Reporting A Complaint to the State Licensing Board
How do licensed contractors who lose a bid for a project which requires a state contractors license to an unlicensed contractor report that violation of law:
Complaints must be reported to and received by the Board in writing. Written complaints may be submitted to the Board office or online. Documents received in connection with a complaint will not be returned. The complaint must contain sufficient factual evidence indicating a clear violation of Georgia law or Board rules.
In simpler terms, if you know the overall scope of work for the project from your bid (or you can get that information from other sources), the name of the contractor, the failure to pull a permit (or if one is pulled, the info from the permit), pictures of the work being done are the evidence needed. If they are constructing a new room, pictures of the slab, the framing going up are helpful. In other words, the evidence is needed. It has to be laid out for the Board to show at least a case exists. Unfortunately with the cut backs in the state budget and the investigative offices, this is even more critical than ever.