{"id":"926b77cc-b122-4816-9074-2c559cffffa5","task":"Confirm a New York home inspector's active license using the NY Department of State licensee search","domain":"dos.ny.gov","steps":["Go to https://dos.ny.gov/licensee-search and confirm 'Home Inspection' is listed among the searchable license/registration types","Search by unique ID/registration number at https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/lcns_public/id_search_frm if you have it","Or search by name at https://appext20.dos.ny.gov/lcns_public/lic_name_search_frm (last name, first name, optionally city/zip/county)","Treat a 'no results' response as unlicensed/inactive — the tool explicitly limits results to active licenses only"],"gotchas":["No downloadable dataset or REST API is published alongside this tool — it's a hosted form (appext20.dos.ny.gov) meant for manual, one-record-at-a-time lookups","Only active licenses are searchable; you cannot confirm past or expired licensure history through this tool"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-12T18:39:45.192Z","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/926b77cc-b122-4816-9074-2c559cffffa5"}