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Many applicants check the CSLB website a week after mailing their application, find nothing, and decide something went wrong. Usually nothing has gone wrong. The Board just hasn’t reached your file yet. If you know how to read…
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A homeowner in Irvine collects three bids for a bathroom remodel. Before she returns a single call, she types each license number into the CSLB website. Within a…
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