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2025A-06329-LDA-LS-ROC · Registrar of Contractors · 2025-09-17

IN THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

Arizona Registrar of Contractors

COMPLAINANT,

v.

Diamond Construction, LLC

License No. ROC 332415,

RESPONDENT.

No. 2025A-06329-LDA-LS-ROC

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE DECISION

HEARING: September 5, 2025

APPEARANCES: Assistant Attorney General Charles Hover III appeared on behalf of the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. No one appeared on behalf of Diamond Construction, LLC (Respondent).

ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE: Velva Moses-Thompson

EXHIBITS ADMITTED INTO EVIDENCE: None

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FINDINGS OF FACT

Respondent appealed the denial of its application for a new Qualifying Party for a contractor’s license. No one appeared on behalf of Respondent 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 its position. See A.A.C. R2-19-119.

RECOMMENDED ORDER

Based on the foregoing, it is recommended that on the effective date of Arizona 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, September 19, 2025.

/s/ Velva Moses-Thompson

Administrative Law Judge

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

Tom Cole, Director

Registrar of Contractors

Arizona Registrar of Contractors

[email redacted]

Diamond Construction, LLC

[email redacted]

By: OAH Staff