{
 "dataset": "contractor",
 "version": "2026-09-02",
 "records": 8,
 "columns": [
  "page_id",
  "state",
  "occupation",
  "cluster",
  "credential_holder",
  "licensing_level",
  "board_name",
  "board_url",
  "application_url",
  "renewal_cycle",
  "ce_hours",
  "exam",
  "fees",
  "legal_basis",
  "last_verified",
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  "page_url"
 ],
 "terms": "Free to cite and reuse with attribution to LicensingAtlas. Every value is verified against the official source named in its source_urls and dated in last_verified.",
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   "page_id": "az-contractor",
   "state": "Arizona",
   "occupation": "General Contractor",
   "cluster": "contractor",
   "credential_holder": "business",
   "licensing_level": "state",
   "board_name": "Arizona Registrar of Contractors (AZ ROC)",
   "board_url": "https://roc.az.gov/",
   "application_url": "https://roc.az.gov/get-a-license-checklist",
   "renewal_cycle": "Biennial (two years), on a staggered schedule. A.R.S. 32-1123.01: \"The registrar shall maintain a system of staggered licensure to distribute the work of licensure throughout the twelve months of the year\" and \"shall implement a system for biennial license renewal and provide for proration of license renewal fees for that purpose.\" The Registrar may grant an exception allowing annual renewal on written petition showing that biennial renewal would cause \"a real and immediate hardship\"; the annual renewal fee is one-half the biennial renewal fee (32-1126(B)). A.R.S. 32-1125(A): a license \"is suspended on the next business day following its renewal date by operation of law\" if not renewed. 32-1125(B): a license suspended for failure to renew may be reactivated within one year by filing the application and paying the renewal fee plus a $50 fee; \"When a license has been suspended for more than one year for failure to renew, a new application for a license must be made and a new license issued.\" AZ ROC's Renew a License Checklist requires: Arizona Corporation Commission status \"Active\" and \"In Good Standing\" (LLC/Inc), an active bond in an amount covering the annual volume (a bond rider is required if volume increases), and a workers' compensation policy number or exemption.",
   "ce_hours": "None published. AZ ROC's Renew a License Checklist (steps 1-8) lists no continuing education requirement, and A.R.S. 32-1125 (Renewal of license) imposes none. The only occurrence of \"continuing education\" in AZ ROC's 2024 Statute and Rules Book is A.R.S. 32-1129, which permits - but does not require - a person who completes a US Department of Labor- or DES-approved apprenticeship program to file the certificate of completion \"and any related updates to the certificate, including documentation for completed continuing education courses,\" with the registrar.",
   "exam": "Two exams, both administered by private vendors and paid directly to them. (1) Arizona Statutes and Rules Exam (SRE), taken online through GMetrix - $61. AZ ROC's License Classification Requirements table: \"The Statutes and Rules Exam is not optional, but may be waived by the Registrar if the proposed qualifying party has been named as a qualifying party on an Arizona ROC license at any time during the past five-year period.\" (2) A classification-specific Trade Exam, online or at a testing center, through PSI - $66. Applicants for C-11, R-11 and CR-11 Electrical may use the NASCLA Electrical Examination Program - $116. Solar classifications also require a Solar Exam. A.R.S. 32-1122(E)(2) requires the written examination to have been taken not more than two years before application; 32-1122(F): \"The registrar shall waive the examination requirement if the records reflect that the qualifying party is currently or has previously been a qualifying party for a licensee in this state in the same classification within the preceding five years.\" NASCLA commercial general building exam - two official AZ ROC pages conflict, on both eligibility and fee. AZ ROC's License and Renewal Fees page (roc.az.gov/licensing-fees) states: \"Applicants for the KB-1/B-1 Commercial or Dual Building Contractor and KB-2/B-2 Small commercial or Dual Residential and Small Commercial license classifications may take the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) Commercial General Building Exam in lieu of the AZ ROC trade exam,\" and \"The fee for these exams is $106 plus the $30 transcript purchase. The transcript purchase is paid directly to NASCLA online and is required in order for the ROC to view the results of the examination.\" AZ ROC's Applying For A License page (roc.az.gov/applying-for-a-license) states: \"Applicants for the KB-1 Dual Building Contractor and KB-2 Dual Residential and Small Commercial license classifications may take the National Association of State Licensing Agency Commercial General Building Exam in lieu of the AZ ROC trade exam. The fee for these exams is $106 plus the $25 application fee. The application fee is paid directly to NASCLA and the examination fee to PSI Exams Online.\" The two pages therefore differ on which classifications qualify (the fee page adds the commercial B-1 and B-2; the applying page names only the dual KB-1 and KB-2) and on the surcharge (a $30 transcript purchase vs a $25 application fee - different amount, different label, different routing). Both pages are official, current AZ ROC publications; LicensingAtlas does not resolve the conflict. A B-1 or B-2 applicant intending to substitute NASCLA should confirm eligibility with AZ ROC Licensing before paying. Exam waivers. Out of state: form RC-L-200G (Out-of-State Waiver Request Form) can support waiver of the trade examination and/or experience requirements for a qualifying party licensed in another state, and the form states \"This waiver will not waive the Arizona Statutes and Rules Training Course and Exam (SRE).\" A.A.C. R4-9-106(E) permits the Registrar to waive the trade examination where the qualifying party \"is currently or has previously been a qualifying party for a licensee in the other state in the same classification, or in a comparable classification, within the preceding five years.\" In state - AZ ROC's own sources conflict on whether the SRE can be waived. AZ ROC publishes form RC-L-200H \"IN-STATE WAIVER REQUEST (STATUTES AND RULES EXAM),\" which states: \"Under A.R.S. 32-1122(E)(1) and (F); the Registrar must waive certain licensing requirements if the applicant qualifies under the conditions of these statutes. See also A.A.C. R4-9-106(E) and (F). This may result in a waiver of the statutes and rules examination (SRE) requirements.\" That agrees with the License Classification Requirements table (SRE \"may be waived ... past five-year period,\" quoted above) and with A.R.S. 32-1122(F). But AZ ROC's Applying For A License page states flatly, under its \"Waiver of Trade Exam\" heading: \"The AZ SRE Statutes and Rules Exam cannot be waived because it has reference to Arizona specific statutes and rules.\" Both are official AZ ROC publications and both are current; the reason given on the applying page is categorical rather than limited to the out-of-state route. LicensingAtlas reports both and does not resolve them.",
   "fees": "AZ ROC published schedule (roc.az.gov/licensing-fees, marked \"Effective 7/1/2014\"); all license fees are for a two-year license. New license (application fee + license fee + recovery fund assessment = total): General Commercial (A, B-1, B-2) $200 + $580 + $0 = $780; Specialty Commercial (C) $100 + $480 + $0 = $580; General Residential (B, B-3, B-4, B-5, B-6, B-10) $180 + $320 + $370 = $870; Specialty Residential (R) $80 + $270 + $370 = $720; General Dual (KA, KB-1, KB-2) $200 + $480 + $370 = $1,050; Specialty Dual (CR) $100 + $380 + $370 = $850. Renewal (license fee + assessment = total): General Commercial $580 + $0 = $580; Specialty Commercial $480 + $0 = $480; General Residential $320 + $270 = $590; Specialty Residential $270 + $270 = $540; General Dual $480 + $270 = $750; Specialty Dual $380 + $270 = $650. AZ ROC notes these totals do not include examination fees. Examination fees (paid to the vendor, not AZ ROC): SRE $61 to GMetrix; trade exam $66 to PSI; NASCLA Commercial General Building $106 plus a surcharge that AZ ROC's own two pages state differently - \"the $30 transcript purchase\" (roc.az.gov/licensing-fees) vs \"the $25 application fee\" (roc.az.gov/applying-for-a-license), both paid directly to NASCLA; see the Exam section below; NASCLA Electrical $116. Other published fees: $50 penalty for late renewal (A.R.S. 32-1126(D)); $100 application to change qualifying party; $30 application to change name of licensee (A.A.C. R4-9-130). A.R.S. 32-1126(A) sets statutory maxima on the application-plus-license fee (the Residential Recovery Fund assessment is capped separately by 32-1126(G) at \"not more than $600\" per biennial license period). Those caps are ceilings, not the amounts charged - but AZ ROC does not charge below all of them. On every residential row AZ ROC charges exactly at the statutory maximum: original general residential cap \"not more than $500\" vs $180 + $320 = $500 charged; original specialty residential cap \"not more than $350\" vs $80 + $270 = $350; biennial renewal general residential cap \"not more than $320\" vs $320 charged; biennial renewal specialty residential cap \"not more than $270\" vs $270 charged. The commercial and dual rows are charged below the cap: original general commercial \"not more than $1,500\" vs $780; original general dual \"not more than $2,000\" vs $680; original specialty commercial \"not more than $1,000\" vs $580; original specialty dual \"not more than $1,350\" vs $480.",
   "legal_basis": "[{\"citation\": \"A.R.S. 32-1121 - Persons not required to be licensed; penalties; applicability (text annotated \\\"(L19, Ch. 140, sec. 1)\\\"; exemption list runs to subsection A paragraph 18; no subsection E)\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01121.htm\"}, {\"citation\": \"A.R.S. 32-1121 - Persons not required to be licensed; penalties; applicability (concurrently published text annotated \\\"(L19, Ch. 145, sec. 5)\\\"; listed on the Title 32 table of contents as \\\"32-1121; Version 2\\\" though the document's own heading reads \\\"Version 1\\\"; subsection A list ends at paragraph 17 and the section adds subsection E on joint ventures)\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01121.01.htm\"}, {\"citation\": \"A.R.S. 32-1105 - Rulemaking powers for purposes of classifying and reclassifying contractors; 32-1105(B) is the dual licensed contractor provision\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01105.htm\"}, {\"citation\": \"A.R.S. 32-1122 - Qualifications for license\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01122.htm\"}, {\"citation\": \"A.R.S. 32-1123.01 - Staggered periods of licensure; biennial renewal\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01123-01.htm\"}, {\"citation\": \"A.R.S. 32-1125 - Renewal of license; qualifying party\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01125.htm\"}, {\"citation\": \"A.R.S. 32-1126 - Fees (subsection A statutory maxima; subsection D $50 late-renewal penalty; subsection G residential recovery fund assessment cap)\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01126.htm\"}, {\"citation\": \"A.R.S. 32-1127.01 - Qualifying parties; disassociation with license; requalification (15-day notice, 60-day requalification, automatic suspension)\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01127-01.htm\"}, {\"citation\": \"A.R.S. 32-1129 - Apprenticeship programs; certificate of completion; filing with registrar (the sole continuing-education reference in the chapter; permissive filing, not a CE requirement)\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01129.htm\"}, {\"citation\": \"A.R.S. 41-1080.01 - Licensing fees; waiver; annual report; definitions (initial-license fee waiver for first-time applicants in three categories)\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/41/01080-01.htm\"}, {\"citation\": \"A.A.C. R4-9-101(B) - Definitions (\\\"licensee\\\"); R4-9-102 - Commercial Contractor License Classifications and Scopes of Work; R4-9-103 - Residential Contractor License Classifications and Scopes of Work; R4-9-104 - Dual Contractor License Classifications and Scopes of Work; R4-9-106 - Examinations (subsection E trade-examination waiver, subsection F experience waiver); R4-9-130 - Schedule of Fees (4 A.A.C. 9, Supp. 23-2), as reprinted in AZ ROC's 2024 Statute and Rules Book\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024%20Statute%20and%20Rules%20Book.pdf\"}]",
   "last_verified": "2026-08-05",
   "source_urls": "[{\"label\": \"AZ ROC License Classifications - who must be licensed, who the license is issued to, handyman exemption, and the verbatim scope of every A / B / C / R / KA / KB / CR classification\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/license-classifications\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC License and Renewal Fees - live fee schedule (application, license, recovery fund assessment, totals) plus SRE/PSI/NASCLA exam fees and the A.R.S. 41-1080.01 fee waiver\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/licensing-fees\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC License Classification Requirements (PDF, Rev. 6.8.20) - minimum years of experience and required exam(s) per classification. This is the copy linked from the live roc.az.gov/license-classification-requirements page; an identical orphaned copy sits under /2023-05/ (diffed 2026-08-05: the only difference is the letterhead line, no factual change) and is monitored here at the linked /2023-11/ path so a future revision is not missed.\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/License%20Classification%20Requirements_6.8.20_0.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC Bond Information - bond amount tables by license type and contemplated gross volume, plus the $200,000 recovery-fund alternative bond\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/bond-information\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC Applying For A License Checklist - the 10 published application steps and exam vendors\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/get-a-license-checklist\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC Renew a License Checklist - renewal requirements and the $50 late fee (no CE step listed)\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/renew-license-checklist\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC Licensing Forms - index of the RC-L-200A/B/C/D license application forms and waiver forms\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/licensing-forms\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC License Application form RC-L-200A (Sole Proprietorship) - background-check vendor (AccuSourceHR, 90-day validity), waiver forms, and the document checklist\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/Sole%20Prop%20License%20Application%20Forms%20RC-L-200A%202-26-2024.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC 2024 Statute and Rules Book (PDF) - A.R.S. Title 32 Chapter 10 and 4 A.A.C. 9 (Supp. 23-2), including R4-9-101(B), R4-9-102 and the R4-9-130 fee table\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024%20Statute%20and%20Rules%20Book.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"A.R.S. 32-1121 - statutory exemption list, text annotated \\\"(L19, Ch. 140, sec. 1)\\\" (subsection A runs to paragraph 18; no subsection E)\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01121.htm\"}, {\"label\": \"A.R.S. 32-1122 - experience, examination, bond, qualifying party and disqualification requirements\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01122.htm\"}, {\"label\": \"A.R.S. 32-1123.01 - staggered licensure and biennial renewal\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01123-01.htm\"}, {\"label\": \"A.R.S. 32-1125 - renewal, suspension by operation of law, reactivation window\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01125.htm\"}, {\"label\": \"A.R.S. 32-1126 - statutory maximum fees and the $50 late-renewal penalty\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01126.htm\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC Contractor Search - the official public license verification portal\", \"url\": \"https://azroc.my.site.com/AZRoc/s/contractor-search\"}, {\"label\": \"A.R.S. 32-1121 - concurrently published text annotated \\\"(L19, Ch. 145, sec. 5)\\\", listed on the Title 32 table of contents as \\\"32-1121; Version 2\\\" (subsection A ends at paragraph 17 - no cable/satellite/telecom exemption - and subsection E exempts qualifying joint ventures)\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01121.01.htm\"}, {\"label\": \"Arizona Revised Statutes Title 32 table of contents - shows both 32-1121 entries side by side\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/arsDetail/?title=32\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC Applying For A License - NASCLA eligibility and fee (conflicts with the fee page), the R4-9-106(E) trade-exam waiver rule, and the \\\"AZ SRE ... cannot be waived\\\" statement\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/applying-for-a-license\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC License Classification Requirements landing page - links the current classification-requirements PDF\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/license-classification-requirements\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC form RC-L-200G Out-of-State Waiver Request Form - \\\"This waiver will not waive the Arizona Statutes and Rules Training Course and Exam (SRE).\\\"\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/RC-L-200G%20-%20Waiver%20Request%20Form%20Revised.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC form RC-L-200H In-State Waiver Request (Statutes and Rules Exam) - \\\"This may result in a waiver of the statutes and rules examination (SRE) requirements.\\\"\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/Instate%20waiver%20of%20SRE_Revised%2012.26.19.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"AZ ROC form RC-L-200H In-State Waiver Request (Trade Exam and Experience)\", \"url\": \"https://roc.az.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/Instate%20waiver%20form_Revised%2012.26.19.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"A.R.S. 32-1105 - dual licensed contractor classifications (32-1105(B))\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01105.htm\"}, {\"label\": \"A.R.S. 32-1127.01 - qualifying-party disassociation: 15-day notice, 60-day requalification, automatic suspension\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01127-01.htm\"}, {\"label\": \"A.R.S. 32-1129 - apprenticeship certificate filing; the chapter's only continuing-education reference, and it is permissive\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01129.htm\"}, {\"label\": \"A.R.S. 41-1080.01 - initial licensing fee waiver categories\", \"url\": \"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/41/01080-01.htm\"}]",
