19 Jul, 2019
Brush Up Your Legal Lingo: An Update on I-9s and E-Verify

Written by Scott Zucker

Scott is a founding partner in the Atlanta law firm of Weissmann Zucker Euster Morochnik & Garber and has been practicing law since 1987. He represents self storage owners and managers throughout the country on legal matters including property development, facility construction, lease preparation, employment policies and tenant claims defense. He also provides, on a consulting basis, advice to self storage companies in the areas of foreclosure and lien sales, premises liability and loss control safeguards. Scott is Deputy General Counsel to the national Self Storage Association, legal counsel to a number of state self storage associations, a frequent lecturer at national self storage conventions and is a contributing legal writer for trade magazines such as the Mini-Storage Messenger, Inside Self Storage and SSA Magazine. Scott is the author of Legal Topics in Self Storage: A Sourcebook for Owners and Managers (First Edition 2000, Second Edition 2018), which is the primary reference guide for self storage owners and managers in the self storage industry. He is also a partner in the Self Storage Legal Network, a subscription based legal information service for self storage owners and managers affiliated with the national Self Storage Association.

Form I-9 is used to verify the identity of individuals hired or employed in the United States.

Under the U.S. Immigration Reform Act, all U.S. employers must have a valid and complete Form I-9 for each of their employees, whether a citizen or a non-citizen.

Under the form, the employee must attest to their identity and provide proof of their identity. The documentation needed to prove identity can vary. There is a list of acceptable documents on the Form I-9. …..

E-Verify was created to allow employers to get instantaneous results for their employment verification searches.

It is an internet-based system that allows employers to match information provided by employees …..

There is a difference between an ICE I-9 audit and an ICE visit with a warrant.

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