Factory Information Since every factory/plant requires it's own law label, you must enter the Uniform Registration Number and address information for each law label. If the address is the same as the company's main address, you can check the box to automatically fill in the address information. Importers will also need to provide a contact person and contact information about the manufacturer. THESE ARE ALL REQUIRED FIELDS! CLOSE THIS WINDOW
Joint Registration A manufacturer can share the registration certificate with an importer. This is called a "joint" registration because both the manufacturer and importer company names are on the certificate. THIS TYPE OF CERTIFICATE CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE IMPORTER SHOWN ON THE CERTIFICATE. IT CAN NOT BE USED TO SELL GOODS WITH ANY OTHER IMPORTER! If this type of license is used, the law label can have "Made For..." or "Imported By..." printed on it. If the certificate is only for the manufacturer, the law label can only have "Made By..." on it. CLOSE THIS WINDOW
Label Design Services The design of the lable is crucial to getting acceptance from the state offices. Failure to use a correct design can result in delayed registration, products pulled from shelves and even monetary fines. In order to ensure that you have no problems with your labels, we offer our design service to you. For a very low fee, we will send you a design template customized for your company. We 100% guarantee that design template will be accepted by the state offices. It is very easy to use. Just check the "Label Design Service" box on the request form. You will receive an email requesting some information being printed and a short time late you will receive a MS Word document with the label design for you to keep. We recommend using Southern Label (http://www.southernlabel.com) for all your label printing needs. California Label CLICK HERE FOR MORE CALIFORNIA FLAMMABILITY TESTING INFORMATION TB 116 & TB 117 applies to upholstered/filled furniture. CLOSE THIS WINDOW California Testing California requires flammability compliance for upholstered furniture sold in the state. COMPLIANCE of filling materials and fabrics with TB 117-2013 for furniture is MANDATORY. TESTING of furniture by the manufacturer or importer is NOT mandatory, per California law. (Note that this is not the case with mattresses and mattress pads, which are subject to federal (CPSC) cigarette resistance law which requires prototype testing as proof of compliance BEFORE sale). Manufacturers of furniture sold in California verify compliance with TB 117-2013 by:
Ohio Sample Testing =================================== You will need to have the product tested at an authorized lab described in the link below. http://www.lawlabel.com/web/lawlabels.nsf/infOhioLaboratories?OpenForm =================================== The state of Ohio, Ohio.Bedding@com.state.oh.us, requires that you submit a sample of your bedding / furniture product for testing, or a completed lab test, before they will issue the certificate. The Ohio test is not a pass/failt test. It is a verification of the stuffing materials used in the product to ensure it matches the stuffing description printed on the law labels. However, the Ohio lab will no longer be able to test products with "blended" filling. Blended filling means the product has more than 1 stuffing material. If the product being testing contains more than 1 material (Example: Polyester Fiber and Polyurethane Foam), it will be rejected by the Ohio lab. The testing of blended products can only be done at an authorized lab. The Ohio office maintains the list of authorized labs on their website. You can see the list in the links below. You will need to send a note with the URN and factory name with the sample being tested so the Ohio office can connect your sample to the application and payment we will submit. You can also email it to the Ohio lab at Ohio.Bedding@com.state.oh.us. Be sure to include the URN and registered factory name in the email so the Ohio office can connect your lab test results to the application and payment we will submit.
PA Variance Request The laws of PA do not allow the use of the terms "pad" or "batting" on the law label. The laws of CA require the use of terms "pad" or "batting" on the law label. This causes a conflict when deciding what to print on the labels. The solution is to submit a PA Variance request to the PA Industrial Board. The request will ask for allowance of the terms "pad" and "batting" on the labels. The request is almost always approved. The variance request is only required 1 time. It does not need to be renewed. The PA Industrial Board will only meet 1 time per month, on the 3rd or 4th Tuesday of each month. The PA Variance application must be submitted to the board no later than the Friday that is 2 weeks prior to the meeting. (Example: Meeting is on March 19, 2019. The application must be received by the board no later than March 8, 2019.) https://www.dli.pa.gov/Businesses/Labor-Management-Relations/industrial-board/Pages/default.aspx#meet There is an option to submit an expedited application. This does not speed up the process, but does allow for a late submission to the board up to the day before the board meeting. The expedited application very expensive. It will add more than $1000 to the variance request fee. We will submit the PA variance application and fee for you, then notify you as soon as we receive the approval letter. This is usually about 1 week after the board meeting. CLOSE THIS WINDOW