   "page_url": "https://licensingatlas.com/contractor/az-contractor/"
  },
  {
   "page_id": "ca-contractor",
   "state": "California",
   "occupation": "General Contractor",
   "cluster": "contractor",
   "credential_holder": "business",
   "licensing_level": "state",
   "board_name": "Contractors State License Board (CSLB)",
   "board_url": "https://www.cslb.ca.gov/",
   "application_url": "https://www.cslb.ca.gov/resources/formsandapplications/applicationfororiginalcontractorslicense.pdf",
   "renewal_cycle": "CSLB: \"Active licenses expire every two years.\" \"Inactive licenses expire every four years.\" Both terms are in the statute. B&P 7140 sets the general term: \"All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter shall expire two years from the last day of the month in which the license is issued, or two years from the date on which the renewed license last expired.\" B&P 7076.5(c) sets the specific inactive term: \"Inactive licenses shall be valid for a period of four years from their due date.\" (7076.5 amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 592, Sec. 18 (SB 861), effective January 1, 2026; the same text is published at pages 297-298 of CSLB's own official 2026 Contractors License Law book, and the authority note to the board's fee regulation 16 CCR 811 cites B&P 7076.5 and 7137.) CSLB sends a renewal application approximately 60 days before expiration; if an acceptable renewal is not received on or before the expiration date the renewal is delinquent, a delinquency fee applies, and there is a break in licensing time during which any work performed is unlicensed. Retroactive renewal: CSLB states \"Beginning in 2021, the registrar is required to retroactively reinstate an expired contractor's license if a completed license renewal application is received with the appropriate fees within 90 days of the license expiration date (SB 1474).\" The statute SB 1474 amended, B&P 7141.5, is more specific in two respects: the licensee must pay \"the appropriate renewal fee and delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter\", and \"an application shall be deemed submitted if it is delivered to the board's headquarters or postmarked within 90 days of the expiration of the license.\" An expired license may be renewed at any time within five years after its expiration (B&P 7141(a)); if it is not renewed within five years the applicant must reapply for a license (B&P 7141(d), B&P 7066).",
   "ce_hours": "Not established either way, and deliberately not stated as \"none required\". CSLB publishes no continuing education requirement for contractor license renewal, but it also publishes no statement that none is required. Official sources reviewed on 2026-08-05 and 2026-08-06: CSLB's \"Maintain and Change Your License\" section; its \"Renew Your License\" pages, including \"Step 1: General Renewal Information\", the page CSLB tells renewing licensees to read in full; the Business and Professions Code renewal and fee provisions as published by the Legislature; CSLB's Examinations FAQ; all 22 pages of CSLB application form 13A-1 (rev. 01/2026); and the complete 603-page official 2026 Contractors License Law book, in which the phrase \"continuing education\" occurs throughout in provisions that impose no continuing education on contractors: B&P 166 (the Department of Consumer Affairs-wide provision on guidelines for boards that operate a CE program), B&P 462 and 464 (the DCA-wide inactive and retired license categories), B&P 7139.x (construction management education grants), 16 CCR 890 (eight hours of continuing education for CSLB arbitrators, not for licensees), and the DCA-wide military provisions B&P 114.3 (which waives \"the renewal fees, continuing education requirements, and other renewal requirements\" for active-duty members) and B&P 115.10. Not one of them creates a contractor CE requirement. That law book's own index carries exactly one continuing-education entry, \"CONTINUING EDUCATION, Ch 7 B&P 166\", and no contractor entry at all. Because a requirement's absence from these sources is not proof that no requirement exists, this page does not state that California requires no continuing education; CSLB is the authority that can confirm it.",
   "exam": "Two written examinations administered by PSI Exams under contract to CSLB: (1) the California Law and Business Examination, and (2) the trade examination for the classification applied for (B&P 7065). CSLB, \"Step 7: Studying for the Examination\": \"All qualifying individuals must pass the standard Law and Business examination; in addition, with the exception of the C-61 Limited specialty classification, qualifying individuals must pass a second test covering the specific trade or certification area for which they are applying.\" CSLB publishes free official study guides for the Law and Business examination and for each trade examination, including 'A - General Engineering', 'B - General Building' and 'B-2 - Residential Remodeling Contractor'; the one entry on that list with neither is \"C-61 - Limited Specialty - No study guide available (No trade exam required)\". Applicants have 18 months from application acceptance to pass - CSLB: \"All applications are given 18 months from the day they are accepted to pass the examination(s). If you do not pass within 18 months after your application is accepted by the board, your application is considered void, and you will have to submit a new application with new fees.\" A candidate who fails is \"eligible to retake the examination after 21 calendar days\", and re-examination fees are paid to PSI each time; separately, the board's own fee regulation 16 CCR 811(b)(1) sets a $100 CSLB fee for \"Rescheduling an examination for an applicant who has applied for an original license, additional classification, a change of responsible managing officer, responsible managing manager, responsible managing member, or responsible managing employee, or for an asbestos certification or hazardous substance removal certification\", which CSLB's live fee page does not list. CSLB states the Law and Business exam may be taken out of state, but \"all trade exams must be completed in California or Oregon\" - PSI has 20 test centers in California plus Wilsonville, Oregon. Waivers: no exam is required if the applicant currently serves, or within the past five years has served, as qualifying individual for the same classification on a license in good standing, or within the past five years passed the law and trade examinations (B&P 7065). Trade-exam-only waivers exist for reciprocity (B&P 7065.4), the NASCLA Commercial General Builders route for Class B, and the B-2 out-of-state route. CSLB: \"Currently, waiver provisions defined in B&P Code section 7065.1 may be granted under subsections 7065.1(b) and 7065.1(c). While 7065.1(a) also provides for waiver of the exam, the Registrar exercised his authority to suspend waivers under this section.\"",
   "fees": "Sources (stated precisely, because the official documents do not all carry the same items): the application and licensing figures below - $450 / $200 / $350 / $150 / $230 / $125 - appear on CSLB's live fee page, in CSLB application form 13A-1 (rev. 01/2026), in the statute B&P 7137 and in the board's own fee regulation 16 CCR 811, and all four agree. The reactivation ($450 / $700), joint-venture total ($800), certified license history ($67), status letter ($8) and fingerprinting ($32 / $17) amounts appear only on CSLB's live fee page - they are not in form 13A-1, B&P 7137 or 16 CCR 811. Conversely, 16 CCR 811(b)(1)-(2) publish $100 examination scheduling/rescheduling fees that the live fee page does not list. Application/licensing: Original application (exam or waiver, one classification) $450; Initial license fee $200 (sole owner) / $350 (non-sole owner) - CSLB's form states total fees required $650 / $800, with the initial license fee paid after examinations; Additional classification with waiver or joint venture application $150; Additional classification for an existing license $230; Replacing the qualifier $230; Add new personnel $125; License reactivation application $450 / $700; Joint venture application total for one classification $800; Home Improvement Salesperson registration $200; Asbestos certification $125; Hazardous substance removal certification $125. Military fee relief (asterisked on the very lines above, on CSLB's own form): B&P 7137(a)(3)(D)(i) - \"The board shall grant a 50-percent reduction in the fees prescribed by this paragraph to an applicant who is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces, including the National Guard or Reserve components, and was not dishonorably discharged.\" The paragraph referred to is the initial license and registration fee paragraph, so the reduction applies to the $200 / $350 initial license fee and not to the $450 application fee: a qualifying veteran's total is $550 (sole owner) or $625 (non-sole owner) rather than $650 / $800. Form 13A-1's fee block prints \"* Military Veterans see question #18\" against those lines, and the form's Military Service instructions (Questions 20 and 21) state CSLB \"will expedite the licensure process and reduce the initial licensing fee by 50% for an applicant who is a current active-duty member of the Armed Forces or who was not dishonorably discharged after having served as an active-duty member of the United States Armed Forces or the National Guard or Reserves\", on production of military orders, a DD 214 long form, an NGB 22, a DD 256, or a driver's license or ID card carrying the word \"Veteran\". Military spouse / partner fee waiver: the same form states CSLB \"will expedite the licensure process and waive the application fee and initial license fee for an applicant who\" is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active-duty member of the Armed Forces \"who is assigned to a duty station in California under official active-duty military orders\" and \"holds a current license in another state, district, or territory of the United States in the profession or vocation for which the applicant seeks a license from the board\". Both the $450 and the $200 / $350 are waived on that route; CSLB adds \"All other fees will still be required.\" Renewal: Active timely $450 / $700 - CSLB notes C-10 contractors are charged $470 / $720; Active delinquent $675 / $1,050 (C-10: $695 / $1,070); Inactive timely $300 / $500; Inactive delinquent $450 / $750. Miscellaneous: duplicate/replacement certificate $25; business name change $100; certified license history $67 per name; general status letter $8; bond status letter $8. Fingerprinting (paid to the Live Scan operator): DOJ $32, FBI $17, rolling fee varies. $25 service charge for each dishonored check. Examination fees: paid directly to PSI; B&P 7137(a)(2) says the fee \"shall be no greater than the actual cost of the administration of the examination and shall be paid directly to the organization by the applicant\", and CSLB does not publish the amount.",
   "legal_basis": "[{\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7044 (owner-builder and related exemptions)\", \"url\": \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7044\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7048 (minor work exemption; $1,000 aggregate contract price, no building permit) - Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 67, Sec. 12 (AB 1170), effective January 1, 2026\", \"url\": \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7048\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7056 (Class A - General Engineering Contractor), as published by CSLB\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/Licensing_Classifications_Detail.aspx?Class=A\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7057 (Class B - General Building Contractor), as published by CSLB\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/Licensing_Classifications_Detail.aspx?Class=B\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7057.5 (Class B-2 - Residential Remodeling Contractor; Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 364, Sec. 3 (SB 1189)), as published by CSLB\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/Licensing_Classifications_Detail.aspx?Class=B-2\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7058 (Class C - Specialty Contractor), as published by CSLB\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/Licensing_Classifications_Detail.aspx?Class=C\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7068 (qualification by experience and knowledge; RME definition and 32-hour/80% \\\"actively engaged\\\" test)\", \"url\": \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7068\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7137 (statutory fee schedule)\", \"url\": \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7137\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7140 (two-year license term)\", \"url\": \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7140\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7141 (renewal of expired license within five years)\", \"url\": \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7141\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7065 (examination requirement; no-exam rule for a qualifier on a license in good standing, or for law and trade examinations passed within the past five years)\", \"url\": \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7065\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7076.5 (inactive licenses; subdivision (c): \\\"Inactive licenses shall be valid for a period of four years from their due date\\\") - Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 592, Sec. 18 (SB 861), effective January 1, 2026\", \"url\": \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7076.5\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code 7141.5 (retroactive renewal within 90 days; renewal fee and delinquency fee; delivered-or-postmarked rule) - Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 312, Sec. 71 (SB 1474), effective January 1, 2021\", \"url\": \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7141.5\"}, {\"citation\": \"Cal. Code Regs., tit. 16, div. 8, sections 811 (board fee schedule, including the $100 examination scheduling/rescheduling fees), 824 (Application Investigation Required - field investigation of a minimum of 3% of applications) 825 (Experience Requirement of Applicant - four years within the last 10, the 825(b) former-qualifier and 825(c) armed-forces exceptions, and the 825(d) three-year cap on school/apprenticeship credit) and 832.61 (Classification C-61 - Limited Specialty), as published by CSLB in its official 2026 Contractors License Law book\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/Resources/GuidesAndPublications/2026/2026_CSLB_Law_Book.pdf\"}]",
   "last_verified": "2026-08-06",
