Contractor Licensing FAQs

Big news for NV residential contractors at the end and adding your child to your CA license takes one firm or another. First, being ‘responsible’ to the buyer when you sell a contracting business… Q: I sold my business and I’m going to become the Responsible Managing Officer (RMO) for the buyer for a period of…

I share a CYA situation. Cover Your Assets, what did you think? Two birds with one form! License timing is second, and we’ll keep the last question ‘all in the family’… Q: I sold my contracting business as an asset sale, so my Company still exists, but part of the deal was they took the dba…

I will give one contractor an answer by the ‘numbers’. First a simple answer before things become real complicated because we’re not in Kansas anymore… Q: We need to add a “C-16” (Fire Protection) classification to our “A” (General Engineering) license. We are working on finding someone to sit for the exams. In the meantime, if…

I will ‘pull-start’ a landscaping question before mowing down a misconception about ongoing changes to worker insurance requirements growing closer every day. Another contractor wants to ‘hedge’ his bet on his RME resigning… Q: My Partner and I have a contractor’s license in which he is the Qualifying Partner, and I am the General Partner on…

Our first contractor learns to call it like it is, or a change in your ‘entity’ can later turn and bite! Another seeks an answer to satisfy a Vice President, whether he is Officer or Employee… Q: My husband obtained his license back in 2010 as a Sole Proprietor. In 2017, he created a Limited Liability…

I will reassure a reader who is worried about a ‘qualified’ husband. The answer is a lesson in ‘risk/reward’ everyone can learn from. Another contract only has 30 days to live unless the licensing process goes at warp speed… Q: My husband was recently offered a position with his company to act as the Responsible Managing…

Yes, no, or maybe? Doubt about an important contractor license issue is a healthy sign. While law is written, how it gets interpreted over time is hard to know. That’s why checking with an expert is a good idea. Keeping track of change in your entity, making sure paperwork is processed and up to date another…

I will ‘pull-start’ a landscaping question before mowing down a misconception about ongoing changes to worker insurance requirements growing closer every day. Another contractor wants to ‘hedge’ his bet on his RME resigning… Q: My Partner and I have a contractor’s license in which he is the Qualifying Partner and I am the General Partner on…

Good news, bad news. In the complex rules of contracting taking one action may result in others not readily apparent without expert awareness of the links within the law. Another contractor discovers his appeal is just too late. I suggest two expert options for our last inquiry… Q: We have a corporate license which is currently…