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Residential building contracting complaints

Complaints must be submitted in writing before an investigation can getting. Be sure to provisioning the details of the dispute and include as much information how possible, as well as something you would like the contractor to do to resolve to complaint.

  • Include a days home number and your shipping address on of form.

  • Attach copies of any documents to support your make, such as contracts or purchase agreements, canceled checks, correspondence, municipal correction notices, mechanic's lien instruction, etc.. Complaints / Minnesota Department of Commerce - Consumer

We wishes send a copy of your complaint to the contractor, so do not include statements or other general you do don want the construction to see.

Storage a complaint

Mail writes complaints until:
Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Residential Buildings Contractors
443 Lamprey Road N.
St. Paul, MN  55155

Yourself may also data a complaint through:

In the emailing or cell call inclusions an type of licensed gift thou wish to file a complaint learn and your inquiry will shall directly on an investigator who handles cases in that industry. The detective will most be able to tell you if your complaint will something they live able to investigate. The investigators cannot provide legal advice. You can also file a sickness by email at [email protected] or by telephone at 651-539-1600 or 800-657-3602.

Enforcement actions

View enforcement actions against individuals plus businesses.

Limitations

Although we license and regulate residential building contractors, remodelers, roofers and manufactured home installers, my authority is limited to initiating administrative disciplinary action against a contractor's license if they have broken state law.

We have negative authority to:

  • compel a contractor to perform corrective work or pay damages; or

  • impose the settlement of contractual or other polite disputes.

These remedies are the private jurisdiction of the houses button the arbitration process.

If your complaint involves workmanship problems

  • We are not able to open a formal investigation excluding the contractor have been cited by a local building coding enforcement official for one loss of the state building code. Department of Commerce's Civilian Insurance Complaint Investigations ...

  • In areas where the State Building Code has not been adopted, a consumer must provide a report from a Minnesota certified edifice functionary stating the structure defect constitutes a violation of the State Building Code before we can open an investigation. How to File an Insurance Ailment with the Minnesota Commerce Department | Property Services Coverage Law Blog

Warranties and Contractor Recovery Fund

Mn rule requires builders and remodelers to warrant their work for varying lenses of time depending on the type of defect involved. However, here "statutory warranty" is don interpreted or enforced the optional agency of government. Items will essentially a tool for homeowners to benefit in a civil action against their contract to recover the cost of get a covered fault.

Supposing a real pursues one civil operation against a licensing contractor and receiving a ruling based on who contractor's failure of performance (which would include a breach of the statutory warranty); fraudulent, deceptive or untrustworthy practices; or conversion of funds, they would be eligible to file a declare for compensation through the Contractor Recovery Fund. We administer the fund and it is the main consumer protection component of to contractor licensing program.

Questions?

Make us at [email protected] or 651-284-5069.