   "source_urls": "[{\"label\": \"CSLB Licensing Classifications index - enumerates A, B, B-2, generic C, 42 numbered C classifications and C-61 Limited Specialty\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB classification detail, Class A - verbatim B&P 7056 scope text\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/Licensing_Classifications_Detail.aspx?Class=A\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB classification detail, Class B - verbatim B&P 7057 scope text and the two-unrelated-trades / framing-carpentry / C-16 / C-57 restrictions\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/Licensing_Classifications_Detail.aspx?Class=B\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB classification detail, Class B-2 - verbatim B&P 7057.5 scope, permitted trades list, three-trade minimum, load-bearing restriction\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/Licensing_Classifications_Detail.aspx?Class=B-2\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB Step 1: Before Applying for the Examination - who must be licensed ($1,000 threshold), full exemption list, qualifying individual rules, four-year experience requirement, $25,000 bond, penalties\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/contractors/applicants/contractors_license/exam_application/before_applying_for_license.aspx\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB List of All CSLB Fees (live fee schedule)\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/about_us/library/fees.aspx\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB Application for Original Contractor License, form 13A-1 (rev. 01/2026) - live form; $450 + $200/$350 fees and $650/$800 totals, experience rule, exam and waiver rules, bond/insurance requirements\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/resources/formsandapplications/applicationfororiginalcontractorslicense.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB Step 1: General Renewal Information - active two-year / inactive four-year expiration, renewal fee amounts, five-year reapplication rule\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/contractors/maintain_license/renew_license/general_renewal_information.aspx\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB Building Official Information Guide FAQ - CONFLICTING live CSLB page still stating the B&P 7048 exemption threshold as less than $500\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/about_us/faqs/building_official_information_guide.aspx\"}, {\"label\": \"California Legislative Information, B&P 7048 - current $1,000 minor-work exemption text and amendment history\", \"url\": \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7048\"}, {\"label\": \"California Legislative Information, B&P 7044 - owner-builder exemption text\", \"url\": \"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7044\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB Examinations FAQ - 18-month eligibility window, 21-calendar-day retake wait, 20 PSI test centers in California plus Wilsonville Oregon, and the rule that the Law and Business exam may be taken out of state but all trade exams must be completed in California or Oregon\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Examination_FAQ.aspx\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB Contractors License (applicants hub) - the no-exam-required rule under B&P 7065 and the statement that the Registrar has suspended waivers under B&P 7065.1(a)\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/Contractors/Applicants/Contractors_License/\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB Step 7: Studying for the Examination - the two-part examination structure and the C-61 Limited Specialty exception to the trade examination\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/contractors/applicants/contractors_license/exam_application/Studying_For_Exam.aspx\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB Examination Study Guides - a study guide per classification, and \\\"C-61 - Limited Specialty - No study guide available (No trade exam required)\\\"\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/Contractors/Applicants/Examination_Study_Guides/\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB C-61 Limited Specialty Classification - verbatim Cal. Code Regs. tit. 16, div. 8, art. 3 subdivisions (a)-(d) and the 'D' subcategory list. NOTE: the generic classification-detail URL with Class=C-61 renders \\\"No Classification for C-61\\\"; this is the page that carries the text\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/About_Us/Library/Licensing_Classifications/C-61_Limited_Specialty/Default.aspx\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB Summary of Acceptable Documentation to Verify Work Experience - four years of journeyperson/foreperson/supervising-employee/contractor experience in the last 10 years, and the \\\"Owner-Builder (B-General Building Only)\\\" column\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/Resources/Contractors/Journeymen/3_-_AcceptableDocs_032426.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB 2026 Contractors License Law book (official, 603 pp) - Contractors State License Law plus the complete Title 16 Division 8 regulations; source for 16 CCR 811, 824 and 825, and for B&P 7076.5 at pp. 297-298\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/Resources/GuidesAndPublications/2026/2026_CSLB_Law_Book.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"CSLB 2026 licensing workshop presentation (official) - the education/apprenticeship experience-credit table (maximum 36 months) and the statement that education cannot be substituted for more than three years of required experience\", \"url\": \"https://www.cslb.ca.gov/Resources/Consumer%20Education/2026/Workshop_Presentation_English.pdf\"}]",
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   "page_id": "fl-contractor",
   "state": "Florida",
   "occupation": "General Contractor",
   "cluster": "contractor",
   "credential_holder": "individual",
   "licensing_level": "state",
   "board_name": "Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB), Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR)",
   "board_url": "https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/construction-industry/",
   "application_url": "https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/construction-industry/",
   "renewal_cycle": "Biennial. s. 489.115(4)(a): \"Each certificateholder or registrant who desires to continue as a certificateholder or registrant shall renew the certificate or registration every 2 years.\" DBPR sets the two tiers on opposite biennia: Certified contractor licenses \"expire August 31st every even year\" and registered contractor licenses \"expire August 31st every odd year.\" The current certified deadline published by DBPR is midnight EST on August 31, 2026. DBPR notifies licensees 90-120 days before expiration, by email.",
   "ce_hours": "14 hours per biennium. s. 489.115(4)(b)1. F.S.: \"at least 14 classroom hours of at least 50 minutes each of continuing education courses during each biennium,\" a portion of which \"must deal with the subject of workers’ compensation, business practices, workplace safety, and, for applicable licensure categories, wind mitigation methodologies, and 1 hour of which must deal with laws and rules.\" DBPR’s published renewal table gives the General Contractor breakdown as: \"14 hours of CE - minimum of 1 hour specialized or advanced module, 1 hour workplace safety, 1 hour business practices, 1 hour workers’ compensation, 1 hour laws and rules, 1 hour of wind mitigation, 1 hour cementitious cladding, stucco, plastering and lath application and repair methodologies, and the remaining hours can be any board approved construction related instruction.\" (Building and Residential Contractor carry the identical breakdown.) The cementitious-cladding hour is not yet enforced. DBPR’s Hot Topics notice: \"The amended rule requires all general, building, residential, and specialty structure contractors to complete one hour of continuing education related to Cementitious Cladding, Stucco, Plastering and Lath application and repair methodologies as part of the 14 hours that is currently required... Enforcement of this one-hour requirement will begin for registered contractors with a license expiration date of August 31, 2027, and will begin for certified contractors with a license expiration date of August 31, 2028.\" A certified general contractor renewing by the 31 August 2026 deadline is therefore not yet subject to it. Qualifying courses are those covering the topics listed in rule 61G4-18.001(2)(h) F.A.C. The first biennium is prorated. s. 489.115(4)(b)1. F.S.: \"The board shall prescribe by rule the continuing education, if any, which is required during the first biennium of initial licensure. A person who has been licensed for less than an entire biennium must not be required to complete the full 14 hours of continuing education.\" DBPR’s CILB FAQ gives the board’s figures: \"If your license was issued less than 12 months prior to August 31st of the renewal years, you do not owe any continuing education. If your license was issued more than 1 year, but less than 2 years, prior to August 31st of the renewal year, you owe 7 hours of general credits of continuing education.\" Reactivating from inactive requires only \"the continuing education requirements for the renewal cycle immediately preceding license reactivation\" (DBPR CILB FAQ, citing House Bill 517 (2012)). All CE providers and courses must be approved by the Construction Industry Licensing Board.",
   "exam": "Certified tier: the Division I state certification examination, three parts - Business and Finance (6.5 hours), Contract Administration (4.5 hours) and Project Management (4.5 hours). All parts are open book, multiple choice, computer-based. DBPR has contracted with Professional Testing, Inc. to register candidates and develop and score the examinations; candidates then schedule the computer-based tests with Pearson VUE. All parts must be passed within four years of the first exam scheduled (unlimited attempts within that window); only failed or missed parts are retaken. Degree exemption: a candidate who has received a baccalaureate degree in building construction from an accredited 4-year college with a GPA of 3.0 or higher takes only the Business and Finance part - s. 489.113(1) F.S. (\"such applicant is only required to take and pass the business and finance portion of the examination\") and DBPR’s live CILB 1 package (\"These candidates will have to take and pass the Business and Finance examination\"). Passing score not published: DBPR does not state a passing score on its Construction Industry page, in its CILB FAQ, or in the live CILB 1 examination registration package - all three checked 2026-08-05. Registered tier: no state examination - s. 489.117(1)(a) states \"An examination is not required for registration\"; the applicant instead files evidence of compliance with the local jurisdiction’s examination and licensing requirements.",
   "fees": "Certification by examination - rule 61G4-12.009(1)(a) F.A.C.: \"The application and examination fee for an applicant for certification shall be three hundred thirty-five dollars ($335.00) and shall be nonrefundable\", paid as $135.00 at scheduling + $80.00 per test administered + $40.00 to the Department for application processing after passing, with contract administration and project management \"considered one test for fee assessment.\" DBPR’s live CILB 1 package (rev. 2026 May 12) breaks the same amounts out as $135.00 to Professional Testing, Inc.; $80.00 Business and Finance, $40.00 Contract Administration and $40.00 Project Management to Pearson VUE. Retake: $135.00 + $80.00 administration per test scheduled. License application - what DBPR actually charges, from its own live fee notices: Certified General, Building or Residential Contractor as an Individual - Active (CILB 5-A / 5-B / 5-C) - \"The current fee for this application is $245. If you submit this application after August 31, 2027 the fee will be $145.\" Registered General Contractor as an Individual - Active (CILB 2) - \"The current fee for this application is $305! If you submit this application after August 31, 2026 the fee will be $205.\" How those figures are built - each component is separately published: initial certification or registration fee $200.00, reduced to $100.00 when \"remitted within the second year of a biennium\" (rule 61G4-12.009(4)(a)); registration application fee $100.00 (rule 61G4-12.009(2)); post-examination application processing $40.00 (rule 61G4-12.009(1)(a)); and the fee s. 455.2281 F.S. requires the department to impose \"upon initial licensure and each subsequent renewal, a special fee of $5 per licensee, in addition to all other fees imposed, to fund efforts to combat unlicensed activity.\" Certified: $200 + $40 + $5 = $245, and $100 + $40 + $5 = $145 after 31 August 2027, the second year of the certified biennium that runs 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2028. Registered: $100 + $200 + $5 = $305, and $100 + $100 + $5 = $205 after 31 August 2026, the second year of the registered biennium that runs 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2027. One wording note: rule 61G4-12.009(4)(a) reads \"The initial certification or registration fee for registrants shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00). However, any initial certification or registration fee for registrants remitted within the second year of a biennium shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).\" - the rule is headed \"Initial License; Fees\" and covers \"certification or registration\", but its operative words read \"for registrants\". DBPR’s live certified fee notices show the same $200/$100 amounts applying to certified applicants. Biennial renewal: rule 61G4-12.009(3)(a) F.A.C. states \"The biennial renewal fee for certification and registration shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00).\" and (3)(b) \"The biennial renewal for certification and registration on inactive status shall be fifty dollars ($50.00).\" DBPR bills $5.00 more at each tier because s. 455.2281 F.S. adds the statutory unlicensed-activity fee on top of the board fee: $200 + $5 = the $205 charged, and $50 + $5 = $55 inactive. DBPR’s live renewal notice for certified contractors reads \"pay the renewal fee of $205 or $255 with qualified business. If submitted after August 31, 2026, the fee will be $230 or $280 with qualified business\"; inactive \"$55\", after August 31 2026 \"$80\"; renewing a current active license as inactive \"$55\", after August 31 2026 \"$130\"; reactivating from inactive \"$305\", after August 31 2026 \"$330\". DBPR’s published renewal table independently lists \"$205 (+$50 per qualified business)\". Every one of those live figures is the rule’s fee plus published add-ons: +$50.00 per qualified business (rule 61G4-12.009(10)(b)), +$25.00 delinquency (rule 61G4-12.009(11)(a)), +$100.00 reactivation (rule 61G4-12.009(6)), +$50.00 off-cycle change of status (rule 61G4-12.009(12)(a)). Why the $5 is the difference: DBPR does not publish an itemised breakdown of any of these charges - no invoice, fee schedule or form reviewed on 2026-08-05 shows the unlicensed-activity fee as a separate line. The attribution rests on s. 455.2281 F.S., which directs the department to impose the $5 \"upon initial licensure and each subsequent renewal ... in addition to all other fees imposed\", together with the fact that all thirteen published charges - four application figures ($245, $145, $305, $205) and nine renewal figures ($205, $255, $55, $230, $280, $80, $305, $330, $130) - reconcile exactly to the board rule plus that $5 plus the rule’s own named add-ons. It is an exact reconciliation, not a DBPR line item. Other (rule 61G4-12.009): delinquency fee $25.00; reactivation of an inactive license $100.00; transfer between business entities $50.00; active-to-inactive status change $50.00; examination review $75.00; duplicate license $25.00; reinstatement of a null and void license $100.00; certification of a registered contractor under s. 489.118 $100.00; business-organization certification or registration $50.00 to apply and $50.00 biennial renewal - noting that DBPR states qualified business licenses \"are not required as of October 1, 2009\" and that \"You are not required to renew or maintain the qualified business license.\"",
   "legal_basis": "[{\"citation\": \"Fla. Stat. 455.2281 (Unlicensed activities; fees - the $5 special fee imposed on every initial license and renewal \\\"in addition to all other fees imposed\\\")\", \"url\": \"https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/455.2281\"}, {\"citation\": \"Fla. Stat. 489.103 (Exemptions - 24 subsections, including the owner-builder exemption and its $75,000 commercial cap, the $2,500 minor-work threshold and the $5,000 chapter 475 owner's-agent threshold)\", \"url\": \"https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/0489.103\"}, {\"citation\": \"Fla. Stat. 489.105 (Definitions - contractor, certified contractor, registered contractor, general/building/residential contractor)\", \"url\": \"https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/0489.105\"}, {\"citation\": \"Fla. Stat. 489.111 (Licensure by examination - age, good moral character, education and experience criteria)\", \"url\": \"https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/0489.111\"}, {\"citation\": \"Fla. Stat. 489.113 (Qualifications for practice; restrictions - degree exemption from all but the business and finance examination; subcontractor exemption; mandatory subcontracting of electrical, mechanical, plumbing, roofing, sheet metal, swimming pool and air-conditioning work)\", \"url\": \"https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/0489.113\"}, {\"citation\": \"Fla. Stat. 489.115 (Certification and registration; endorsement; renewal; continuing education)\", \"url\": \"https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/0489.115\"}, {\"citation\": \"Fla. Stat. 489.117 (Registration - local competency, no state examination, jurisdictional scope limit)\", \"url\": \"https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/0489.117\"}, {\"citation\": \"Fla. Stat. 489.119 (Business organizations; qualifying agent)\", \"url\": \"https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/0489.119\"}, {\"citation\": \"Fla. Admin. Code R. 61G4-12.009 (Fees)\", \"url\": \"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleNo.asp?id=61G4-12.009\"}, {\"citation\": \"Fla. Admin. Code R. 61G4-15.001 (Qualification for Certification - commercial experience definitions; general contractor four-story requirement)\", \"url\": \"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleNo.asp?id=61G4-15.001\"}, {\"citation\": \"Fla. Admin. Code R. 61G4-15.003 (Public Liability Insurance - aggregate amounts by category)\", \"url\": \"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleNo.asp?id=61G4-15.003\"}, {\"citation\": \"Fla. Admin. Code R. 61G4-15.006 (Financial Responsibility and Financial Stability - FICO 660) - amended 5-5-24\", \"url\": \"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleNo.asp?id=61G4-15.006\"}]",
   "last_verified": "2026-08-05",
