General contractor license board

After you've registered, you must use your contractor registration number on all your business communications. By law, when you advertise, solicit bids or offer to perform work, you must always include your contractor registration number.

This includes business cards, Yellow Page ads, newspaper ads, internet ads, estimates and bid proposals. Surety bonds are available through a bonding company or insurance agency. Premiums vary with each company, as do the requirements for being bonded. The alternative to a bond is an assigned bank account. You may post the required amount in the form of cash, a certificate of deposit, time deposit, or money market account in a bank, savings and loan association or credit union with a branch in Washington.

Understand your responsibilities for the safety of your employees and sub-contractors. Contact the Washington State Dept.

If you will be applying pesticides, contact the Washington State Dept. Registration Application Backlog We are currently experiencing a significant staff shortage. Get a surety bond or an assignment of savings. Purchase a general liability insurance policy. Complete your Application for Contractor Registration. Getting started For the fastest and simplest registration process, we recommend this three-step process: Step 1: Decide on your business structure and name If you are setting up a sole proprietor or partnership, decide on your business name, or if you already have registered your business and have a Uniform Business Identifier UBI , proceed to step 2.

If you are starting a business that is incorporated, such as an LLC or Corporation, you should contact the Secretary of State or a private attorney to incorporate your business. To avoid unnecessary delays, you will need to have the following: The business name and business structure you have chosen, or your business registration and UBI number from the Department of Revenue.

An original, completed Application for Contractor Registration F with notarized signatures, or we can help you complete your application and notarize signatures with any applicants who are present. Your continuous contractor surety bond or assignment of savings.

The Board may order licensed contractors to complete remedial education as part of a disciplinary or consent order. Every licensee ordered to complete remedial education must attend a full-day eight-hour class in person at DPOR.

To sign up for a class , complete the Registration Form see chart below or contact the Board office at or contractor dpor. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, and walk-ins can only be accommodated if space is available. All class participants must be a member of the Responsible Management team listed on the contractor license.

You must bring a photo ID with you to register. Credit will not be given unless you attend the entire length of the full-day class. NOTE: All classes are a. Please bring your own lunch or be prepared to go off-site and return within the minute time frame.

The Board for Contractors' Committee is responsible for reviewing applications from education providers seeking board approval. The date of receipt by the Board office determines whether the application materials were received by the deadline.

Contact the Board's Education Section at or contractors dpor. Step-by-Step Guide to Contractor Licensure. If you have a question regarding licensing issues, renewal, application status, etc. If you have a question regarding continuing education providers, how to become a provider, or other questions relating to education, please contact the Education Section at The Board members do not work in the Board office.

They come into the Board offices for Board meetings and hearings, but are not here on a daily basis. Board office staff members can answer your questions and are trained to process all information that comes into the Board office. Please do not contact Board members directly. Please complete the Certification Request Form and send it with a check made payable to the Treasurer of Virginia. Specify where you would like the certification to be mailed. Contact the Regulatory Programs and Compliance Section.

No earlier than 60 days prior to your license expiration, send in the renewal fee, make checks payable to the Treasurer of Virginia , and include your license number on your check. The Board's regulations provide a day period after the expiration date in which a license may be renewed without penalty therefore, your payment is actually 31 days late. Staff cannot waive the fee. Board regulations state that if the requirements for renewal of a license, including receipt of the fee by the board, are not complete within 30 days of the expiration date, a reinstatement fee is required.

Once your license expires, you no longer have a license to engage in contracting. The day period is not a license extension, but only an additional 30 days to complete your renewal and submit payment without having to pay the reinstatement fee.

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