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The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation will be moving this Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. If you have any questions or concerns, here’s where we’ll be next week!
Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
501 Boylston St., Suite 5100, Boston, MA 02116
Consumer hotline (617) 973-8787
Toll-free consumer hotline (888) 283-3757
Main office (617) 973-8700
Fax (617) 973-8799
- Lemon Law
- Consumer Hotline
- Consumer complaints
- HIC Arbitration, Guaranty Fund
- Data Breach Notifications (can also be submitted electronically: http://www.mass.gov/ocabr/data-privacy-and-security/data/security-breach-notificationssubmission.html)
Home Improvement Contractor Program
All mailings, including complaint filings and registration applications, should be sent to the respective addresses below.
Home Improvement Contractor Registrations and Renewals
1 Ashburton Place, Suite 1301, Boston, MA 02108
(617) 727-3200 Fax (617) 248-0813
Home Improvement Contractor Complaint and Enforcement Hearings
1000 Washington Street, Suite 710, Boston, MA 02116
(617) 727-3074 Fax (617) 727-3771
If you have additional questions, contact the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation by calling our Consumer Hotline at (617) 973-8787, or toll-free in MA at (888) 283-3757, Monday through Friday, from 9 am-4:30 pm. Follow the Office on Facebook and Twitter, @Mass_Consumer. The Baker-Polito Administration’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation along with its five agencies work together to achieve two goals: to protect and empower consumers through advocacy and education, and to ensure a fair playing field for all Massachusetts businesses. The Office also oversees the State’s lemon laws, data breach reporting, and home improvement contractor programs, and the State’s Do Not Call Registry.
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