   "source_urls": "[{\"label\": \"DBPR Construction Industry (CILB) home page - board identity, certified vs registered definitions, CG/RG-CB/RB-CR/RR occupation codes, license-type scopes, renewal dates, CE + renewal-fee table\", \"url\": \"https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/construction-industry/\"}, {\"label\": \"DBPR CILB FAQs - exam administration, Division I/II, NASCLA endorsement route, out-of-state 10-year route, trade-knowledge exemption, subcontractor exemption, glass and glazing carve-out\", \"url\": \"https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/construction-industry/faqs/\"}, {\"label\": \"DBPR CILB 1 Examination Registration Information Package (rev. 2026 May 12) - Division I three-part exam composition and durations, open-book format, four-year window, live per-part exam fees\", \"url\": \"https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/servop/testing/documents/exam_applic_pack.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"DBPR live renewal notice, Certified Contractors - Current Status - the ACTUAL charged renewal fees ($205 / $255 with qualified business; $55 inactive; late $230 / $280 / $80; reactivation $305 / $330) and the 14-hour CE requirement\", \"url\": \"https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/pro/cilb/documents/CC_Insert_Current.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"DBPR application checklist - Certified General Contractor as an Individual, Active (CILB 5-A) - 18-year age minimum, credit report/FICO requirement, insurance, workers' compensation within 30 days, LiveScan background check\", \"url\": \"https://www.myfloridalicense.com/CheckListDetail.asp?SID=&xactCode=1042&clientCode=0605&XACT_DEFN_ID=18296\"}, {\"label\": \"Fla. Stat. 489.103 (full text, Florida Legislature) - every exemption quoted, including the $75,000 owner-builder commercial cap and the $2,500 minor-work threshold\", \"url\": \"http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0400-0499/0489/Sections/0489.103.html\"}, {\"label\": \"Fla. Stat. 489.111 (full text, Florida Legislature) - verbatim education and experience criteria in subsection (2)(c)\", \"url\": \"http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0400-0499/0489/Sections/0489.111.html\"}, {\"label\": \"Fla. Stat. 489.117 - registration requirements, \\\"An examination is not required for registration\\\", jurisdictional scope limit\", \"url\": \"https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/0489.117\"}, {\"label\": \"DBPR Licensing Portal license search - the state verification portal\", \"url\": \"https://www.myfloridalicense.com/wl11.asp?mode=0&SID=\"}, {\"label\": \"DBPR CILB Hot Topics / Important Information - cementitious cladding CE enforcement dates (registered 8/31/2027, certified 8/31/2028); SB 290 (signed 23 March 2026, effective 1 July 2026)\", \"url\": \"https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/construction-industry/hot-topics/\"}, {\"label\": \"DBPR live application fee notice - Certified General Contractor as an Individual, Active (CILB 5-A): $245, or $145 after 31 August 2027\", \"url\": \"https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/pro/forms/feepops/0605_1030.html\"}, {\"label\": \"DBPR live application fee notice - Certified Building Contractor as an Individual, Active (CILB 5-B): $245, or $145 after 31 August 2027\", \"url\": \"https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/pro/forms/feepops/0602_1030.html\"}, {\"label\": \"DBPR live application fee notice - Certified Residential Contractor as an Individual, Active (CILB 5-C): $245, or $145 after 31 August 2027\", \"url\": \"https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/pro/forms/feepops/0608_1030.html\"}, {\"label\": \"DBPR live application fee notice - Registered General Contractor as an Individual, Active (CILB 2): $305, or $205 after 31 August 2026\", \"url\": \"https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/pro/forms/feepops/0614_1030.html\"}, {\"label\": \"Fla. Stat. 455.2281 (Florida Senate) - the $5 unlicensed-activity fee that reconciles every code figure with every live DBPR charge\", \"url\": \"https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/455.2281\"}, {\"label\": \"Fla. Stat. 489.113 (Florida Senate) - degree exemption (business and finance only), subcontractor exemption incl. the local-ordinance caveat, and the mandatory-subcontracting rule in (3)\", \"url\": \"https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/0489.113\"}, {\"label\": \"Fla. Admin. Code R. 61G4-15.001 (flrules.org) - verbatim rule text incl. the (2)(b) parenthetical exempting s. 489.111(2)(c)4.b./c. upgraders from the four-story proof\", \"url\": \"https://www.flrules.org/gateway/ruleNo.asp?id=61G4-15.001\"}]",
   "page_url": "https://licensingatlas.com/contractor/fl-contractor/"
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   "page_id": "la-contractor",
   "state": "Louisiana",
   "occupation": "General Contractor",
   "cluster": "contractor",
   "credential_holder": "business",
   "licensing_level": "state",
   "board_name": "Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors (LSLBC)",
   "board_url": "https://lslbc.gov/",
   "application_url": "https://arlspublic.lslbc.louisiana.gov/LSLBCApplication",
   "renewal_cycle": "Licenses and renewals expire on the anniversary of the date the license was originally issued. On renewal the licensee elects a one-, two-, or three-year term, not to exceed three years (R.S. 37:2156(H)(1)). The same provision adds a limit whose reach LSLBC does not spell out: 'Licenses dependent on insurance requirements or certifications shall not be eligible for multiple-year renewal' (R.S. 37:2156(H)(1)). The board publishes no list of which license types that captures, and its own 'Renew Your License' page states the election without qualification - 'You can choose to renew for a one-, two- or three-year period on the online renewal form.' No LSLBC source - the statute, LAC 46:XXIX, the renewal page, the FAQ or the checklist - says which licenses are excluded. A license cannot be renewed until 60 days prior to expiration. After expiration there is a 15-day window to file without penalty; after that a delinquent fee not exceeding $50 applies. A license not renewed within one year of expiration is no longer eligible for renewal and a new application is required. R.S. 37:2156(K)(1) also assesses an additional $100 per year on each contractor license renewal, dedicated to accredited Louisiana public university or community college schools of construction management or construction technology - but it is declinable: the same paragraph requires that 'The board shall include on each license renewal form issued to a contractor an optional election whereby the contractor may choose to not participate in the remission of the additional one-hundred-dollar dedication fee.' Residential, home improvement and mold licensees in good standing for at least one consecutive year may apply for inactive status.",
   "ce_hours": "Residential building contractors: a minimum of six (6) hours of continuing education annually from a board-approved provider. LSLBC: if the residential building contractor also holds a valid, current commercial license in Building Construction; Highway, Street and Bridge Construction; Heavy Construction; or Municipal and Public Works Construction, the six-hour requirement is considered met. The contractor must keep the certificate of completion for five years. LSLBC states plainly: 'There are no continuing education requirements for commercial, mold, or home improvement contractors/registrants.' Separately, water well and environmental well contractors must complete five hours annually (effective July 1, 2026).",
   "exam": "Two components. (1) Louisiana Business and Law - required of the qualifying party for every license type; a 50-question test taken from the LSLBC Contractor Licensing Portal, approximately 30-45 minutes, passing score 70 or above. (2) Trade exam per classification - administered by PSI since August 5, 2025. Some classifications are satisfied by a Credential in lieu of a trade exam (Mold Remediation = 24 hours of board-approved training; Asbestos, Lead Based Paint and Underground Storage Tanks = LDEQ credentialing; Plumbing = Louisiana State Plumbing Board certificate; Water Well Drilling and Environmental Wells = Louisiana Department of Natural Resources licensure). The governing default is LAC 46:XXIX.301(E): 'All classifications require a written examination, a credential or license from another regulatory body, or both, unless otherwise noted.' Four entries on the board's classification list carry no exam and no credential: Home Improvement (code N/A, 'No trade exam'), Labor Only (L.1, 'No Trade Exam'), Telecommunications, Low Voltage (code 5.2, 'No Trade Exam' - a subclassification of Electrical, for which the board states 'All low voltage electrical applications. No examination or credential is required. A license is required when the value exceeds $10,000') and the specialty Limited Specialty Services (code S, 'No Trade Exam'). 'Specialty' as a whole does not mean exam-free - of the 16 entries under 'Specialties', S.1 through S.13 are each marked 'Trade Exam', and since the board updated its list in 2026 so are S.14 Water Well Drilling and S.17 Environmental Wells (re-marked from 'Credential' after La. R.S. 37:2156.5(B) took effect July 1, 2026; both still require Louisiana Department of Natural Resources licensure), so 15 of the 16 require an exam. Nor is 'Specialty Classification' undefined: it is defined at LAC 46:XXIX.301(D) and again on the Exams/Classifications page. Hazardous Materials (major classification 8) is marked 'Trade Exam, Credential' - both are required, not one instead of the other (its subclassifications split: 8.1 Asbestos Credential, 8.2 Hazardous Waste Trade Exam, 8.3 Lead Based Paint Credential, 8.4 Underground Storage Tanks Credential). Trade exams need not be retaken on renewal if the same qualifier and classifications carry over. R.S. 37:2156.1(E)(4): the board must exempt from testing for a residential construction license any person holding a board-issued building construction license.",
   "fees": "Statutory maximums (R.S. 37:2156(C)) - examination $50.00; license $100.00; renewal $100.00; delinquent $50.00; Home Improvement $50.00. These are caps, not charges: LAC 46:XXIX.131 states only that 'The annual fee for licenses for the following year may be set by the board at its July meeting each year' - no dollar figure is published in the rule. Amounts actually charged, from LSLBC's live forms - each form's own revision stamp is given because the board does not publish a consolidated fee schedule: 'Adding a Classification to an Existing License' (Revised 01/30/2026) charges a Classification Fee of $95.00 per classification per year, a Processing Fee of $40.00 per classification, a Business and Law Fee of $150.00, and an Exam Research/Waiver Fee of $150.00 'In instances where no trade exam is required due to reciprocity, previously passed exam, or other reasons'; 'Adding a Qualifying Party to an Existing License' (Revised 01/30/2026) charges the same $150.00 Business and Law Fee; the 'Name and/or Structure Change' form (Revised 07/15/2026) charges $100.00 'for Commercial, Residential, Mold and Home Improvement'; the 'Application for Qualifying Party' form is stamped Revised 09/17/2025. Scope caveat: these are the fees for changing an existing license - the first form is headed '(To add a classification that is NOT currently listed on the license)' - and LSLBC was not found to publish the same schedule for an initial application. Payment convenience charges: $2.00 plus 2.5% of subtotal (card) or $2.00 plus $1.00 (e-check). Trade exam fees are collected directly by PSI. Out-of-state surcharge: up to $400 (R.S. 37:2156(D)). Fees are non-refundable. The total charged for an initial license application is not published by LSLBC outside its online application: LAC 46:XXIX.131 states only that 'The annual fee for licenses for the following year may be set by the board at its July meeting each year', R.S. 37:2156(C) publishes only caps, and the per-item amounts above come from forms that govern changes to an existing license.",
   "legal_basis": "[{\"citation\": \"La. R.S. 37:2150.1 - Definitions (commercial, contractor, general contractor, home improvement, qualifying party, residential contractor, residential roofing, residential structure; project-value thresholds)\", \"url\": \"https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=93567\"}, {\"citation\": \"La. R.S. 37:2156 - Applications; licenses; fees; renewals (fee caps, out-of-state surcharge, 1/2/3-year renewal terms, delinquency)\", \"url\": \"https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=93573\"}, {\"citation\": \"La. R.S. 37:2156.1 - Requirements for issuance of a license (major classifications, citizenship, financial statement and net worth, background investigation, qualifying party, insurance, inactive status)\", \"url\": \"https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=93574\"}, {\"citation\": \"La. R.S. 37:2157 - Exemptions\", \"url\": \"https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=93576\"}, {\"citation\": \"La. R.S. Title 37 Chapter 24 together with LAC 46:XXIX - LSLBC 'Contractors Licensing Law / Rules & Regulations', the board's own compilation, effective August 1, 2026 (current version)\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/wp-content/uploads/blue_book_08012026_final.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Act 757 of 2026 and Act 481 of 2026 - residential roofing, liability insurance, water well and environmental well work (as noticed by LSLBC)\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/wp-content/uploads/LSLBC_Memorandum_Statutory_Changes_July_13_2026_REVISED.pdf\"}]",
   "last_verified": "2026-09-02",
   "source_urls": "[{\"label\": \"LSLBC 'Types of Licenses' - the four basic license types and their monetary thresholds; source of the $50,000 / $10,000 / $1 / $7,500 figures and the 'two dwelling units' commercial definition\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/types-of-licenses/\"}, {\"label\": \"LSLBC 'Contractors Licensing Law / Rules & Regulations' effective Aug 1, 2026 (current version) - statute text plus LAC 46:XXIX; source of fee caps, net worth, $500,000 insurance, exemptions, renewal terms, and the conflicting $75,000 thresholds\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/wp-content/uploads/blue_book_08012026_final.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"LSLBC memorandum, July 13, 2026 (REVISED) - statutory changes to residential roofing, liability insurance ($500,000, eff. Aug 1 2026) and water well work (eff. July 1 2026)\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/wp-content/uploads/LSLBC_Memorandum_Statutory_Changes_July_13_2026_REVISED.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"LSLBC 'Checklist of Items Required for Initial License' - required documents, qualifying party eligibility, insurance amounts as still published ($100,000 / $50,000)\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/checklist-of-items-required-for-initial-license-and-to-maintain-license/\"}, {\"label\": \"LSLBC 'Exams/Classifications' - full classification list with Trade Exam / Credential / no-exam requirement per classification\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/exams-classifications/\"}, {\"label\": \"LSLBC 'Continuing Education' - 6 hours annually for residential building contractors, the commercial-classification waiver, and 'no continuing education requirements for commercial, mold, or home improvement'\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/continuing-education/\"}, {\"label\": \"LSLBC 'Renew Your License' - 60/15-day notices, 1/2/3-year renewal election, one-year cutoff\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/renew-your-license/\"}, {\"label\": \"LSLBC FAQ - commercial $50,000 and home improvement $7,500-$50,000 thresholds, qualifying party definition, insurance amounts and the renewal-time insurance@lacontractor.org address, Building Construction exemption from Home Improvement Registration, and the superseded R.S. 37:2161 quote carrying 'seventy-five thousand dollars' for residential construction management\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/faq/\"}, {\"label\": \"LSLBC 'Adding a Classification to an Existing License' form (the form is stamped 'Revised 01/30/2026'; '2025/07' in the URL is the board's WordPress upload folder, not a revision date) - LIVE charged fees for adding to an EXISTING license: $95.00 classification fee per year, $40.00 processing, $150.00 Business and Law, $150.00 exam research/waiver\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Adding-a-Classification-to-an-Existing-License-1.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"LSLBC brochure 'Licensing Requirements for Contractors in Louisiana' (carries no internal revision date; posted under the board's 2025/06 upload folder) - the conflicting 'four dwelling units' commercial definition and the superseded $100,000/$50,000 insurance amounts\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Licensing-Requirements-for-Contractors-in-Louisiana.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"LSLBC examination reciprocity letter, Oct 23, 2024 - current reciprocity policy\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2024-Reciprocity-Change.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"Louisiana State Legislature - R.S. 37:2157 exemptions (shows 19 paragraphs incl. the building-construction home-improvement exemption absent from the board's compilation)\", \"url\": \"https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=93576\"}, {\"label\": \"LSLBC 'What Happens After I Apply' - the Louisiana Business and Law specification: 'This 50-question test takes approximately 30-45 minutes to complete, and you must score a 70 or above to pass'\", \"url\": \"https://lslbc.gov/what-happens-after-i-apply/\"}]",
