Adam Sand breaks down a proposed law that would restrict roofers' door-knocking. Canvassers would need proof of recent storm damage, personal ID, and must provide itemized estimates on-site rather than contingency agreements. If passed, other states could follow.
This new door knocking law, there's only a couple things that are really key. One, you have to be knocking only within certain hours, which is not too bad. Second thing, you have to have proof that that house was hit by a storm on your person. So you have to have proof that like, hey, there was a swath of hail that hit your house, and I think it's within a certain time period. It's basically saying you can only knock the door like 2 weeks after the storm. You can't bug people and say, hey, you got hit by a storm like a year and a half ago, did you get your roof checked? Like, you can't do that. And you have to have proof of it on your person. You have to have physical identification. Says who you are on your person. And your quote has to have line items. Like, you can't just say you're working on contingency. So you have to provide an estimate for the work, not working contingent upon the value of the claim. So you can't sign a contingency. You have to produce a quote right there. If that law gets through legislation, becomes case law, then other states tend to pick it up. It's gradually moving towards a world where door knocking is going to get more and more difficult from a legality perspective.
