DCist reader Jon in Brookland sent in this image of an odd-looking inspection sticker he received from the District government. He wanted to know if it might be a fake, since he’d read about the con artist who has been allegedly posing as a Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs inspector in several D.C. neighborhoods lately. Jon’s plumbers had also told him they’d already received a green “approved” sticker for the work they were doing at his property, so this indeed seemed fishy. What exactly is the “Department and Land Regulation Administration,” anyway?

Unfortunately for Jon, this inspection sticker is actually legitimate. DCRA spokesperson Mike Rupert tells us the title of the agency had actually just been misprinted, but the numbers, signature and everything else on it are the real deal — and not related to the con man who has been approaching homeowners trying to shake them down for bogus inspection “fees.”

DCist wishes Jon the best of luck as he sorts out his inspection problem. He tells us over email this afternoon that he thinks two different inspectors may have come to his property on two different days — the first gave an “approved” sticker to the contractors, but the second came the day after they had already closed up the hole, thus not allowing that inspector access to the plumbing work, and the subsequent “not approved” sticker. Oh, bureaucracy.