   "page_url": "https://licensingatlas.com/contractor/la-contractor/"
  },
  {
   "page_id": "ms-contractor",
   "state": "Mississippi",
   "occupation": "General Contractor",
   "cluster": "contractor",
   "credential_holder": "business",
   "licensing_level": "state",
   "board_name": "Mississippi State Board of Contractors (MSBOC)",
   "board_url": "https://www.msboc.us/",
   "application_url": "https://www.msboc.us/forms/",
   "renewal_cycle": "Annual. Commercial: all original certificates of responsibility expire one (1) year from the date of issuance (Miss. Code Ann. 31-3-13(a)). Residential: the license expires on the last day of the twelfth month following its issuance or renewal (73-59-3(5)). MSBOC's Renew Your License page states: 'Beginning in 2026 MSBOC will rely solely on email to send annual renewal notices to current licensees approximately 60 days before the expiration date listed on the certificate of licensure... It is the responsibility of the license holder to renew a license annually and to notify MSBOC of any change in address.' That is board practice, not the statutory floor: 73-59-3(5) provides only that the board may notify the licensee by mail or e-mail within thirty (30) days prior to expiration. A commercial or residential license may be renewed late for up to 180 days after the expiration date; a license expired more than 180 days cannot be renewed and requires a new application.",
   "ce_hours": "Residential licenses only: two (2) credit hours of continuing education per year, per qualifying party, taught by a board-approved provider, required to maintain a residential license (Miss. Code Ann. 73-59-11; Residential Rule 1.4(4)). One CE credit equals a 50-minute credit hour. The requirement applies to all residential licenses issued on or after July 1, 2015; a residential builder or remodeler who held a valid license before July 1, 2015 is exempt, and the statute caps the requirement at no more than two hours per year. CE is not required while the license is on inactive status. Proof of each qualifier's 2 hours must accompany the residential renewal. MSBOC publishes NO continuing-education requirement for commercial certificates of responsibility.",
   "exam": "Every applicant - commercial and residential - must pass the Mississippi Law and Business Management exam. A trade exam is additionally required for most classifications (MSBOC: 'some specialty classifications do not require a trade exam, but all applicants are required to take the Mississippi Law and Business Management exam'). All exams are administered by PSI and are open book. MSBOC mails a PSI Candidate Information Bulletin after the application is received; the candidate cannot schedule until MSBOC notifies PSI of eligibility. The passing score is at least 70% (Rule 1.1(9)). An oral examination may be administered to an applicant unable to take a written exam. Alternatives: a general building contractor may take the NASCLA Accredited Examination for Commercial General Building instead of the Mississippi Building Construction exam, and a Master Electrical contractor may take the NASCLA Accredited Electrical Examination instead of the Mississippi Master Electrical exam.",
   "fees": "MSBOC Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2016: Commercial Application $400.00; Commercial License Renewal $400.00; Commercial Renewal Late Fee $50.00; Commercial Additional Classification $100.00; Commercial Name Change $50.00; Reciprocity/Verification of License $25.00; Residential Application $50.00; Residential License Renewal $100.00; Residential Renewal Late Fee $10.00; Request to transfer to Inactive status $25.00; Request to transfer to Active status $25.00; Request for Waiver of Exam $50.00; Request for Change in Qualifying Party $25.00; Duplicate License Fee $50.00 (each); Returned Check Fee $40.00. The live renewal forms - neither of which prints a revision date; '2026/04' is MSBOC's WordPress upload folder, not a revision - charge $400 commercial ($450 if already expired) and $100 residential ($110 if already expired), matching the posted schedule plus its late fees. Commercial fees - what to pay is $400, and one filed rule prints a lower schedule. The Mississippi Secretary of State is the official registrar for the rules of all state agencies and the publisher of the Mississippi Administrative Code. Its register lists three parts for this board and records Part 802 'Commercial Construction' and Part 803 'Residential Builders and Remodelers' as both last amended 12/6/2021, with an effective date of 9/8/2011. Both filed parts carry a 'Rule 3.4 Fee Schedule' of twenty-two lines, and the two filed tables differ on three of those lines - all three commercial. (1) The filed Part 802, Part 802 Chapter 3, Rule 3.4 states 'Commercial Application (1 classification) $200.00*', 'Commercial License - Additional Classification $50.00**' and 'Commercial License Renewal $200.00*'. (2) The filed Part 803, Part 803 Chapter 3, Rule 3.4 states 'Commercial Application (1 classification) $400.00*', 'Commercial License - Additional Classification $100.00**' and 'Commercial License Renewal $400.00*'. Neither filed part prints any legend explaining the * and ** marks on those lines. The filed part 802 also contradicts itself: its own Rule 1.1(2)(g) directs that 'A check in the amount of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) made payable to the State Board of Contractors should accompany the application', while its Rule 3.4 table prices that same application at $200.00. The filed Part 803 has no equivalent internal conflict - its Rule 1.1(1)(h) sets 'A check in the amount of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), representing the initial license fee' and 'A check in the amount of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) ... shall accompany all requests for renewal of licenses', matching its own table's residential lines. Each filed amendment names the rule it changed: the Part 802 filing is captioned 'Amendment to Rules and Regulations -Commercial Contractors -30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 802, R. 1.2(9).', and the Part 803 filing is captioned 'Amendment to Rules and Regulations-Residential Builders and Remodelers-30 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 803, R. 1.4 & 3.4'. No document states which fee table governs, and neither is treated here as superseded. MSBOC separately republishes Rule 3.4 inside its own two rule compilations, and those republished tables do not both match the filed text. The commercial compilation ('MS Commercial Laws and Rules Revised 2022') prints Commercial Application $400.00 and Commercial License - Additional Classification $100.00 - the posted 2016 amounts - but Commercial License Renewal $200.00, so it matches the filed Part 802 on the renewal line only. The residential compilation ('MS Residential Laws and Rules Revised 2022') prints $400.00 / $100.00 / $400.00, reproducing the filed Part 803 on all three. Between MSBOC's two compilations the renewal line is the only one of twenty-two that differs. MSBOC's posted Fee Schedule PDF, captioned 'FEE SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2016', states Commercial Application $400.00, Commercial License - Additional Classification $100.00 and Commercial License Renewal $400.00. MSBOC's live Commercial License Renewal Form instructs the licensee to mail 'a check or money order made payable to MSBOC in the amount of $400 before the expiration date indicated on your license... If your license has expired, the fee is $450.' The $200.00 renewal figure therefore appears in exactly two documents - the filed Part 802 and MSBOC's commercial compilation - while the filed Part 803, the residential compilation, the posted schedule and the live renewal form all state $400, and $400 is what the live form directs a renewing licensee to pay. Statutory components, for reference: Miss. Code Ann. 31-3-17 levies a $200 special privilege license tax (payable on renewal as well as application - 31-3-13(a) provides that 'Application for renewal of certificates of responsibility, together with the payment of a special privilege license tax as provided under this chapter, shall serve to extend the current certificate') and authorises 'an additional special privilege license tax not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each additional classification'; and 31-3-14(1) adds a separate fee 'equal to Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) at the time of application or renewal of certificates of responsibility' for the Construction Education Fund, from which residential builders licensed under 73-59-1 et seq. are exempt. $200 + $200 = $400. Both filed Rule 3.4 printings also list a 'Request for Oral Examination $50.00' line that the posted schedule omits; apart from that line and the three commercial lines above, every fee in these documents agrees. Residential statutory fee: 73-59-3(4) sets the initial license fee at $50.00 and caps any board-set fee at $100.00.",
   "legal_basis": "[{\"citation\": \"Miss. Code Ann. 31-3-1 (Definitions; 'contractor'; $50,000 commercial threshold and all statutory exclusions)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/COMMERCIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Code Ann. 31-3-13 (Board powers; certificate expires one year from issuance)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/COMMERCIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Code Ann. 31-3-15 (Certificate of responsibility required; contract awarded in violation is null and void)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/COMMERCIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Code Ann. 31-3-17 ($200 special privilege license tax; up to $100 per additional classification)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/COMMERCIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 802, Rule 1.1 (Application - net worth, insurance, qualifying party, 70% passing score, classifications)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/COMMERCIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 802 Chapter 3, Rule 3.4 (Fee Schedule as republished in MSBOC's commercial rule compilation - states Commercial Application $400.00, Additional Classification $100.00 and Commercial License Renewal $200.00)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/COMMERCIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Code Ann. 73-59-1 (Definitions: residential builder over $50,000; remodeler over $10,000; construction manager; residential solar contractor)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RESIDENTIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022-WEBSITE-VERSION.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Code Ann. 73-59-3 (Who must be licensed, including trade subcontractors regardless of dollar amount; $50 initial fee capped at $100; 12-month expiration)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RESIDENTIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022-WEBSITE-VERSION.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Code Ann. 73-59-11(g) (Continuing education authority; pre-July 1 2015 licensees exempt; max two hours per year)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RESIDENTIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022-WEBSITE-VERSION.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Code Ann. 73-59-15 (Persons and matters exempt - owner-builder, family, agricultural, two-residences-per-year)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RESIDENTIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022-WEBSITE-VERSION.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Code Ann. 73-59-19 (Residential builder may do commercial work not exceeding 7,500 square feet)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RESIDENTIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022-WEBSITE-VERSION.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 803 Chapter 3, Rule 3.4 (Fee Schedule as republished in MSBOC's residential rule compilation - states Commercial Application $400.00, Additional Classification $100.00 and Commercial License Renewal $400.00, agreeing with the posted schedule and the live renewal form)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RESIDENTIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022-WEBSITE-VERSION.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Code Ann. 31-3-14 ($200 Construction Education Fund fee due 'at the time of application or renewal of certificates of responsibility'; residential builders licensed under 73-59-1 et seq. exempt)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/COMMERCIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Code Ann. 73-59-18 (Department of Revenue permit under 27-65-27 to obtain a building permit; section does not apply to a residential contractor with a permanent place of business in Mississippi or licensed under 31-3-1)\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RESIDENTIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022-WEBSITE-VERSION.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 802 (Commercial Construction) as filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State, the official registrar - last amended 12/6/2021, effective 9/8/2011; captioned an amendment to Pt. 802, R. 1.2(9); contains Rule 1.1(2)(g) requiring a $400.00 check with the application and a Rule 3.4 Fee Schedule stating Commercial Application $200.00, Additional Classification $50.00 and Commercial License Renewal $200.00\", \"url\": \"https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACCode/00000104c.pdf\"}, {\"citation\": \"Miss. Admin. Code Title 30, Part 803 (Residential Builders and Remodelers) as filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State, the official registrar - last amended 12/6/2021, effective 9/8/2011; captioned an amendment to Pt. 803, R. 1.4 & 3.4; contains Rule 1.4 Continuing Education and a Rule 3.4 Fee Schedule stating Commercial Application $400.00, Additional Classification $100.00 and Commercial License Renewal $400.00\", \"url\": \"https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACCode/00000105c.pdf\"}]",
   "last_verified": "2026-08-05",
   "source_urls": "[{\"label\": \"MSBOC 'Apply For A License' - three-step process, $400 commercial / $50 residential application fees, qualifying party definition, net worth and insurance minimums, residential classification list\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/contractors/licenses/\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC Forms page - all live application, renewal, additional-classification and reciprocity forms, plus the Schedule of Fees link\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/forms/\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2016 (PDF) - the board's posted fee table; Commercial License Renewal $400\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Fee-Schedule-Effective-1-1-16-accessible.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC Commercial Application (PDF, prints 'Revised 2/2026') - $400 fee incl. one classification +$100 each additional, net worth $50,000 major / $20,000 specialty, $300,000/$600,000 general liability, 3 reference letters, NICET Level III for fire sprinkler\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/COMMERCIAL_APPLICATION_fixed5.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC Residential Application (PDF, Rev. 2/2026) - $50 fee incl. one trade classification +$100 each additional, residential classification checkboxes and required exams, reciprocity board list\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/RESIDENTIAL-APPLICATION-updated-4-2026.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC Commercial License Renewal Form (PDF, no revision date printed on the form) - LIVE renewal fee $400, $450 if expired\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Commercial-License-Renewal-Form.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC Residential License Renewal Form (PDF, no revision date printed on the form) - LIVE renewal fee $100, $110 if expired, proof of each qualifier's 2 hours of CE\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Residential-License-Renewal-Form.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC Classifications page - definitions and scope of every major, specialty, stand-alone and residential classification, and which require a test\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/classifications/\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC FAQs - FAQ #1 who needs a license and every dollar threshold; #4 insurance; #7 exams and NASCLA; #8 qualifying party; #17 residential builder 7,500 sq ft commercial authority\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/general-info/frequently-asked-questions/\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC Testing page - PSI administers all exams, open book, Law & Business Management required of all, NASCLA alternatives\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/general-info/testing/\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC Continuing Education page - 2 credit hours per qualifying party for residential licenses issued on or after July 1, 2015\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/contractors/continuing-education/\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC Reciprocity page - per-state waiver scope and conditions, Louisiana agreement ended but exam scores still recognised\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/contractors/reciprocity/\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC 'MS Commercial Laws and Rules Revised 2022' (PDF) - Miss. Code Ann. Title 31 Ch. 3 in full plus Miss. Admin. Code Title 30 Part 802 rules including Rule 3.4 Fee Schedule\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/COMMERCIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC 'MS Residential Laws and Rules Revised 2022' (PDF) - Miss. Code Ann. Title 73 Ch. 59 in full plus Miss. Admin. Code Title 30 Part 803, including CE Rule 1.4 and the Part 803 ch. 3 Rule 3.4 Fee Schedule that states Commercial License Renewal $400.00\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RESIDENTIAL-LAWS-AND-RULES-REVISED-2022-WEBSITE-VERSION.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC Consolidated Search - the board's public license verification portal\", \"url\": \"https://search.msboc.us/ConsolidatedSearch.cfm\"}, {\"label\": \"MSBOC 'Renew Your License' (maintaining a license) - 'Beginning in 2026 MSBOC will rely solely on email to send annual renewal notices to current licensees approximately 60 days before the expiration date'; the 180-day late-renewal window and the new-application requirement past 180 days\", \"url\": \"https://www.msboc.us/contractors/maintaining-a-license/\"}, {\"label\": \"Mississippi Secretary of State - Miss. Admin. Code Title 30 Part 802 (Commercial Construction) as filed with the official registrar; last amended 12/6/2021. Rule 1.1(2)(g) $400.00 application check; Rule 3.4 Fee Schedule $200.00 / $50.00 / $200.00 on the three commercial lines\", \"url\": \"https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACCode/00000104c.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"Mississippi Secretary of State - Miss. Admin. Code Title 30 Part 803 (Residential Builders and Remodelers) as filed with the official registrar; last amended 12/6/2021. Rule 1.4 Continuing Education; Rule 3.4 Fee Schedule $400.00 / $100.00 / $400.00 on the three commercial lines\", \"url\": \"https://www.sos.ms.gov/adminsearch/ACCode/00000105c.pdf\"}]",
