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Originally Posted by Thinking-man
How about this:
Contractor does work for you....about 20k worth....you have a contract and everything in place. work is fine but after 2 months, you see that the work was done incorrectly. you're trying to get a hold of the guy, but he's avoiding you. you call the department in charge of businesses/licenses, but they say that the guy lied to you and his license to operate has expired for 2 years. the address they have on file is obsolete; you of course need an uptodate address to serve court papers for taking him to court for damages. You're out of options, until you notice that in one of the pictures you took when the work was being done, is the picture of his parked car and his license plate clearly shown. you need his address so you can serve him with court papers.
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What you really need to do is talk to an attorney, it sounds like you have grounds for quite a lawsuit. Home improvement contractors are #1 in consumer complaints.
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