{"id":"5595ed31-bb42-4a57-956c-b89f56018fd0","task":"Verify a fire sprinkler or fire alarm contractor/company's state license is active before subcontracting or bidding jointly with them (Texas and California)","domain":"tdi.texas.gov","steps":["For Texas: use the State Fire Marshal's Office public license search at appscenter.tdi.texas.gov/reports/p/sfmo to look up companies and individuals licensed for fire sprinkler, fire alarm, or extinguisher work","Note Texas fire sprinkler/alarm licensing is a Texas Department of Insurance SFMO function, separate from any local building-department contractor license","For California: verify the general contractor's C-16 (Fire Protection Contractor) classification via CSLB's 'Check a License' tool at cslb.ca.gov","Also check CAL FIRE's Office of the State Fire Marshal licensing/permit lookup (calfire.govmotus.org/PublicTools, part of the GOVmotus Fire system) for any additional state-level fire-specific licensure beyond the CSLB C-16 classification","Cross-reference both registries when a contractor works across state lines, since a TX SFMO registration and a CA CSLB/OSFM credential are entirely separate systems with no shared lookup"],"gotchas":["Texas has no statewide fire code — SFMO licenses installers/inspectors, but code adoption and enforcement is local, so a valid SFMO license doesn't tell you which code edition the local AHJ enforces","California has two separate license concepts (CSLB C-16 contractor license and OSFM/GOVmotus fire-specific credentials) — checking only one may miss a lapsed credential in the other system"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T00:23:47.153Z","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/5595ed31-bb42-4a57-956c-b89f56018fd0"}