Contractor licensing by state
12 jurisdiction sheets · 20 registers checked 2026-10-18
A sheet exists where we could read the board’s own fees, bond amounts and tiers. Where we have checked the register but not written the sheet, the board is in the lookup directory instead — 13 of the 20 we requested loaded for our checker.
Jurisdiction sheets
- ArizonaResidential, commercial or dual licenses per trade, the SRE and trade exams, bonds by volume, fees.2026-10-30
- CaliforniaClasses, the $25,000 bond, fees and reciprocity.2026-10-18
- FloridaCertified versus registered, and what each one lets you do.2026-09-04
- GeorgiaFour licenses, the $2,500 residential line, net worth, insurance and reciprocity.2026-10-18
- MassachusettsNo GC license: the supervisor's CSL and the business's HIC registration.2026-10-18
- New JerseyNo state GC license — HIC registration, the $500,000 liability floor and the bond tiers.2026-10-18
- North CarolinaThe $40,000 threshold and the three limitation tiers.2026-10-18
- OhioNo state general-contractor license — five commercial trades, the five-year rule and $500,000 cover.2026-10-18
- TennesseeThe $25,000 line and a monetary limit set from your own balance sheet.2026-10-18
- TexasNo state general-contractor license — what is actually required instead.2026-09-04
- VirginiaClass A, B and C thresholds, net worth or a $50,000 bond, exams and fees.2026-10-18
- WashingtonNo exam: an L&I registration, a general or specialty bond, liability cover and the Verify lookup.2026-10-23
Every register we checked
- Contractor license lookup directory20 state boards and their own public license-search pages, with the HTTP status each returned on 2026-10-18.2026-10-18
- Contractor license requirements by stateThe three licensing models that cover all fifty states, and how to work out which one applies to you.2026-09-04
- Reciprocity checkerWhich boards publish an agreement with your home state — and the question to ask where none is published.2026-10-18