Contractors in PA: Your home address will be public information!
Short overview:
New Pa. law – Contractors have to be registered with the state.
– If no business address then it requires disclosure of your home address
Response: Contact your state Representative and Senator and complain.
Find them at: www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/find.cfm
Why: What about the security of your family, home, tools, right to privacy, etc.?
See attachment for more info.
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Lemme get this right. You want to be so under-the-radar as to be just a guy in a truck with a cell phone you got at Wal-Mart, that came with some minutes?
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"A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."
Gene Davis 1920-1985
Gene_Davis:
"Lemme get this right. You want to be so under-the-radar as to be just a guy in a truck with a cell phone you got at Wal-Mart, that came with some minutes?"
Jake0358:
I'm not looking to be "under the radar" at all. I've always had auto, business, and workmans compensations insurance, as well as having the appropriate licenses and permits. In addition, I have a business phone and have been working in the same area for 25 years. Also, I have no problem being listed with a government agency, I just don't want to get my tools and/or truck ripped off.
Can you not use a PO box?
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
Jon,
No you cannot list a PO BOX. Has to be a physical address. If you don't have a business address, then you must list your home address.
I would guess that the requirements are just the cost of doing business.Do you have a Mailboxes etc. near you?http://www.mbe.com/ps/ms.html
Jon Blakemore RappahannockINC.com Fredericksburg, VA
I'm not 100% on this but you may be able to use a CROP (Commercial Registered Office Provider).
I know nothing about that law.But, in suspect that the law is requiring a physical address where a summons can be filed.For corporations that usually a registered agent. Not always at the company location. But a physical address where you can filed a law suite.And if the corp does not keep that location current and they served, but don't know it they lose by default..
William the Geezer, the sequel to Billy the Kid - Shoe
I have read through most of the 14 pages the PA atty gen has at the website, and while I can see what is required of a contractor to REGISTER, I cannot see where the CONSUMER can get your home address by inquiring.
If you are a partner in an LLC, you have to provide your home address, SS#, and more, for your firm to be registered. That certainly does not mean that a consumer has access to that information.
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"A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."
Gene Davis 1920-1985
Gene_Davis,
Look at the attachment that I provided. It shows the section where that information is available. I put it in bold print.