**In MD. they even put their MHIC (Maryland Home Improvement
C-something license number in their Yellow Pages ad and on their
cards. I don't know that that's required, maybe it's just a clear way
of saying their licensed.



In MD,FL, and almost every other licensing state, if you state that you
are "licensed", you must also include the license number. It has become
law in most states in order to prevent anyone from just claiming to be
licensed. Sadly, many homeowners never actually check to make sure
someone claiming to be licensed is actually licensed.