Pest control compliance software, with a guide for your state
Every state wants pesticide application records, but they don't all want the same fields or keep them for the same number of years. PestShift gives you plain-English guides to what your state asks for, and records that already hold those fields.
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Free state guides
Our state compliance guides cover 49 states. Each one says how long you have to keep application records, what has to be in each record, any reporting deadline (New York's annual report is due February 1, for example), and which law it comes from, with a link to the official source. Each guide shows the date we last checked it against that source. Regulations change, so always confirm with your state agency before relying on a detail.
The guides are free to read, whether or not you use PestShift.
What's built into the app
The records PestShift keeps cover what state rules commonly ask for: product, EPA registration number, rate and amount, method, target pests and site, applicator and license, date, time, and the weather. A job that needs a record can't close without one, so gaps don't pile up until audit time.
New York gets more because a customer there asked for it:
- The DEC annual pesticide report (form 44-15-26) prepared from your records, ready to paste into the state's form or download
- Quantity applied required on every record, switched on automatically for New York businesses
- Chemicals listed on customer invoices, which New York requires and which every business can turn on or off
What it doesn't do yet
Outside New York, PestShift doesn't fill in state forms for you. Instead you export your records as a spreadsheet, for any dates, with the columns state reports ask for, or the annual usage report with a summary by county. The same required fields apply in every state today; per-state rules beyond New York aren't built yet. If your state needs something specific, tell us. That's how the New York report got built.
Who it's for
Operators who want to know their records will hold up, without becoming experts in their state's administrative code. Read your state's guide, set which services need a record, and the app takes care of the rest on every job.
Questions, answered
- 49 states. Kansas isn't included because we couldn't find an applicator recordkeeping rule to cite, and we'd rather leave a state out than guess.
- It keeps complete records and makes them easy to hand over, which is most of the work. Compliance also depends on how you apply products and on your licenses, so check your state's rules for anything specific.
- Not directly. For New York it prepares the DEC report in the state's format. For other states you download the records as a spreadsheet.
- As long as you're a customer, and you can export them any time. After you cancel, chemical application records are kept and exportable for at least 2 years unless you ask us to delete them sooner.
- Each guide shows the date it was last checked against the state's own source, and links to that source so you can confirm the current rule.
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State compliance guides comes with every plan, from $39 a month. Setup takes about 10 minutes, and we'll import your customers for you, free.
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