mark handler
SAWHORSE
What would you do?
A contractor comes into your building department. Submits plans. His name is on the plans.
Corrections to plans made. He tries to pull permits. Your staff checks his license status with the state.
He has multiple Business & Professions Code violations and his license is currently not valid. You tell him he cannot pull the permit. He sends in the owner, do you tell the owner you cannot allow him pull the permit as owner builder because the plans have the non-licensed contractors name on them?
Allow the owner to pull the permit or ?
It is a no brainer to notify the license board of the illegal activity: But, Do you tell the owner, the contractor’s violations?
A contractor comes into your building department. Submits plans. His name is on the plans.
Corrections to plans made. He tries to pull permits. Your staff checks his license status with the state.
He has multiple Business & Professions Code violations and his license is currently not valid. You tell him he cannot pull the permit. He sends in the owner, do you tell the owner you cannot allow him pull the permit as owner builder because the plans have the non-licensed contractors name on them?
Allow the owner to pull the permit or ?
It is a no brainer to notify the license board of the illegal activity: But, Do you tell the owner, the contractor’s violations?