The Capitol Connection is our weekly Q & A column for contractors that focuses on topics pertaining to contractor's licensing.
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…
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: …
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…
I will ‘fence’ with a General in battling our way to answers for our contractor readers. We ‘short shunt’ an electrical question about working in Nevada, but still can help make the ‘connection’. As we often advise here, an example of why keeping your address current with CSLB is important! … Q: In California, is a…
What we ‘know’ and what’s actually ‘correct’ don’t always jibe and for contractors that can be a problem. It’s why we answer questions here and have assisted contractors in Sacramento for more than 30 years in negotiating these complex rules. Have we not all ‘assumed’ something that turned out different then we believed it would? Here’s…
Our first contractor gets a ‘green’ light before I take on a ‘bigger’ question from Texas! Yes. An answer that likely results in time off for another ‘contractor’. With a nod to our pending season for the ‘boys of summer’ Q/A with a Spring Training ‘pitch’… Q: I have formed a new corporation and we are…
What type of contractor takes down ‘art’? I will remove some ‘artificial’ notions on ‘cutting’ turf, share some ‘ink’ on a fingerprint question. I also have the unfortunate duty to let a ‘former’ contractor know that too much time has passed to just ‘revive’ his license but his ‘number’ may not be gone… Q: Is…
At CSLB rules are rules and deadlines serious, so it’s up to contractors to plan ahead. We suggest a ‘detour’ but you have to follow through to make it work. Ironically, a specialty contractor in Nevada learns that he can do other trade work, but the idea of ‘subbing’ it out has gone down the drain……
While we have previously mentioned that contractor’s law in written in black and white, as readers know, there is a middle ground. This is one reason expert opinions are required, as the ‘gray’ areas can be loopholes or quicksand for contractors! These ‘spaces’ in the written law also are exploited by some who just want your…