   "page_url": "https://licensingatlas.com/contractor/ms-contractor/"
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   "page_id": "nv-contractor",
   "state": "Nevada",
   "occupation": "General Contractor",
   "cluster": "contractor",
   "credential_holder": "business",
   "licensing_level": "state",
   "board_name": "Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB)",
   "board_url": "https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/",
   "application_url": "https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/New-License-Application.pdf",
   "renewal_cycle": "Two years. NRS 624.283(1), currently-operative version, headed \"[Effective through December 31, 2029.]\": \"Except as otherwise provided in NRS 624.242 and 624.243, each license issued under the provisions of this chapter expires 2 years after the date on which it is issued, except that the Board may by regulation prescribe shorter or longer periods and prorated fees to establish a system of staggered biennial renewals. Any license which is not renewed on or before the date for renewal is automatically suspended.\" The opening carve-out is operative, not boilerplate: NRS 624.242 (license by endorsement for attainable-housing projects in a rural area) and NRS 624.243 (provisional license during a declared shortage) each provide that the license \"expires on December 31, 2029\" instead of two years after issuance, and the Board's Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026) repeats \"This license expires on December 31, 2029.\" A second version of the same subsection is published alongside it and is not yet in force: NRS 624.283(1) \"[Effective January 1, 2030.]\" drops the carve-out and begins \"Each license issued under the provisions of this chapter expires 2 years after the date on which it is issued, except that the Board may by regulation prescribe shorter or longer periods...\". Six sections of NRS chapter 624 - 624.240, 624.250, 624.253, 624.265, 624.281 and 624.283 - currently exist in paired \"[Effective through December 31, 2029]\" / \"[Effective January 1, 2030]\" versions, so each has to be read with its effective-date heading in mind. The NSCB FAQ states the term more specifically: \"A contractor's license is initially issued for a two-year period. It will expire two years from the last day of the month in which it was issued.\" Renewal contents, NRS 624.283(2): an application for renewal; the fee for renewal fixed by the Board; \"[a]ny assessment required pursuant to NRS 624.470 if the holder of the license is a residential contractor as defined in NRS 624.450\" - the Residential Recovery Fund assessment, see fees; and all information required to complete the renewal. A suspended license may be reinstated by filing for renewal within 6 months of suspension plus a reinstatement fee if otherwise in good standing; \"A license which is not reinstated within 6 months after it is automatically suspended may be cancelled by the Board, and a new license may be issued only upon application for an original contractor's license.\" While a declaration of shortage under NRS 624.243 is in effect, NRS 624.283(7) bars the Board from charging any fee for renewal or reinstatement to an applicant in a rural area (see fees).",
   "ce_hours": "None. Neither NRS chapter 624 nor NAC chapter 624 imposes any continuing education requirement for renewal - neither chapter as published on 2026-08-05 contains a \"continuing education\" provision, and the Board's renewal requirements (NRS 624.283(2)) list only the renewal application, fee, any residential-contractor assessment and completion information. The only education provisions are the Commission on Construction Education grant program and the Board's authority to order remedial education as a disciplinary measure. Separately, a B-7 restricted license applicant must complete \"a business counseling or similar class\" within one year prior to applying - a pre-licensure, not a continuing-education, requirement.",
   "exam": "Two examinations for a contractor's license that is not a restricted license: a general Business and Law examination (the \"CMS\" exam) and a trade examination specific to the classification applied for. Board's New License Application (rev. 03/2026), Section 8: \"A Business and Law (CMS) and trade examination will be required. The trade exam will be specific to the classification requested.\" A B-7 restricted license is different - the Board's restricted-license checklist requires the CMS exam and lists no trade exam (see the B-7 Restricted row), consistent with NRS 624.244(4): \"Except for the provisions of NRS 624.268 and except as otherwise provided by the regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to subsection 7, the provisions of NRS 624.240 to 624.288, inclusive, that apply to a contractor's license that is not a restricted license do not apply to a restricted license issued pursuant to this section.\" Exams are administered by PSI (board listing 1-855-205-5827; PSI online store 1-866-589-3088). The CMS exam is open book (the Construction Business and Law Manual for Nevada is allowed); trade exams are closed book except for permitted code references. \"Examinations are offered seven (7) days a week in the Las Vegas area. In the Reno area, exams are given every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Exams are also offered in the Elko are[a] on a limited schedule.\" \"Exams may also be taken at various PSI owned testing facilities in other states.\" \"You are allowed three attempts to pass the exam. If an exam is failed on the third attempt, the application becomes void. You can reapply after a thirty (30) day waiting period.\" Trade-exam waivers: (a) service as a qualified employee on a Nevada license in the same classification - the board publishes two different windows for this waiver and both sources are live, so both are carried rather than harmonised. New License Application (rev. 03/2026), Section 8: \"Current/Recent Nevada Qualified Employee: If you have served as a qualified employee on a license in the State of Nevada in the same classification requested in good standing within the last 10 years and your test scores are still on file with the NSCB.\" Board's License Examinations page: \"In most cases you will not be required to take an exam if you have actively served as a qualified employee, within the last four (4) years, on another license in the same classification. The Nevada State Contractors Board reserves the right to require any applicant to take and pass an examination.\" (b) licensure by endorsement in a state on the Board's State Equivalency Chart; (c) for full \"B\" or \"B-2\", passage of the NASCLA Accredited General Building Exam. In every case the form adds: \"The Board reserves the right to require an examination, and/or experience certifications of any applicant regardless of current or previous licensure.\"",
   "fees": "Application: $300.00, nonrefundable - Board's New License Application (Revised 03/2026): \"Include the nonrefundable application fee of $300.00 when submitting the completed application to the Board\"; NSCB FAQ #49: \"Currently, the application fee is $300.00\". License issuance/renewal: $600 - NAC 624.130, \"To issue or renew a license.....600\"; FAQ #49: \"the biennial license fee is $600.00\". Residential recovery fund assessment - mandatory, separate from the fees above, and not listed IN NAC 624.130. NRS 624.470(1): \"Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, in addition to the fee for a license required pursuant to NRS 624.280, a residential contractor shall pay to the Board an assessment not to exceed the following amount, if the monetary limit on the residential contractor's license is: Not more than $1,000,000 ... $200 per biennium / More than $1,000,000 but limited ... 500 per biennium / Unlimited ... 1,000 per biennium.\" It falls due before the license issues - NRS 624.250(4) [Effective through December 31, 2029]: \"before issuing a license to any applicant, the Board shall require the applicant to pay the license fee fixed by this chapter and, if applicable, any assessment required pursuant to NRS 624.470\" - and again at each renewal - NRS 624.283(2)(c): \"Any assessment required pursuant to NRS 624.470 if the holder of the license is a residential contractor as defined in NRS 624.450.\" NSCB FAQ #49: \"In addition to the above fee, if you are a residential contractor who will be providing 'Qualified Services' you must pay a Residential Recovery Fund Assessment... The current residential recovery fund assessment fee schedule is: For monetary limits up to $1,000,000 $200.00; For monetary limits over $1,000,000 but limited $500.00; For unlimited licenses $1,000.00. The fee is payable before the license is issued and every two years with renewal.\" Who owes it: \"residential contractor\" is defined at NRS 624.450 as \"a contractor who is licensed pursuant to this chapter and who contracts with the owner of a single-family residence to perform qualified services\", and \"qualified services\" at NRS 624.440 as \"any construction, remodeling, repair or improvement performed by a residential contractor on a single-family residence occupied by the owner of the residence\" - so the assessment is triggered by the work, not by the classification. The Board's New License Application (rev. 03/2026), Section 12, asks every applicant, including full A and AB applicants, \"Will you be acting as a 'residential contractor' performing 'qualified services' as defined in NRS 624.440 and NRS 624.450?\" and states \"WHO MUST REGISTER: Each residential contractor who will be providing 'Qualified Services' must register with the Fund.\" The step cannot be skipped - NSCB FAQ: \"Prior to issuance of a license, each applicant must either register with the Residential Recovery Fund and pay the assessed Residential Recovery Fund Fee or complete a certificate of exemption.\" A non-residential applicant instead files the Board's \"Certificate of Exemption from Residential Recovery Fund / Affidavit of Non-Residential Contractor\", certifying \"that the above named licensee will NOT be providing qualified services, as defined in NRS 624.440, and is not required to register with the Residential Recovery Fund as set forth in the provisions of NRS 624\"; the affidavit must be notarised. Two live board documents publish different assessment amounts and both are carried here rather than harmonised: (i) the FAQ schedule above - $200 / $500 / $1,000, i.e. exactly the statutory maximum; (ii) the Board's \"Residential Recovery Fund Assessment Information / Affidavit\" form (Revised 12/2021, linked from the Board's Forms and Applications page): \"1. If your license limit is $1,000,000 or less you are required to pay a biennial assessment of $80. 2. If your license limit is more than $1,000,000 but not unlimited you are required to pay a biennial assessment of $200. 3. If your license limit is 'Unlimited' you are required to pay a biennial assessment of $400.\" The statute supplies the mechanism by which a lower schedule can be lawful rather than erroneous: NRS 624.470(1) fixes its figures as a ceiling (\"an assessment not to exceed\"), and NRS 624.470(3) provides that \"The Board shall reduce the amount of the assessments collected pursuant to subsection 1 when the balance in the account reaches 150 percent of the largest balance in the account during the previous fiscal year.\" The Board publishes no statement of which of the two schedules is currently being collected, and the affidavit form is written around renewal (\"at time renewal\"; \"as part of the license renewal application\") while FAQ #49 answers for initial licensure - confirm the current amount with the Board. Budgeting consequence: on the FAQ schedule a residential applicant pays $300 + $600 + $200/$500/$1,000, i.e. $1,100 to $1,900 before the license will issue, not $900, and the assessment recurs every two years at renewal. Examination fees: \"Examination fees are separate and will be paid directly to the Board's exam provider\" - amount not published by the Board. Other fees set by NAC 624.130: inactive license issue/renew $300; late filing of renewal of an active license $150; late filing of renewal of an inactive license $75; application for a classification in which the applicant is not licensed $300; permanent increase or decrease of monetary limit $250; single-project monetary limit increase $75; change of qualified person or other principal $250; broaden a license $250; change of licensee name $250; administrative fee where a cash deposit is established $200; duplicate license $25; certificate of eligibility $500 (renewal $300); returned checks $25. Statutory caps (not the amounts charged) - NRS 624.280: application \"must not exceed $550\"; license \"must not exceed $900 biennially\"; examination \"must not exceed $300\". Expedited issuance - the doubled application fee is only the first of three components. NRS 624.281(1) [Effective through December 31, 2029]: an applicant wanting expedited issuance \"must pay a fee for an application equal to two times the amount of the fee regularly paid for an application pursuant to subsection 1 of NRS 624.280\"; 624.281(2): \"the applicant must pay one-half of the fee required pursuant to subsection 1 when submitting the application and the other one-half of the fee when the Board issues the license\"; 624.281(3): \"in addition to the fee required pursuant to subsection 1, the applicant shall reimburse the Board for the actual costs and expenses incurred by the Board in processing the application\" - an open-ended amount the Board does not publish in advance. Rural fee suspension - A declaration is in force, and where it reaches it displaces the figures above. While a declaration of shortage issued by the Director of the Department of Business and Industry under NRS 624.243 is in effect: NRS 624.250(2)(b) - \"If the Director of the Department of Business and Industry issues a declaration of shortage pursuant to NRS 624.243, the Board shall not charge any application fee in connection with obtaining or renewing any contractor's license in a rural area until the declaration of shortage is no longer in effect\"; NRS 624.250(4) - the same bar on \"any license fee to an applicant in a rural area\"; NRS 624.281(4) - the Board \"shall not charge an applicant in a rural area any fee pursuant to subsection 1 or for the costs and expenses incurred by the Board, as described in subsection 3\" (the expedited fee and its cost reimbursement); NRS 624.283(7) - no \"fee for renewal or reinstatement\" for an applicant in a rural area. \"Rural area\" is defined identically at NRS 624.242(10)(b) and NRS 624.243(11)(d): \"(1) Any county whose population is less than 100,000; (2) Any city in a county whose population is less than 100,000; or (3) Any city whose population is less than 60,000 in a county whose population is 100,000 or more.\" The declaration has been issued - Board's Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026) (Revised 07/2026): \"The Director of the Department of Business and Industry issued a Declaration of Shortage of Skilled Labor or Licensed Contractors in Rural Areas Of Nevada. The declaration recognizes the shortage of licensed contractors needed to support attainable housing development in rural Nevada. The declaration includes almost every county across the state with the exception of Clark County and Washoe County\", and that form's instructions state \"There is no fee required for this application or future renewal applications.\" Two distinct things, kept apart: the Board's rural form is the separate attainable-housing credential - license by endorsement under NRS 624.242 and provisional license under NRS 624.243 - which \"may only perform work relating to attainable housing in the area where a declared shortage is made\", carries its own no-fee rules (NRS 624.242(3) and 624.243(3): \"The Board shall not charge any fee\"), and expires December 31, 2029; the fee bars in NRS 624.250, 624.281 and 624.283 quoted above are written more broadly and reach \"any contractor's license in a rural area\". No Board page reconciles the two. Neither the Board's New License Application (rev. 03/2026) nor FAQ #49 qualifies its $300 / $600 figures with this suspension, so the headline numbers on this page are the un-suspended amounts and may not be what a rural-area applicant is charged while the declaration stands. Two further bars belong in the same list: NRS 624.253(2) — no additional application and license fee for qualifying or classifying a licensee in additional classifications in a rural area — and NRS 624.265(4) — no fingerprint-processing fee. In all, six sections carry a rural bar: 624.250(2)(b), 624.250(4), 624.253(2), 624.265(4), 624.281(4) and 624.283(7). The declaration itself is not published. Everything above about the declaration's existence, currency and county coverage rests on the Board's description of it in the Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026); the Director's declaration is not published on nvcontractorsboard.com, is absent from the NRS and the NAC, and carries no published issue date or expiry. The only outer bound is NRS 624.243(1): \"No declaration of shortage may be in effect for more than 3 years.\" The rural fee suspension therefore rests on the Board's form, not on the declaration itself.",
