Eleven unlicensed contractors have been netted in a Natomas-area sting, the Contractors State Licensing Board said Tuesday.

The Contractors State License Board has been keeping busy this summer staging multiple sting operations in order to crack down on unlicensed contracting. Just last week, the CSLB cited ten unlicensed contractors in Petaluma, CA. This week eleven more were caught in a sting. All eleven suspects were issued a notice to appear in Sacramento County Superior Court for contracting without a license. Ten of the eleven were also cited for illegal advertising. Contracting law requires unlicensed operators to state in their advertisements that they are not licensed; the penalty is a fine of $700 to $1,000.

A cleaning company in San Jose hired to take care of mold remediation at a rental home has been cited by the Contractors State License Board and fined $1,500.

Interestingly, the cleaning company was actually issued 2 separate fines. The first was a $750 fine for operating without a license and the second was a $750 fine for advertising without a license.

Umatilla is broadening its definition of a “business” to include landlords and contractors coming in from neighboring cities.

Umatilla landlords and out-of-town businesses doing work in the city will now pay $30 a year for a business license. 

A statewide crackdown targeting unlicensed contractors in Arizona resulted in multiple arrests and citations.

The Arizona Registrar of Contractors, along with law enforcement officers from four counties, used sting houses, targeted sweeps and proactive operations in an effort to curb unlicensed activity in the state.

As part of Unlicensed Activity Awareness Week June 15 – 19, the Better Business Bureau and the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation are reminding Floridians to thoroughly research professionals and businesses prior to hiring and to report suspected unlicensed individuals.

Florida law sets specific rules and guidelines for obtaining professional licenses, and the people who have met these requirements are held to professional standards. It’s probably a good time to mention that we offer solutions to companies that wish to verify the licensing status of their contractors and employees.