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FAQ

1. Is my move tax deductible?
2. What should I do with hazardous materials I cannot move?
3. Am I liable for injuries during moving?
4. Why shouldn't I use a moving broker?

1.  Is my move tax deductible?
It could be.  Job related moves may be tax deductible if you qualify using the Distance Test and the Time Test.  Military, retirees and survivors may qualify without having to pass the Distance or Time Test.  Visit our Links page for a copy of the 2009 IRS Form 3903 Moving Expenses and IRS contact information.

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2.  What do I do with hazardous materials I cannot move?
There are several locations to dispose of your HHW (Household Hazardous Waste).  Several cities have locations and provide special event HHR drives.  You can call 311, City Services, to locate your nearest HHW site or you can visit our Links page.  There you will find contact information for the Sanitation District of Los Angeles and the Department of Public Works.  Both of these departments give you information on HHW disposal.

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3.  Am I liable for injuries during moving?
Not if you hire Noteworthy Moving Systems.  We carry our own Workers' Compensation Insurance.  However, if you use non-insured workers you may be liable for injuries under certain circumstances.  Check out California Labor Laws and Workers' Compensation on our Links page.  California labor laws are a bit fuzzy in this area.  One department may consider the mover an employee while the other department considers them an independent contractor.  Look at this excerpt from a trial transcript of Zaragosa vs. Ibarra; a worker hired by an uninsured subcontractor who was hurt on the job through his own negligence.  They found in favor of the homeowner, but it was close.
..."The nightmare scenario for a homeowner, of course, is to have purchased homeowners’ liability insurance, to be held to be a worker’s employer for purposes of workers’ compensation by virtue of the operation of section 2750.5, and yet not to be covered for compensation owed because the project somehow fell outside of section 3351, subdivision (d). We are convinced that in construing section 2750.5 to apply to the workers’ compensation system (and remember that the statute is not part of the workers’ compensation statutes as such), our high court in Fund v. Board did not contemplate such an untoward result. The key language from that case is: “It is only when the homeowner or renter employs an unlicensed contractor more than the 52 hours required and does not have homeowner’s insurance or other comprehensive personal liability insurance that the alleged undue burden is imposed.”

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4. Why shouldn't I use a moving broker?
First off, Noteworthy Moving Systems is a moving company.  We are not a broker.  We will come to your home and give you our professional estimate.  When you call us, we are the ones who show up.  Moving brokers are middlemen.  Lots of moving websites are managed by moving brokers and quite a few pass themselves off as the moving company.  On their website you will fill out a form or call them, request an estimate, they look up a moving company, forward them your information and receive some sort of commission or fee if you use them.  Bottom line is, you pay for the movers and the broker and generally any deal you make with the broker does not have to be honored by the moving company.   Receiving a low quote from a moving broker does not always mean you will get the best price as loopholes in the law allow moving companies to ignore the broker's quote and increase the price.   Never give them a deposit up front.  This money generally will not be applied to the move but to the broker's fee.

