Landscaper Nampa is banned from Idaho
A contractor Nampa landscaping and its owners have been banned from doing business in Idaho after complained consumers, Lawrence Wasden Attorney General said Tuesday.
Third District Judge Gordon Petrie ordered the ban after JT Enterprises and owners Bert Joseph “Joe” Espèce anima A. Nash Nash and failed to cooperate with a state investigation of the company’s business practices, Wasden said. Eleven complained about consumers JT Enterprises in a seven-month period to the Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General’s Office. The complaints allege the Nashes:
• Failed to complete landscaping services de l’achat.
• Failed to pay sous-traitants, which resulted in a lie on the customers’ properties.
• Damaged customers’ properties.
• Provided substandard landscaping services.
A call to JT Enterprises’ office Tuesday afternoon was not immediately returned.
The Nashes businesses have established under at least four other names, y compris le Premier piscines, JT Maintenance, Dumpsters on Demand JNTN LLC and, according to they filings made with the secretary of state Idaho.
“It is unfortunate that the company failed to address these complaints,” Wasden said in a news release. “Putting someone out of business is always a last resort. However, when a person is suspected of violating Idaho’s consumer protection laws and then served lawfully refuses to respond to requests for information, it requires serious action,” he said.
An investigation was served on demand JT Enterprises and the Nashes in December, requiring them to provide information and documentation certain to the attorney general, Wasden said. The company never complied.
If a business refuses to respond to an investigation demande, Wasden said, he can request a court order banning the engaging in business from trade or commerce au sein de l’Idaho until the demand is answered. The attorney general is also entitled to reimbursement of his fees and costs frais d’obtention de l’ordre. JT The order requires the Nashes Enterprises and to respond to the demand by April 18 and $ 495 en reimburse fees and costs. JT Enterprises viole If the court’s order, the company may be soumis à contempt proceedings, Wasden said.
Wasden encouraged Idahoans who have a complaint against JT Nashes Enterprises and the complaint to obtain a printable form from his web site at www.ag.idaho.gov.
Consumers may also a request form by calling the Consumer Protection Division at 334-2424 or (800) 432-3545.