Licensing process

Every board runs the same broad sequence: prove your experience, file the application, pass the exam, post the bond and insurance, then keep the license alive. The step-by-step guide walks it in order, and general contractor license requirements covers what each step is testing. To put dates on it, the timeline estimator counts forward from today and the experience hours tracker totals the work a board will accept.

For the paperwork, use the application checklist and price the whole bill with the license cost calculator. The exam has its own guide, practice set and a comparison of prep routes. Once the license is issued, the renewal guide and renewal tracker keep it from lapsing.