Contractor license renewal tracker
Filed under Licensing process
One license is a date in a calendar. Four licenses across three states, each with its own cycle and its own continuing-education rule, is a system — and the failure mode is silent until somebody checks your record.
One row per license. The list sorts by the nearest deadline, which is the only order that matters once you hold more than one.
License 1
License 2
Renewal status
- California
- no date
- North Carolina, 4 CE hours short
- no date
Continuing-education hours must come from a provider your board approves by name, and the certificate is what an audit asks for — keep it.
§ 1What this tracks
Expiry dates, renewal cycles and continuing-education progress, per license, sorted by urgency. It runs in your browser; print it or re-enter it — nothing is stored on a server.
§ 2Why the date is the whole thing
In a board state an expired license is not a lesser license. Work you contract while it is expired is unlicensed work, which reaches your right to be paid for it. The fee difference is the least of it.
| Path | Sole owner | Non-sole owner |
|---|---|---|
| Renew on time, active | $450 | $700 |
| Lapse, then renew late (delinquent) | $675 | $1,050 |
| Difference | $225 | $350 |
§ 3Continuing education
Log the hours against each license above. What counts, which providers a board accepts and what to keep for an audit are covered in the renewal guide’s CE section.
§ 4Do not let the bond gap
Enter the bond as its own row in the tracker — bond number in the number field, its expiry beside it — so a bond gap shows up as early as a license deadline does. Why the gap matters is in the renewal guide.
Checked against
- CSLB — List of All CSLB Feesread 2026-10-18
- CSLB — General Renewal Information (expirations and renewal fees)read 2026-10-18
- CSLB — Bond Requirements (SB 607, effective 2023-01-01)read 2026-10-18
Not legal advice. Fees, bond amounts and deadlines are set by statute and change without notice — confirm with the board that issues your license before you file.