Contractor Licensing FAQs

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

State Line Rule & Reciprocity, Worker Comp Exemption, Fingerprinting for LLC’s and Veteran’s Industry Expert Program

Like having a ‘ticket to ride’ you can’t bid without one. The ‘son’ won’t shine on the job without ‘insuring’ Dad’s safety ‘policy’ is in place. If you can handle the ‘truth’ there is a special alert for Veterans, as CSLB is looking for a few ‘good’ contractors… Q:  You helped our company add the “B”…

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Family Waiver, Signing for Experience, “C-20” and Adding Inc. To Your Name

Among the best advice I received as a kid was ‘documentation’. Keeping good records is important. For current and future contractors that’s also always going to be true, especially when counting on ‘experience’ in a license application. We also ‘incorporate’ a good lesson for all Soles to remember… Q: I’m going retire and my son wants…

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NV Financials, AZ Well Drilling, Solar Licenses Required and Who Can Sign Off Experience

To paraphrase, ‘ours is not to wonder why’ and you too can ‘profit’ from knowing the rest of that wise old saying! Another contractor is looking to ‘wet’ his whistle in AZ, but helps us discover why it’s hard to catch water in ‘hoops’ when you’re jumping through them. The last contractor requires a ‘top secret’…

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Joint Ventures and Corporate License Transfers to LLC and Temporary Contractor Licensing

Assisting contractors is what we do. While many questions have a simple and direct answer to provide a solution that’s not always the case. It’s one of the reasons this column is a resource and a place to start unraveling the complex rules and regulations contractors work in daily. When multiple entities want to work together…

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Qualifying Individual, RMO or RME, General Experience Requirements and Family Waiver

What you know and what is written in contractor rules sometimes aren’t the same thing, but not always! However, it might take an expert to know the difference. While work experience counts, rolling it over from your ‘minor’ years might be a major issue when applying for a license. The chances for a contractor’s wife to…

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Stone Restoration Licensing, Well Drilling and Inactivating for Unsatisfied Judgements

While all contractors may find the work a ‘grind’ at times, yes, there is a license for that too! How long does it take to obtain a license to ‘sink’ wells in two states at once?  The ‘suspense’ is nail-biting, but the rules of licensing law won’t allow justice to be overcome by poor ‘judgment’… Q: …

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Multiple Signers, Fire Sprinkler Installation and Bona-Fide Officer/Employee Qualifiers

A corporate entity learns that ‘one for all, all for one’ may not be good license policy! We present a quality answer for a ‘qualifier’ question.  Unfortunately, even ‘sprinkles’ won’t sweeten the answer we have to serve for a General’s question… Q:  We have a corporate license in California and the only person listed on the…

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