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Contractor verification resources for the moment before payment

A practical starting point for homeowners, property teams, insurers, libraries, newsrooms, and community resource editors. Each resource focuses on a question that can be checked without labeling a contractor safe, fraudulent, approved, or recommended.

01

Calculate the deposit

See the requested amount as a percentage of the quote, then review the payment schedule and missing terms.

Open the free calculator
02

Compare the payment name

Privately compare the quote, contract, business record, invoice, and requested payee without sending the names to us.

Open the payee check
03

Check insurance proof

Learn what a certificate can show, what it cannot prove, and how to seek current confirmation through an insurer or agency.

Read the insurance guide
04

Find the right license route

Start with the state, trade, and project address. Seven source-checked storm-repair guides show why one generic license search is often incomplete.

Browse state source guides
05

Print the decision checklist

Use ten concrete checks to organize the business, license, insurance, payee, deposit, contract, and source trail.

Open the printable checklist
06

Screen a storm-repair payment

Run a private browser-only check of the deposit, contract, payee, license source, insurance, payment method, and pressure.

Run the storm-repair screen

For organizations

Add a useful action to a resource page

Publishers and recovery-resource editors can embed the free storm-payment screen. Insurance professionals can create a labeled client link. Both routes keep the verification limits and commercial disclosure visible.

For contractors

Make the proof easy to inspect

Legitimate contractors can use the customer-ready proof-packet checklist before requesting a deposit. It does not confer approval; it simply reduces avoidable identity, proof, and payment-name confusion.

OPEN THE CONTRACTOR PROOF PACKET

Maintained by Prove the Pro. Last reviewed August 5, 2026. Government records, business status, insurance information, and local requirements can change. Follow the current official source linked from each guide and confirm which rule applies to the work and address.