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INC","issuedDate":"2017-03-09","latestIssueDate":"2021-03-25","closureDate":"2022-05-07","expirationDate":"2022-03-08","inactiveDate":"2022-05-07","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"710143","type":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing","businessName":"UNITED AUTO COLLISION INC","legalName":"UNITED AUTO COLLISION INC ","issuedDate":"2016-08-05","latestIssueDate":"2021-06-25","closureDate":"2022-10-03","expirationDate":"2022-08-04","inactiveDate":"2022-10-03","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"656402","type":"Dumpster License - Private Property","businessName":"JOSEPHS TOWING AND COLLISION CARE INC","legalName":"JOSEPHS TOWING AND COLLISION CARE INC","issuedDate":"2015-02-26","latestIssueDate":"2015-02-26","closureDate":null,"expirationDate":null,"inactiveDate":null,"status":"Active","statusLabel":"Active","active":true},{"number":"656397","type":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing","businessName":"JOSEPHS TOWING AND COLLISION CARE INC","legalName":"JOSEPHS TOWING AND COLLISION CARE INC","issuedDate":"2015-02-26","latestIssueDate":"2015-02-26","closureDate":"2016-06-29","expirationDate":"2016-04-30","inactiveDate":"2016-06-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"579849","type":"Tow Truck","businessName":"JOSEPHS TOWING AND COLLISION CARE INC","legalName":"JOSEPHS TOWING AND COLLISION CARE INC","issuedDate":"2012-12-12","latestIssueDate":"2015-02-11","closureDate":"2016-02-29","expirationDate":"2015-12-31","inactiveDate":"2016-02-29","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"482644","type":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing","businessName":"JOSEPHS TOWING & RECOVERY CO (JOSEPHS AUTO COLLISION CENTER)","legalName":"JOSEPHS TOWING & RECOVERY CO","issuedDate":"2009-09-04","latestIssueDate":"2012-01-24","closureDate":"2012-12-13","expirationDate":"2012-12-31","inactiveDate":"2012-12-13","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"283503","type":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing","businessName":"ELITE AUTO BODY","legalName":"ELITE AUTO BODY","issuedDate":"2004-12-12","latestIssueDate":"2004-12-12","closureDate":"2009-09-04","expirationDate":"2005-12-31","inactiveDate":"2009-09-04","status":"Closed","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false},{"number":"283489","type":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing","businessName":"HERMAN KEESE (T/A AUTO ASSIST)","legalName":"HERMAN KEESE","issuedDate":"2004-12-06","latestIssueDate":"2004-12-06","closureDate":"2009-09-04","expirationDate":"2005-12-31","inactiveDate":"2009-09-04","status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-25","signals":[{"kind":"record-pressure","level":"elevated","title":"Records to verify together","summary":"More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.","evidence":["7 open L&I violations","failed L&I inspection activity in 2024, 2025"],"caveat":"A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue."},{"kind":"permit-mismatch","level":"watch","title":"Assessment/permit mismatch","summary":"The assessment jumped 55% in 2027, but no matching permit appears in the property timeline.","evidence":["assessment moved from $381,800 to $593,400","no permit shown in 2026-2028"],"caveat":"Not proof of unpermitted work; reassessment, corrected data, or a permit under another parcel can also explain it."}],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: 1000044 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"violations","level":"attention","title":"7 open L&I violations","finding":"26 violation rows are retained in the City ledger.","why":"Open notices can accrue fees, block permits or license renewal, and move to court or collection. Standard initial notices generally have a 30-day appeal window; unsafe or imminently-dangerous notices have a much shorter window.","action":"Read the notice—not only the summary status—and confirm reinspection, fees, and appeal posture with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"},{"id":"building-certifications","level":"attention","title":"A life-safety certification appears expired","finding":"Special Hazards Certification: Certified through Feb 3, 2026","why":"Fire-protection certifications apply to the named system and inspection period only; they are not a whole-building safety certificate. Philadelphia generally requires annual sprinkler, standpipe, fire-alarm, special-hazard, and emergency-power inspections where those systems exist.","action":"Request the correction/reinspection and current filed certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/maintenance-certifications/fire-protection-certifications/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"22 failed, 7 passed, and 8 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was unlabeled on May 7, 2025.","why":"A PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.","action":"Open the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing #283489: Inactive since Sep 4, 2009; Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing #283503: Closed since Sep 4, 2009; Motor Vehicle Repair / Fuel Dispensing #482644: Inactive since Dec 13, 2012; Tow Truck #579849: Inactive since Feb 29, 2016","why":"A license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. An inactive or expired license does not establish that the business still operates—or that it may legally reopen under the same use.","action":"If business income matters, verify the current tenant, use registration, and active license in eCLIPSE.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/licenses/business-licenses/"},{"id":"commercial-trash","level":"verify","title":"A separate Commercial Trash account may apply","finding":"OPA classifies the parcel as commercial. BlockReport does not receive a current Commercial Trash account balance.","why":"Philadelphia charges qualifying small commercial, mixed-use, and multi-unit properties that use City collection; exemptions and private collection can change applicability. A use category alone does not prove a fee is due.","action":"Check the Commercial Trash account inside the date-effective Property Payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-06-09-pay-your-trash-fee-bill-by-june-30/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}