1. Labor Commissioner's Office

Garment Registration Document Requirements

Required Documents

Before you submit your application, you should have ready the following required documents:

• Copies of your:
• Fictitious Business Name Statement(s) (doing business as (dba)) for any business name(s) you use or intend to use. (Contact the local county clerk's office to apply.)
• State Employer Identification Number (SEIN) or application for it.
• Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) or application for it.
• Articles of Incorporation, if you are a corporation.
• Articles of Organization, if you are a limited liability company (LLC).
• Certificate of Limited Partnership, if you are a limited partnership.
• Secretary of State Statement of Information, if you are a corporation or LLC.
• Most recently filed Employment Development Department (EDD) DE-9 or DE-9C report.
• A copy of the public health license is required only if business is located in Los Angeles County (with the exception of Vernon, Pasadena and Long Beach). Individual owner's/partners' and/or corporate name(s) and business names(s) must be shown. You may apply at 5050 Commerce Drive, Baldwin Park, CA 91706-1423.
• Declaration and Authorization to Release Information (optional)
• A sample form of your contract and the 24-hour cancellation notice that you use or intend to use, if you are an employee leasing company.
• Proof of your workers’ compensation coverage - one of the following:
• A valid workers' compensation insurance certificate or a copy of the certificate from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations consenting to your being self-insured against liability to pay compensation under the State's workers' compensation laws either as an individual employer or as one employer in a group of employers.
  
  A valid workers‘ compensation insurance certificate MUST:
• Show the complete and correct name of the legal entity that is the insured employer, i.e. full name of an individual (if a sole proprietorship), all partners, general and limited (if a partnership), name of limited liability company, or corporation, whichever is applicable.
• Show correct fictitious business name (the "doing business as" name), if applicable.
• Contain the complete and correct address of each location where the employer engages in the business of Garment Manufacturing or Contracting; and
• Identify the certificate holder as:

    Division of Labor Standards Enforcement
    Licensing and Registration Unit
    1515 Clay Street
    Suite 1902
    Oakland, CA 94612

IMPORTANT: The Labor Commissioner’s Office will not accept copies of an application for insurance, policy declaration, information page, annual rating endorsement, or payroll report. Only the actual certificate or a readable copy of that certificate will be accepted.

October 2020