The Capitol Connection is our weekly Q & A column for contractors that focuses on topics pertaining to contractor's licensing.
Whenever you visit a ‘foreign’ place like CA, it’s good to get a guide! Let me point the way. Assisting contractors would be ‘dbaa’ for Capitol Services, or doing business as always, for some with ‘unacceptable’ business names a ‘dba’ is the way… Q: We recently applied for a California Contractor’s License. We have licenses in several…
Here’s a quality update on Qualifying and license renewals with some ‘fly by night’ fingerprinting facts for out of state contractors… Q: We received our renewal in the mail today. Do we need to have our Qualifier re-take the exams when submitting the renewal application? A: No, your Qualifying Individual is not required to re-test when submitting a renewal…
Now you need it, now you don’t! Moving from one state to another contractor law changes as our first couple questions illustrate. However, our last inquiry offers the ‘exception’ to the rule in CA… Q: I am a registered HIS (Home Improvement Salesperson) in California. I sell Solar products to Homeowners. I am moving to Nevada and was wondering…
Everything. Our homes, communities, State and Nation all come from the labor of hard working men and women. As we celebrate Labor Day to honor those who build America, we honor licensed contractors as the foundation of our world! You can honor them when you check they are licensed with CSLB and refuse to do business…
Our last inquiry is the longest as questions ‘multiply’ when contractors combine their ‘ventures.’ Rejection is always hard to take, especially when they are right. Another contractor must seek an ‘advantage’ and balance ‘risk vs reward’ as more is never less!… Q: I recently applied for a “B” (General Building) Contractor license. My work experience page was rejected…
We all know what we know, think we know more and often have no clue what we don’t know! In the cases of these contractor questions for our expert, the unfortunate answer was no how, no way… Q: I currently have a Sole Proprietor General Building (“B”) license that’s been Inactive for about three years now. …
Unlike Johnny Cash, Nevada contractors can’t ‘walk the line’ outside of an original contract limit. Further ‘study’ is required for an aspiring applicant and I find a ‘concrete’ way another licensed contractor can likely double his business opportunities… Q: We have a NV Contractor’s license and our bid limit is $200,000. We are currently doing a Home Improvement/Remodel…
They don’t just grow legs and walk away so the Contractor’s Board is warning contractors to watch their tools as we report in this issue. Technology has raised the ‘ante’ and the ‘stakes’ are high as thieves know how to ‘cash’ them in. What can you do? Read this first!… The CSLB says construction tools and…
Law can cut a very fine line. That’s why experts discuss interpretation of the rules which can change as written law meets the real world. This distinction in regulation ‘sinks’ in for a Masonry contractor. Some ‘grass roots’ advice for a General before ‘tearing down’ a previous answer after further research with the CSLB. We’ll update…