{"id":"46b9be57-eb88-44ab-92d7-ef273ee1c12a","task":"Verify a locksmith company or employee license through California BSIS's public license search","domain":"search.dca.ca.gov","steps":["Go to the BSIS Verify a License page at bsis.ca.gov/forms_pubs/online_services/verify_license.shtml and select the license type — Locksmith Company or Locksmith Company - Employee","This routes to the statewide Department of Consumer Affairs search tool at search.dca.ca.gov","Enter a name, city, or county to narrow results, since the tool supports partial-match searching rather than requiring an exact license number","Review the returned record for license status, issue/expiration dates, and any public disciplinary history","Cross-check the business name against the job's contracting paperwork before treating the license as confirmed for that specific company"],"gotchas":["BSIS licenses the locksmith Company and its Company-Employee designation separately — an individual technician credential is not the same record as the company's license, and both may need checking","The actual query engine lives on the shared DCA search.dca.ca.gov tool, not on bsis.ca.gov itself — bookmarking the BSIS page alone won't reveal the query interface without following the license-type links through","Disciplinary action details are not always exposed in the basic search result and may require checking BSIS's enforcement pages separately"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T09:33:58.265Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/46b9be57-eb88-44ab-92d7-ef273ee1c12a"}