By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services
You can’t win the license ‘trifecta’ without these absolute essentials in the barn. Another contractor will discover his company’s time has run out in Nevada. To avoid a last minute scratch in their license future, some ‘back up’ talent needs to be ready to ride in the present…
Q: I was looking up the license of a company that we’ve worked with in the past and saw the following note on their CSLB license detail page: “License is under Liability Insurance Suspension”. Can you tell me what this means? I totally understand suspensions based on Bond stuff, unsatisfied Judgments, Worker’s comp, etc., but have never seen this note before.
A: LLC’s are required to have Liability insurance on record with the CSLB in addition to Bonds and Worker’s Compensation. It’s the same as Worker’s Comp in that if the Liability insurance expires and the licensee doesn’t provide the CSLB with the updated certificate, the license goes suspended.
Q: I have been out of the office on PTO for the past couple of months taking care of an ill family member. I am in charge of our contractor licensing compliance and upon my return, I noticed the office ignored our Nevada license renewal. When I look up the license, the status says “Cancelled, not renewed”. I’m noticing we need to change our Qualifier also because the individual listed is no longer with the company. Are we still able to renew the license and update the Qualifying Individual?
A: Unfortunately, no. The NSCB only allows you to renew the license within six months of the expiration. I looked up your license and it expired in December of 2024. Therefore, it was officially cancelled in June 2025. You will be required to apply for a new license and you will be issued a new license number. The NSCB does not allow for any exceptions unfortunately. I also noticed your entity status with the Nevada Secretary of State is “revoked”. This is likely due to not filing an annual list of Officers. Before you submit for the new contractor’s license, you will be required to get your corporation back to Active status with the NV SOS. Let me know if you would like our assistance with these filings!
Q: We are licensed in California and Nevada as a General Contractor. We would like to add a couple of our employees to the licenses and have them sit for the exams and such so we have options for a back-up Qualifier. What are the stops to make that happen?
A: For Nevada, you would submit one application to add a Qualified Individual for each person you would like to add. Each of them would be required to document their work experience (four years), and take the Trade and Law exams upon approval. Nevada allows you have up to ten qualified individuals on a single license. California on the other hand only allows one Qualifier per classification. To have “back-ups” for CA, your employees can apply for Sole Proprietorship licenses, show their experience, take the Law and Trade exams, and have their license issued on Inactive status. That would allow your company to put them on the license quickly if your current Qualifier leaves or retires.
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