How to list the Materials Used in your product Over the years IABFLO has approved a number of definitions and terminology to be used on the law label. IABFLO strives for uniformity in terminology, test methods and enforcement procedures within the various state programs. NONE OF THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL BE ABBREVIATED! Examples: 100% Virgin Wool 45% Bleached Cotton Batting, 55% Shredded Corn Husk 3% Crushed Feathers, 68% Duck Feathers, 29% Down DESCRIPTIVE TERMS TO BE USED WHEN APPLICABLE: All, Pure or 100% Batting or Felt Bleached Blended Cemented Clippings Damaged Garnetted Innerspring or Spring Unit Molded Pad Pellets or Beads Pieces Resin Treated, Resinated or Rubberized Rubberized Secondhand Shredded Stiffeners COTTON FILLERS: The term "Cotton" by itself shall not be used on the law label. Cotton Batting Blended Cotton Batting Cotton Felt Staple Cotton Cotton Linters Cotton By-Products which includes: cotton combers, cotton card strips, cotton vacuum strips, cotton fly, cotton motes, cotton noils and cotton pickers. Cotton Waste Cotton Mill Sweepings Trash---means hulls, leafs, stems or pulp in excess of 10% by weight of the fill, trash must be shown on the label. FEATHERS AND DOWN: (Click HERE for details on down filling labeling) Feathers Chopped Feathers Crushed Feathers Damaged Feathers Duck Feathers Goose Feathers Waterfowl Feathers Feather Fiber Down Down Fiber Plumules Residue-- a maximum of 2% by weight is permitted without listing residue on the label. No Quill Feathers are permitted. HAIR: The type of hair shall also be stated: horse mane or tail,cattle hide or tail, hog, goat, camel etc. Curled Hair Hair Mixtures FOAM AND RUBBER: Urethane Foam Polyurethane Foam Polyethylene Foam Polyethylene Vinyl Foam Polystyrene Foam Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Foam Neoprene Foam Olefin Foam Viscoelastic Polyurethane Foam Synthetic Foam Rubber Foam Rubber Latex Foam Rubber Sponge Rubber MAN-MADE FIBERS: Acetate Fiber Acrylic Fiber Azlon Fiber Glass Fiber Metallic Fiber Modacrylic Fiber Nylon Fiber Nytril Fiber Olefin Fiber Polyethylene Fiber Polyester Fiber Polyether Fiber Polystyrene Fiber Polyvinylidrene Fiber Saran Fiber Spandex Fiber Rayon Textile Fiber By-Products Textile Clippings Textile Fibers of Unkown Kind Textile Fiber Waste Vinyl Fiber Vinyon Fiber MISCELLANEOUS FILLING MATERIALS: Beans Buckwheat Hulls Cat-Tail Plant Fiber Cellulose Fiber Cellophane or Cellopane Paper Coconut Husk Fiber Corn Husk Corrugated Fiber Board Dry Polymer or Dry Polymer Gel Exparto Fiber Excelsior Flax Fiber Flax Tow Gel Hay Iron Filings Jute Fiber, Jute Tow, Jute Pad, and Jute Waste Kapok Magnets or Magnetic Disks Marabou Fiber Mettallic Foil Milkweed Fiber Moss Palm Fiber PLA-Polylactide Fiber Paper By-Products Potpourri Rice Sand Sea Grass Silicone Gel Silk Sisal, Sisal Fiber, Sisal Fiber Tow, Sisal Fiber Waste Straw Tampico, Tampico Fiber Textile Napper Tula, Tula Fiber Wood Fiber WOOL: Virgin Wool Tanners Wool Wool Felt or Wool Batting>br> Blended Wool Wool By-Products Wool Waste PROHIBITED TERMS: Bonded Border Burlap Cotton--the term cotton by itself shall not be used on a law label. Curled Feathers Defabricated Fibers Fiber Fill Hen Feathers Paper Sheets Recycled Rubber Products Steel Wool Tan-O-Quill Trade Names or Trade Marks Virgin--can only be used with wool products. Wood Wool CLOSE THIS WINDOW
Down Filled Labeling Any product now labeled as "DOWN" must contain a minimum of 75% down and plumules. Manufacturers must disclose the minimum percentage of down in a product. EXAMPLE:
What products require registration? Please be sure to only request registration in the states that require your products to be registered. For example, if you manufacture or import Sleeping Pads and select VA to register in, Law Label Services will not have any way of knowing this is not correct. It's up to YOU to know which states to select when ordering. LIST OF PRODUCTS REQUIRING REGISTRATION CLOSE THIS WINDOW
Annual Per Item Fee Requirements Detroit, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania charge a 'Per Item Fee', or 'Article Fee', due at renewal. A 'Per Item Fee' is a very small charge for every retail sale to a consumer of each item sold in that particular state. All of those state charge a very small amount per item, from $0.04 to $0.16 per item, depending on the product type and state. The fee payment is required to renew the certificates in those states. The fee is in addition to the normal state fee in Detroit, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. In North Carolina, there is a calulation that involes the product type. But if the amount of items sold in NC is less than 950, the amount of additonal fees is $0. We will estimate the number of items sold and fees to simplify the renewal process for you. Otherwise, we will request you enter the data into the request.
What is a "Rush Order"? THIS ONLY APPLIES TO NEW URN'S, NOT RENEWALS! A Rush Order will be sent to the best state office based on your requirements where a URN will usually be created for your company within 0-2 business days, sometimes it can be created the same day. CLOSE THIS WINDOW
What is a "CVV2" code? The CVV2 code is a 3 or 4 digit code printed on your credit card. We request this code as a security measure to our customers. Requiring this information helps to ensure that the credit card is present at the time of purchase. If you cannot find this code, or it is illegible, please contact your credit card issuer.