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2023A-00329-RFA-LS-ROC · Registrar of Contractors · 2025-07-09

IN THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

Dina Scalone

COMPLAINANT,

v.

Desert Sun Customs & Restoration LLC

License No. ROC 240872,

RESPONDENT.

No. 2023A-00329-RFA-LS-ROC

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE DECISION

HEARING: July 3, 2025

APPEARANCES: Dina Scalone (hereinafter “Complainant”) appeared on behalf of herself. Assistant Attorney General Charles Hover, III appeared on behalf of the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. No one appeared on behalf of Desert Sun Customs & Restoration (hereinafter “Respondent”).

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE: Velva Moses-Thompson

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FINDINGS OF FACT

Respondent appealed the Registrar’s determination regarding Complainant’s

Recovery Fund Claim. Respondent failed to appear at the hearing. As a result, no evidence was taken.

CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

By failing to appear at the hearing, Respondent did not meet the burden to present evidence to support his position. See A.A.C. R2-19-119.

RECOMMENDED ORDER

Based on the foregoing, it is recommended that on the effective date of the Registrar of Contractors’ Order, Respondent’s appeal is dismissed.

Pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1092.08(I), the licensee may accept the Administrative Law Judge Decision by advising the Office of Administrative Hearings in writing not more than ten (10) days after receiving the decision. If the licensee accepts the Administrative Law Judge Decision, the decision shall be certified as the final decision by the Office of Administrative Hearings.

In the event of certification of the Administrative Law Judge Decision by the Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings, the effective date of the Order will be forty (40) days from the date of that certification.

Done this day, July 9, 2025.

/s/ Velva Moses-Thompson

Administrative Law Judge

Transmitted by either mail, e-mail, or facsimile to:

Tom Cole, Director

Registrar of Contractors

Desert Sun Customs & Restoration LLC

[email redacted]

Dina Scalone

[email redacted]

By: OAH Staff