CONTRACTORS STATE LICENSE BOARD - Unlicensed Contractors

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mtnelect

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During a two-day undercover sting operation in Tulare, the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) cited a dozen individuals for charging thousands of dollars on home improvement projects. Suspects could face serious fines and/or jail time as a result.
 

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do they have space in the jails for these people?

Will they release people early that had committed "higher level crimes" to make room for these dangers to society?
 
Seems excessive to give them jail time. Fails and other restrictions probably needed, but jail time not so much. I would suspect the customer was heavily price shopping and didn't care anyhow. I've had more than one customer try to dig their heels in on no permitting or inspections. The worst was I as escorted off site for requiring 2 ground rods and a permit/inspection. Customers have tools to check licensure as well with internet now days.
 
mbednarik said:
Seems excessive to give them jail time. Fails and other restrictions probably needed, but jail time not so much. I would suspect the customer was heavily price shopping and didn't care anyhow. I've had more than one customer try to dig their heels in on no permitting or inspections. The worst was I as escorted off site for requiring 2 ground rods and a permit/inspection. Customers have tools to check licensure as well with internet now days.
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Not sure how it works where you are, but here all I would need to do is file for a permit. Then if owner kicks me out of there the AHJ already has said permit they need to follow up on and even if I don't finish it up will expect a permit from whoever does finish it. Either way code should end up being enforced.
 
Although the press release mentions jail as possible, it doesn't suggest anyone was actually jailed in this go-around.

One thing I'd like to point out is that the $500 limit was adopted decades ago and hasn't been adjusted. I can't readily figure out the history of it, but I'm sure it's at least 20 years old. I wouldn't be surprised if it's 50 years old. In other words if it were adjusted for inflation since adoption it would be something between about $820 to $3500 now. I certainly don't think the guy found to have taken a job for $790 deserves to be in this much trouble.
 
kwired said:
Not sure how it works where you are, but here all I would need to do is file for a permit. Then if owner kicks me out of there the AHJ already has said permit they need to follow up on and even if I don't finish it up will expect a permit from whoever does finish it. Either way code should end up being enforced.
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I was bidding the work at that point, but it works the same way here if I was already started on the job.
 
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