppliers and all of their representative agents, successors, assigns, directors, managers, employees, and officers (collectively, “Released Parties”) harmless from any and all liability, injury, loss or damage caused or claimed to be caused, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by participation in this Contest and/or acceptance or use of any prize (including any travel or activity related thereto).

CAUTION. ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS CONTEST IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS. SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES AND OTHER REMEDIES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) FROM ANY SUCH INDIVIDUAL TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.

NAMES OF WINNERS: To obtain the name of the winners, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: American Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning, 4089 Oceanside Blvd, Ste J, Oceanside, CA 92056. The names of the winners also will be available at www.americanplumbhvac.com on/or about second day of each month , 2010 following verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules. Requests received after this date will not be honored. Winners’ names will be sent after selection and verification of winner.

SPONSORS: American Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning, 4089 Oceanside Blvd, Ste J, Oceanside, CA 92056.