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  "locale": "en",
  "access": {
    "cost": "free",
    "signupRequired": false,
    "loginRequired": false,
    "readCountsAreAnonymous": true,
    "readingHistoryAssociatedWithReader": false,
    "note": "Everything here is free to read. There is no account, no signup, and no login. Verifiant counts anonymous reads of each lesson; no reading history is associated with you."
  },
  "notice": "Verifiant is not the State of Arizona, the Arizona Registrar of Contractors, or a law firm, and nothing here is legal advice. It describes public process and public record, and links to the official sources so you can read them yourself.",
  "stage": {
    "stage": "checking-first",
    "name": "Checking First",
    "situation": "I have not hired anyone yet, and I want to get this right.",
    "thesis": "This is the cheapest moment in the whole story: nothing has gone wrong, and one public record can still change every decision. Ten minutes here is worth more than any amount of effort later.",
    "path": [
      {
        "label": "Check the license",
        "href": "/check",
        "note": "One field. Arizona's own record answers, with the time it was read."
      },
      {
        "label": "Read What a License Check Shows",
        "href": "/learn/lessons/what-a-license-check-shows",
        "note": "Seven short parts on what the answer actually carries."
      },
      {
        "label": "Know where the license line sits",
        "href": "/learn/facts/license-required-at-one-thousand",
        "note": "One thousand dollars, labor and materials together, and any permit job."
      },
      {
        "label": "Read the record yourself",
        "href": "/learn/official-steps/reading-the-public-license-record",
        "note": "The State's own search, described plainly."
      }
    ]
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