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Noteworthy Moving Systems services the following areas and more.  See our Service Area page for a complete list.
Los Angeles, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Whittier, Woodland Hills, Agoura Hills, Agua Dulce, Alhambra, Altadena, Arcadia, Arleta, Artesia, Athens, Atwater Village, Avalon, Azusa, Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Park, Barrington, Bell, Bel Air Estates, Bell Canyon, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Belmont Shore, Beverly Glen, Beverly Hills, Bixby Knolls, Bouquet Canyon, Box Canyon, Boyle Heights, Bradbury, Brentwood, Briggs, Burbank, Cabrillo, Calabasas, Canoga Park, Canyon Country, Carson, Castaic, Castellammare, Catalina, Century City, Cerritos, Charter Oak, Chatsworth, Cheviot Hills, Chinatown, Cimarron, City of Commerce, City of Industry, City Terrace, Claremont, Commerce, Compton, Cornell, Country Club Park, Covina, Crenshaw, Crystalaire, Cudahy, Cypress Park, Culver City, Del Sur, Diamond Bar, Dockweiler, Dominguez, Downey, Duarte, Eagle Rock, East Long Beach, East Los Angeles, Echo Park, Edendale, Edwards, Edwards Air Force Base, El Monte, El Segundo, Encino, Fairmont, Firestone Park, Flint, Flintridge, Fort Macarthur, Foy, Friendly Village, Gardena, Glassell Park, Glendale, Glendora, Glenoaks, Granada Hills, Green, Green Valley, Greenmead, Hacienda Heights, Hancock Park, Hansen Hills, Harbor City, Hawaiian Gardens, Hawthorne, Hazard, Hermosa Beach, Hi Vista, Hidden Hills, Highland Park, Holly Park, Hollywood, moving Hollywood Hills, Huntington Park, Hyde Park, Inglewood, Irwindale, Jefferson Park, Juniper Hills, Kagel Canyon, Koreatown, La Canada, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, La Habra Heights, La Mirada, La Puente, La Verne, La Tijera, La Tuna Canyon, Ladera Heights, Lake Elizabeth, Lake Hughes, Lake Los Angeles, Lake View Terrace, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lane, Lawndale, LAX Coastal Area, Leimert Park, Lennox, Leona Valley, Lincoln Heights, Littlerock, Llano, Lomita, moving Los Angeles, Long Beach, Los Feliz, Los Nietos, Lynwood, Lugo, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Mar Vista, Marina Del Rey, Market, Maywood, Metler Valley, Mid City, Mint Canyon, Miracle Mile, Mirada, Mission Hills, Monrovia, Monte Nido, Montebello, Montecito Heights, Monterey Heights, Monterey Hills, Monterey Park, Montrose, Mount Baldy, Mount Olympus, Mount Washington, Mount Wilson, Naples, Neenach, Newhall, North Hills, North Hollywood, North Long Beach, Northridge, Norwalk, Oak Park, Oakwood, Pacific Highlands, Pacific Palisades, Pacoima, Palmdale, Palms, Palos Verdes Estates, Palos Verdes Peninsula, Panorama City, Paramount, Park La Brea, Pearblossom, Philips Ranch, Pico Heights, Pico Rivera, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Pomona, Porter Ranch, Portuguese Bend, Preuss, Quartz Hill, Rancho Dominguez, Rancho La Tuna Canyon, Rancho Palos Verdes, Rancho Park, Redondo Beach, Reseda, Rimpau, Ritter Ranch, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Roosevelt Corner, Rosemead, Rosewood, Rowland Heights, San Dimas, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Marino San Pedro, Sandberg, Sanford, Santa Catalina, Santa Clarita, Santa Fe Springs, moving Santa Monica, Santa Western, Saratoga Hills, Saugus, Sawtelle, Sepulveda, Shadow Hills, Sherman Oaks, Sherman Village, Sierra Madre, Signal Hills, Silver Lake, South Central Los Angeles, South El Monte, South Gate, South Pasadena, South San Gabriel, South Whittier, Starlight Hills, Stevenson Ranch, Studio City, Sun Valley, Sun Village, Sunland, Sylmar, Tarzana, Temple City, Terminal Island, Thousand Oaks, Three Points, Toluca Lake, Topanga, Torrance, Tropico, Tujunga, Universal City, Val Verde, Valinda, Valley Village, Valyermo, Van Nuys, Venice, Verdugo City, Vermont, Vernon, View Park, Village, Wagner, Walnut, Walnut Park, Watts, West Adams, West Beverly, West Covina, West Fairfax, West Hills, West Hollywood, West Los Angeles, West Toluca Lake, Westchester, Westlake, Westlake Village, Westvern, moving Whittier, Wilcox, Willowbrook, Wilmington, Wilshire-La Brea, Wilsona Gardens, Windsor Hills, Winnetka, moving Woodlawn Hills, World Trade Center.