Contractor Licensing FAQs

The Capitol Connection is our weekly Q & A column for contractors that focuses on topics pertaining to contractor's licensing.

Passing Grade, Retro Reinstatement, Fire Protection and Resident Agent Requirement

I touch on ‘pass/fail’ in licensing success rates. While my expert assistance is what contractors need, I also give them hope there is an answer! But sometimes, the right answer isn’t what they expect… Q:  My California Contractor’s license expires on March 31st.  I saw online the CSLB is working on active renewal applications they received on February…

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Officers & Ownership, Qualifying Individual and Joint Ventures

I play ‘chicken’ with a contractor’s question! Another needs to ‘double down’ on zero and you can bet everyone learns something about the complexities of contractor licensing laws when you read this Connection… Q:  Can an individual that a Company designates as President, Secretary, and Treasurer own 0% of the company, or are they required to have…

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Franchisee Licensing, Retaining Older Numbers and Partnership Licensing

Can we talk? Of course, assisting contractors for more than 30 years begins with a conversation. Sometimes it’s a question I’ve never been asked, and for another contractor it’s a common concern shared by many over the years with Capitol Services, Inc. Of course, that conversation often now begins with an email… Q:  We recently obtained a…

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Name Change, Bankruptcy, Fingerprint Timing and License Ownership

Has the name been changed to protect the ‘entity’? Change is both hard and easy, depending on how, and another contractor is asking a ‘pointed’ question since he’s just passing through… Q:  You are currently helping us with obtaining a Contractor’s license in California.  If the ownership of the business changes, is the Contractor’s license considered to be…

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Experience Waivers, Subsidiary Companies and “C-10” for Overhead/Underground Power Distribution

Our first contractor is ‘testing’ the waters for a waiver, while another is really a ‘spin off’ problem. I also assist in sorting out the general rules in ‘engineering’ our final answer for a Builder’s Exchange member… Q:  My Texas company wants to obtain a CA license for several projects we have been awarded, IF we have…

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