   "legal_basis": "[{\"citation\": \"NRS 624.031 - Applicability of chapter: Exemptions\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec031\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.215 - Contracting business (general engineering, general building, specialty branches)\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec215\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.220 - Contractors; monetary limit on license; regulations\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec220\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.260 - Applicant or licensee required to demonstrate experience, knowledge and financial responsibility\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec260\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.270 - Bond or deposit: Requirements; amount; conditions\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec270\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.280 - Regulations concerning fees; limitation on amount (statutory caps)\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec280\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.283 - License: Expiration; renewal; automatic suspension; reinstatement\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec283\"}, {\"citation\": \"NAC 624.130 - Fees (schedule the Board charges and collects)\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-624.html#NAC624Sec130\"}, {\"citation\": \"NAC 624.140 - Classification A: General engineering\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-624.html#NAC624Sec140\"}, {\"citation\": \"NAC 624.160 - Classification B: General building\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-624.html#NAC624Sec160\"}, {\"citation\": \"NAC 624.170 - Classification B: Subclassifications (B-1 through B-7)\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-624.html#NAC624Sec170\"}, {\"citation\": \"NAC 624.180 - Classification AB: General building and general engineering\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-624.html#NAC624Sec180\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.035 - County or municipality may impose additional requirements for contractor's license\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec035\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.242 - License by endorsement to perform work on certain housing projects (rural attainable housing; no fee; expires December 31, 2029)\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec242\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.243 - Provisional license during declaration of certain shortages by Director of Department of Business and Industry (definition of \\\"rural area\\\")\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec243\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.244 - Restricted license: Requirements; procedure for issuance (B-7 Restricted)\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec244\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.250 - Application for issuance or renewal of license: Contents; fees and assessments (fee due before issuance; rural fee suspension)\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec250\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.256 - Industrial insurance: proof required before original or renewal license\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec256\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.265 - Good character of applicant; background investigation; fingerprints\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec265\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.281 - Fee for license issued in expedited manner; reimbursement to Board for costs and expenses\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec281\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.440 - \\\"Qualified services\\\" defined (Residential Recovery Fund)\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec440\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.450 - \\\"Residential contractor\\\" defined (Residential Recovery Fund)\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec450\"}, {\"citation\": \"NRS 624.470 - Recovery Fund: establishment of account; collection of biennial assessment; reduction of assessment\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html#NRS624Sec470\"}]",
   "last_verified": "2026-08-05",
   "source_urls": "[{\"label\": \"NSCB License Classifications - classification A (A-1..A-25), B (B-1..B-7), AB and C structure\", \"url\": \"https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/licensing/license-classifications/\"}, {\"label\": \"NSCB License Requirements - 4-year experience rule, financial statement tiers, bond range $1,000-$500,000, monetary limit definition, \\\"The license belongs to the business and not the qualifying party\\\"\", \"url\": \"https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/licensing/license-requirements/\"}, {\"label\": \"NSCB License Examinations - CMS business/law exam plus trade exam, PSI, open/closed book, three-attempt limit, endorsement waiver\", \"url\": \"https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/licensing/license-examinations/\"}, {\"label\": \"NSCB FAQ (General Requirements) - application fee $300.00, biennial license fee $600.00, two-year term, bond range, license ownership\", \"url\": \"https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/licensing/faq-for-general-requirements/\"}, {\"label\": \"NSCB New License Application (revised 03/2026) - LIVE FORM: $300.00 nonrefundable application fee, B & B-2 minimum monetary limit $200,000.00, B-7 restricted maximum $7,000.00, financial statement tiers, NASCLA waiver, restricted-license checklist\", \"url\": \"https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/New-License-Application.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"NSCB Exemptions - board's republication of the NRS 624.031 exemption list including owner-builder and the $1,000 repair/maintenance threshold\", \"url\": \"https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/licensing/exemptions/\"}, {\"label\": \"NSCB Handyman Exemptions - board confirms the \\\"less than $1,000, including labor and materials\\\" threshold and its exceptions\", \"url\": \"https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/resources/handyman-exemptions/\"}, {\"label\": \"NRS chapter 624 full text - licensure branches, exemptions, monetary limit, experience, bond, fee caps, renewal\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NRS/NRS-624.html\"}, {\"label\": \"NAC chapter 624 full text - fee schedule, classification A/B/AB definitions and B subclassification scopes\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/NAC-624.html\"}, {\"label\": \"NSCB Forms and Applications - the Board's live index of current forms; source for the currently-published New License Application (06/2026 path, Revised 03/2026), the Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026) (Revised 07/2026) and the Residential Recovery Fund Assessment Information / Affidavit\", \"url\": \"https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/resources/forms-and-applications/\"}, {\"label\": \"NSCB Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026) (Revised 07/2026) - LIVE FORM: the Director's Declaration of Shortage is in effect and \\\"includes almost every county across the state with the exception of Clark County and Washoe County\\\"; \\\"There is no fee required for this application or future renewal applications\\\"; \\\"This license expires on December 31, 2029\\\"\", \"url\": \"https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Rural-Contractors-License-Application-07-2026.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"NSCB Residential Recovery Fund Assessment Information / Affidavit (Revised 12/2021) - LIVE FORM: biennial assessment schedule $80 / $200 / $400 by monetary limit, and the Certificate of Exemption / Affidavit of Non-Residential Contractor\", \"url\": \"https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Recovery-Fund-Affidavit_Renewal_Effective-1-1-15.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"Statutes of Nevada 2013, vol. 4 - NRS 624.031 at p.578 (ch. 169, AB 334): \\\"$1,000\\\" repair/maintenance threshold and the \\\"$500 or more\\\" larger-project trigger already printed together\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Statutes/77th2013/Stats201304.html\"}, {\"label\": \"Statutes of Nevada 2017, vol. 22 - NRS 624.031 at p.3963 (ch. 555, AB 359): same $1,000 / $500 pair carried forward\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Statutes/79th2017/Stats201722.html\"}, {\"label\": \"Statutes of Nevada 2025, vol. 1 - NRS 624.031 at p.134 (ch. 24, AB 258, \\\"AN ACT relating to real estate; requiring brokerage agreements to be in writing\\\"): the only change to NRS 624.031 was deleting \\\"written\\\" from subsection 12; $1,000 and $500 untouched\", \"url\": \"https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Statutes/83rd2025/Stats202501.html\"}]",
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  },
  {
   "page_id": "oh-contractor",
   "state": "Ohio",
   "occupation": "General Contractor",
   "cluster": "contractor",
   "credential_holder": "local-only",
   "licensing_level": "county/municipal/township",
   "board_name": "No Ohio state board licenses general contractors. General and residential contractors are regulated by local (city, county, township) building departments. The Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board (OCILB), in the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance, licenses only five commercial specialty trades - electrical, HVAC, hydronics, plumbing and refrigeration - and does not issue a general contractor license.",
   "board_url": "https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/industrial-compliance/boards/ohio-construction-industry-licensing-board",
   "application_url": "https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/industrial-compliance/boards/ohio-construction-industry-licensing-board/contractors-and-contracting-companies/contractors-contracting-companies",
   "renewal_cycle": "Not applicable to a state general contractor license (none exists); local registrations renew on locally set schedules. For OCILB trade licenses, two official sources describe different cycles and both are correct in their own scope: ORC 4740.06(H) states \"All licenses a contractor holds pursuant to this chapter shall expire annually on the same date, which shall be the expiration date of the original license the contractor holds\", with renewal filed not more than 90 calendar days before expiration; OAC 4101:16-1-08(C) allows licensees admitted to the Compliant Contractor Program to \"choose to renew their licenses on a triennial basis, rather than on an annual basis.\" The fee rule OAC 4101:16-2-09(A)(3) prices both ($60 annual, $180 triennial).",
   "ce_hours": "None at state level for general contractors. For OCILB trade licenses two official sources give different numbers and must be read together: OAC 4101:16-2-08(A) sets the baseline at \"ten classroom hours of an approved continuing education course each year\"; OAC 4101:16-1-08(C) then gives Compliant Contractor Program members \"a two-hour reduction in their yearly requirement\", so those licensees show 8 hours at annual renewal or 24 at triennial renewal. OCILB's public page states the 8/24 figures without the program qualifier. ORC 4740.05(F) caps the requirement at no more than ten hours per year aggregate across all licenses held. Online/self-guided CE is capped at 4 self-guided hours per year on one-year renewals and 12 over a three-year period.",
   "exam": "There is no state exam for general contractors in Ohio. For the five OCILB commercial trade licenses only: administered by PSI as computer-based testing, two parts (trade-specific and business and law), 70% required on each part (OAC 4101:16-2-03(B),(D)). Once both parts are passed the business-and-law part remains valid for three years from license issuance if the applicant later sits another trade exam. A failed part may be retaken not less than 60 days after the most recent attempt (ORC 4740.06(G)(1)); after five failed attempts the applicant must reapply (ORC 4740.06(G)(2)).",
   "fees": "No state fee exists for a general contractor license because no such license exists; local building department registration fees vary by jurisdiction and are not published statewide. For the five OCILB commercial trade licenses (OAC 4101:16-2-09(A), effective May 13 2022, confirmed on the live OCILB Examination Application): $25 application for examination; $25 for issuance of any license; $60 annual renewal of each license, or $180 triennial renewal; late fee of not more than $120 for each license not timely renewed; $30 penalty per license for a returned check. Reactivating from inactive (escrow) status costs $60 (OAC 4101:16-2-12(E)(3)). OCILB additionally lists a $25 company name change fee per trade. All fees nonrefundable, payable to Treasurer, State of Ohio.",
   "legal_basis": "[{\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4740.01 - definitions; \\\"licensed trade\\\" limited to HVAC, refrigeration, electrical, plumbing and hydronics contractors; \\\"construction project\\\" excludes residential buildings and industrialized units\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4740.01\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4740.05 - continuing education; division (F) caps the requirement at ten hours per year in the aggregate across all licenses held\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4740.05\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4740.06 - application, qualifications, insurance, annual expiration and renewal, inactive status (eff. Sept. 30, 2025, H.B. 96, 136th G.A.)\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4740.06\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4740.07 - licenses issued in the individual's name and assigned to a contracting company\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4740.07\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4740.08 - reciprocity without examination\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4740.08\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4740.12 - limits on local contractor registration ordinances\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4740.12\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4740.13 - unlicensed practice prohibition limited to trades the chapter licenses; <25V control wiring; <50V exemption\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4740.13\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4740.131 - leased employees from a PEO, AEO or temporary agency\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4740.131\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4722.01 - Home Construction Service Suppliers Act definitions; \\\"home construction service supplier\\\" includes maintaining general liability insurance of not less than $250,000; \\\"workmanlike manner\\\"\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4722.01\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4722.02 - written home construction services contract required at or above $25,000, nine mandatory terms, excess-cost estimates; cost-plus contracts excepted\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4722.02\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4722.03 - eleven prohibited acts, including failure to perform in a workmanlike manner\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4722.03\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4722.04 - down payment capped at ten per cent of the contract price (seventy-five per cent for non-returnable special orders)\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4722.04\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 4722.06 - Ohio Attorney General investigation and subpoena power over home construction service suppliers\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4722.06\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 715.27 - municipal authority to license and register contractors; (A)(3) licensing of specialty contractors not required to hold a Chapter 4740 license; (H) defines \\\"specialty contractor\\\" as the same five trades\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-715.27\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Rev. Code 3781.06(C)(9) - \\\"Residential building\\\" means a one-, two- or three-family dwelling house and any accessory structure incidental to it\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3781.06\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Admin. Code 4101:16-1-08 - Compliant contractor program; two-hour CE reduction and optional triennial renewal\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-4101:16-1-08\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Admin. Code 4101:16-2-03 - Examinations; two parts, 70% each part\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-4101:16-2-03\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Admin. Code 4101:16-2-08 - Continuing education, ten classroom hours per year\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-4101:16-2-08\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Admin. Code 4101:16-2-09 - Fees and insurance: $25 exam application, $25 issuance, $60 annual / $180 triennial renewal, $500,000 liability insurance\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-4101:16-2-09\"}, {\"citation\": \"Ohio Admin. Code 4101:16-2-12 - Inactive status; CE and insurance exemption while inactive; $60 reactivation fee\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-4101:16-2-12\"}]",
