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Does It Matter If a Contractor Isn’t Licensed?
Q: Does it matter if a contractor isn’t licensed? Can’t he do a good job one way or the other? A: Sure, he (or she) can. A piece of paper does not a contractor make. In fact, many states do not even license contractors. Surprising, huh? They may have licenses for specialized trades–electrical, asbestos removal, HVAC,... »
State General Contractor License Check
This is a list of sites where you can check on general contractor licensing. Alabama http://www.genconbd.state.al.us Alaska http://www.dced.state.ak.us/occ Arizona http://www.rc.state.az.us Arkansas http://www.state.ar.us/clb California http://www.cslb.ca.gov Colorado http://www.dora.state.co.us/registrations/index.htm Connecticut http://www.dcp.state.ct.us/licensing/ Delaware http://www.state.de.us/revenue District of Columbia N/A Florida http://www.state.fl.us/dbpr/pro/cilb/cilb_index.shtml Georgia http://www.sos.state.ga.us/plb/construct Hawaii http://www.state.hi.us/dcca/pvl Idaho http://www.2.state.id.us/dbs/dbs_index.html Illinois http://www.dpr.state.il.us Indiana http://www.IN.gov/pla/ Iowa http://www.iowaworkforce.org/labor/index.html Kansas http://www.ksrevenue.org/ Kentucky http://hbc.ppr.ky.gov/ Louisiana None Maine http://www.state.me.us/dep/index.shtml Maryland http://www.dllr.state.md.us Massachusetts http://www.state.ma.us/bbrs/hic.htm Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/cis Minnesota http://www.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/portal/mn/jsp/home.do?agency=Commerce Mississippi http://www.msboc.state.ms.us/ Missouri http://www.sos.state.mo.us/ Montana http://erd.dli.state.mt.us/ Nebraska http://www.dol.state.ne.us/ Nevada http://nscb.state.nv.us/ New Hampshire http://www.state.nh.us/sos/ New Jersey http://www.state.nj.us/dca/index.html New Mexico http://www.rld.state.nm.us New York http://www.dos.state.ny.us/ North Carolina http://www.nclbgc.org North Dakota http://www.state.nd.us/sec Ohio http://www.com.state.oh.us/ODOC/dic/dicocieb.htm Oklahoma http://oktax.state.ok.us/oktax/ Oregon http://www.ccb.state.or.us Pennsylvania http://www.dgs.state.pa.us/ Rhode Island http://www.crb.state.ri.us South Carolina http://www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/ResidentialBuilders/ South Dakota http://www.state.sd.us/sos/sos.htm Tennessee http://www.state.tn.us/commerce/boards/contractors/index.html Texas http://www.license.state.tx.us/ Utah http://www.commerce.state.ut.us Vermont http://www.sec.state.vt.us Virginia http://www.state.va.us/dpor/indexie.html Washington https://wws2.wa.gov/lni/bbip/contractor.asp Wisconsin http://www.commerce.state.wi.us/SB/SB-DivProgramsListed.html Wyoming http://wyofire.state.wy.us/ »