39-9-202. Application for registration -- grounds for denial. (1) An applicant for registration as a contractor shall submit an application under oath on a form to be provided by the department that must include the following information:
     (a) the applicant's social security number;
     (b) proof of compliance with workers' compensation laws;
     (c) proof of compliance with unemployment insurance laws;
     (d) the I.R.S. employer identification number, if any;
     (e) the type of contracting activity, such as general or specialty, and, if applicable, the type of specialty; and
     (f) the name and address of:
     (i) each partner if the applicant is a firm or partnership;
     (ii) the owner if the applicant is an individual proprietorship;
     (iii) the corporate officers and registered agent if the applicant is a corporation; or
     (iv) the manager of a manager-managed limited liability company or the members of a member-managed limited liability company and the registered agent if the applicant is a limited liability company.
     (2) The information contained in the application is a matter of public record and is open to public inspection.
     (3) The department may verify the workers' compensation coverage information provided by the applicant in subsection (1)(b), including but not limited to information regarding the coverage of an individual employee of the applicant. If coverage is provided under the laws of another state, the department may notify the other state that the applicant is employing employees in Montana.
     (4) Registration must be denied if:
     (a) the applicant has been previously registered as a sole proprietor, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation and was a principal or officer of the corporation; and
     (b) the applicant has an unsatisfied final judgment in an action based on Title 39, chapter 3, part 7, that was incurred during a previous registration under this chapter.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 500, L. 1995.