   "last_verified": "2026-08-05",
   "source_urls": "[{\"label\": \"OCILB home page - board scope (five commercial specialty trades), PSI exam requirement, \\\"Master Licenses\\\" alias, local building departments regulate residential contractors\", \"url\": \"https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/industrial-compliance/boards/ohio-construction-industry-licensing-board\"}, {\"label\": \"OCILB Contractors & Contracting Companies - eligibility, $500,000 insurance, \\\"Local building departments may require this license for residential work\\\", CE 8/24 hours, escrow rules, fees, reciprocity state list\", \"url\": \"https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/industrial-compliance/boards/ohio-construction-industry-licensing-board/contractors-and-contracting-companies/contractors-contracting-companies\"}, {\"label\": \"Ohio Department of Commerce / OCILB - Verifying Licensed Contractors: \\\"Note: residential contractors are not required to be licensed in Ohio\\\"; individual and company license lookup links\", \"url\": \"https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/industrial-compliance/boards/ohio-construction-industry-licensing-board/verifying-licensed-contractors\"}, {\"label\": \"Ohio Department of Commerce news release, May 13 2025 - \\\"While residential contractors are not required to be licensed by the state, local building departments throughout Ohio may have their own verification or licensing requirements\\\"; AG Consumer Protection 1-800-282-0515\", \"url\": \"https://com.ohio.gov/about-us/media-center/news/hire-licensed-contractor-for-spring-projects\"}, {\"label\": \"Ohio Attorney General, Consumer Tips - Home Improvement: \\\"State law does not require home improvement contractors to be licensed, but many Ohio cities do\\\" - second-agency confirmation of the negative\", \"url\": \"https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Individuals-and-Families/Consumers/Consumer-Tips/Consumer-Tips-Home-Improvement\"}, {\"label\": \"OCILB Examination Application (form DIC 3524, live PDF) - $25 application fee, $25 license issuance, $500,000 liability insurance, five trade checkboxes, PSI computer-based testing\", \"url\": \"https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/com.ohio.gov/DICO/OCILB/Testing_Application_-_OCILB.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"ORC Chapter 4740 - Construction Industry Licensing Board\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-4740\"}, {\"label\": \"ORC Chapter 4722 - Home Construction Service Suppliers Act: statewide contract, down-payment and conduct duties, and no licensing or registration provision anywhere in the chapter\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-4722\"}, {\"label\": \"OAC Chapter 4101:16-2 - OCILB licensing rules: qualifications, examinations, renewal, continuing education, fees and insurance, inactive status\", \"url\": \"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/chapter-4101:16-2\"}, {\"label\": \"OCILB eLicense license lookup - verification portal, search field list confirmed live\", \"url\": \"https://elicense4.com.ohio.gov/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx\"}, {\"label\": \"Columbus City Code ch. 4114 - general contractor registration issued in the registrant's name, assignable to a business concern (4114.933(A))\", \"url\": \"https://library.municode.com/oh/columbus/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT41BUCO_CH4114LIREENPR\"}, {\"label\": \"City of Columbus General Contractor Application (Building & Zoning Services) - the live form's Part I qualification-certificate holder and Part II assignment to a business concern\", \"url\": \"https://www.columbus.gov/files/sharedassets/city/v/2/building-and-zoning/contractor-applications/general-contractor-application-2026.pdf\"}, {\"label\": \"Cleveland Codified Ordinances 3107.01 - Certificate of Registration issued to a Contractor, defined to include firms and corporations\", \"url\": \"https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/cleveland/latest/cleveland_oh/0-0-0-19759\"}, {\"label\": \"Cleveland Codified Ordinances 3107.07(c) - a firm or corporation applicant must have at least one individually qualified member\", \"url\": \"https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/cleveland/latest/cleveland_oh/0-0-0-49187\"}, {\"label\": \"Cincinnati Building Code ch. 1106 - building construction contractor registration required of any person or entity (1106-9, 1106-11)\", \"url\": \"https://library.municode.com/oh/cincinnati/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITXICIBUCO_CH1106GESPCO\"}, {\"label\": \"Toledo Municipal Code 1313.03 - Certified Remodeler's License granted to an individual; 1313.03(e) exempts workmen employed by a licensee\", \"url\": \"https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/toledo/latest/toledo_oh/0-0-0-109221\"}, {\"label\": \"Toledo Municipal Code 1313.05(a) - the license is not assignable or transferable\", \"url\": \"https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/toledo/latest/toledo_oh/0-0-0-109248\"}, {\"label\": \"Franklin County Building Department FAQs - no contractor's license needed for a structural building permit in unincorporated Franklin County\", \"url\": \"https://www.franklincountyohio.gov/Business-Development/Development-Planning/Building-Permits/Building-FAQs\"}, {\"label\": \"Summit County Department of Building Standards - annual contractor registration replaced by a permit-based process\", \"url\": \"https://co.summitoh.net/departments/Building-Standards.html\"}]",
   "page_url": "https://licensingatlas.com/contractor/oh-contractor/"
  },
  {
   "page_id": "va-contractor",
   "state": "Virginia",
   "occupation": "General Contractor",
   "cluster": "contractor",
   "credential_holder": "business",
   "licensing_level": "state",
   "board_name": "Board for Contractors, Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR)",
   "board_url": "https://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/Contractors",
   "application_url": "https://www.dpor.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/boards/Contractors/A501-27LIC.pdf",
   "renewal_cycle": "Two years. 18VAC50-22-110: \"Licenses issued under this chapter will expire two years from the last day of the month in which they were issued, as indicated on the license.\" 18VAC50-22-130 A: \"The license holder's completed renewal form and appropriate fees must be received within 30 days of the license expiration date in order to renew the license. Licenses are not valid during the 30-day grace period. Applications and fees received after the 30-day period will be processed in accordance with Part IV (18VAC50-22-160 et seq.) of this chapter.\" Past that window reinstatement is required - 18VAC50-22-160 A: \"If all requirements for renewal of a license as specified in 18VAC50-22-130 are not completed within 30 days of the license expiration date, the licensee will be required to reinstate the license by meeting all renewal requirements and by paying the reinstatement fee specified in 18VAC50-22-170.\" The 24-month outer limit is 18VAC50-22-160 B (not -130): \"A license may be reinstated for up to 24 months following the expiration date. After 24 months, the license may not be reinstated and the firm must meet all current entry requirements and apply as a new applicant.\" 18VAC50-22-160 C adds that \"Any regulated activity conducted subsequent to the license expiration date may constitute unlicensed activity and be subject to prosecution under Chapter 1 (§ 54.1-100 et seq.) and Chapter 11 (§ 54.1-1100 et seq.) of Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia.\" DPOR warns \"You CANNOT continue to practice in Virginia after your license has expired\" and that \"The 30-day period is not a license extension, but only an additional 30 days to complete your renewal and submit payment without having to pay the reinstatement fee.\"",
   "ce_hours": "None for the contractor license itself. 18VAC50-22-130 (Qualifications for renewal) conditions renewal only on timely receipt of the renewal form and fees and on the firm continuing to meet the entry requirements of 18VAC50-22-40/-50/-60; it states no continuing-education requirement, and no CE section exists anywhere in 18VAC50-22. The 8-hour board-approved basic business class is a PRE-license requirement, not a renewal requirement. Separate CE regimes do exist elsewhere in Title 54.1 ch. 11 - for tradesmen (54.1-1133), water well systems providers (54.1-1129.1), automatic fire sprinkler inspectors, and elevator mechanics and certified accessibility mechanics (54.1-1143 B: \"An elevator mechanic or a certified accessibility mechanic, as a condition of recertification and as part of the recertification application, shall attest to the Board that he has completed at least eight hours of continuing education, approved by the Board, in the specialty of elevator/escalator contracting.\") - but each of those attaches to an individual tradesman or certificate holder, not to the contractor firm license. The list is illustrative, not exhaustive. Remedial education can be ordered for disciplinary reasons.",
   "exam": "Examinations are administered by PSI. DPOR's Board for Contractors page lists exam vendor \"PSI (855) 340-3910\", frequency \"Daily*\", \"No application deadline\", and exam fees paid directly to PSI: \"$40 One portion of the exam / $72 Two portions of the exam / $85 Three portions of the exam / $85 QI specialty exam\". Locations: Charlottesville, Richmond, Roanoke, Vienna, Virginia Beach VA; Johnson City TN; Salisbury MD. The Designated Employee exam applies to Class A and B only: Class B is two parts (Virginia + General), Class A is three parts (Virginia + General + Advanced). Qualified Individuals must be pre-approved by the Board before taking a required examination. Note: DPOR's own documents give a different PSI phone number - A501-27INTRO-v8 and A501-27EXINFO list \"1-800-733-9267\" while the Board web page lists \"(855) 340-3910\".",
   "fees": "Two official figures for the initial application - both stated. (1) Live application form A501-27LIC-v17 dated 07/01/2026: \"Class A 1022 $439.50** / Class B 1021 $419.50** / Class C 1020 $274.50**\", footnoted \"** Pursuant to 2026's House Bill 30, DPOR is to charge a Technology Fee equal to $7.25 per year.\" and headed \"APPLICATION FEES ARE NOT REFUNDABLE.\" (2) Regulation 18VAC50-22-100, whose Historical Notes run through \"amended, Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 1, eff. September 24, 2025\" (after amendments eff. August 1, 2025 and September 1, 2025 and an Errata at 42:1 VA.R. 221, August 25, 2025). Its Fee Type | When Due | Amount Due table reads: \"Class C Initial License | with license application | $235; Class B Initial License | with license application | $380; Class A Initial License | with license application | $400; Temporary License | with license application and applicable initial license fee | $60; Residential Building Energy Analyst Firm License | with license application | $240; Change of Designated Employee | with change application | $125; Change of Qualified Individual | with change application | $125; Addition of Classification or Specialty | with addition application | $125\" - plus, separately, \"In accordance with § 54.1-1119 of the Code of Virginia, a $25 Recovery Fund assessment is also required with each initial license application.\" How the two sets reconcile (arithmetic on published components; DPOR does not print this working): licenses \"expire two years from the last day of the month in which they were issued\" (18VAC50-22-110), so the $7.25/year technology fee is charged twice - $400 + $25 + (2 x $7.25) = $439.50; $380 + $25 + $14.50 = $419.50; $235 + $25 + $14.50 = $274.50. DPOR's Board for Contractors page states: \"Technology Fee: Effective July 1, 2026, certain fees include a separate Technology Fee of $7.25 per year, pursuant to 2026's House Bill 30. This fee will remain in place through June 30, 2030 and is used solely to upgrade or replace DPOR's software system.\" Temporary license - do not send the regulation figure: the live temporary application A501-2703LIC-v12 (07/01/2026) prints an \"$85.00\" temporary line item payable only together with the initial license fee, totalling \"$499.50\" (Class A), \"$479.50\" (Class B) or \"$334.50\" (Class C), against $60 in 18VAC50-22-100 and $50 in A501-27INTRO-v8. All three figures and the combined totals are set out in the Temporary license row of the license-types table. Renewal - 18VAC50-22-140, same three-column table: \"Class C renewal* | with renewal application | $220; Class B renewal* | with renewal application | $260; Class A renewal* | with renewal application | $270\", with \"*A $30 Recovery Fund assessment is also required with each contractor license renewal.\" Reinstatement - 18VAC50-22-170: \"Class C reinstatement** | with reinstatement application | $460*; Class B reinstatement** | with reinstatement application | $550*; Class A reinstatement** | with reinstatement application | $550*\", with \"*Includes renewal fee listed in 18VAC50-22-140\" and \"**The Recovery Fund assessment specified in 18VAC50-22-140 is also required to reinstate a contractor license.\" -170 also closes: \"In order to ensure that licensees are qualified to practice as contractors, no reinstatement will be permitted once two years from the expiration date of the license have passed.\" The technology fee applies to renewals and reinstatements too, so those regulation figures are not the whole amount charged on or after July 1, 2026. The Act DPOR cites - 2026 Appropriation Act (HB 30), Item 356 D - reads: \"The Department is authorized to collect a Technology Fee equal to $7.25 per year with each application for initial licensure, renewal, or reinstatement. The Technology Fee shall be in effect from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030, and shall support the upgrade or replacement of software systems used by the Department.\" The charged renewal or reinstatement total is not published: DPOR mails the renewal notice and publishes no renewal or reinstatement form among the contractor forms on its board page, and neither 18VAC50-22-140 and -170, the board page's renewal FAQ nor DPOR's fees/payments pages states a post-technology-fee amount. No renewal total is given here; the amount due is the one on the notice DPOR mails. This matters: the renewal window is a hard 30 days (18VAC50-22-130 A) and an underpayment inside it drops the firm into reinstatement, where 18VAC50-22-170 charges $550 for Class A and Class B and $460 for Class C. Other regulation fees: Change of Designated Employee $125; Change of Qualified Individual $125; Addition of Classification or Specialty $125. The live forms match - A501-27CH_QIDE-v14 prints \"Change in Designated Employee 9220 $125.00 / Change in Qualified Individual 9210 $125.00\" and A501-27ADDSP-v15 prints \"Fee $125 per Specialty Classification\" - and neither adds a technology fee; but both forms are dated 09/01/2025, before the July 1, 2026 effective date, so the basis for excluding those transactions is Item 356 D's own enumeration (\"initial licensure, renewal, or reinstatement\"), not the forms' silence. Internal conflict inside the live application A501-27LIC-v17: for a CBC/CIC-only request the instruction narrative reads \"*When applying for Commercial Building or Commercial Improvement only, the Contractor's Recovery Fund fee is not required and you're application fee is $360 for Class A, $345 for Class B and $210 for Class C\", while question 12.A of the same form reads \"* Modification to your application fee is as follows: ... Class A: $400.00** Class B: $380.00** Class C: $235.00**\" with \"** Contractor's Recovery fund fee is not required for CBC/CIC only.\" The two texts disagree for all three classes - $360 vs $400, $345 vs $380, $210 vs $235. DPOR does not reconcile them. Only the Class C pair differs by the $25 Recovery Fund assessment both texts say is not required ($235 - $25 = $210); the Class A and Class B pairs differ by $40 and $35, matching no published component. Ask the Board which figure applies before mailing a CBC/CIC-only application.",
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