By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
I will help a contractor who has let his license expire and will need to jump thru the same hoop before any renewal. Finally, this time I will ‘rerun’ a question on home theater…
Q: Our license is up for renewal soon and upon receiving the renewal application, we realized that we needed to update our Officers. Against our better judgement, my office decided the handle the update process as a “try this at home” project and we now have a situation on our hands that I hope you can help with! We submitted applications to add our current President/CEO and our CFO and we also submitted Disassociation Notices for the previous President and CFO. The Disassociations were processed before the Additional Personnel Applications, leaving us with no Officers associated with the license. Then came the rejection notices for the Additional Personnel applications because they weren’t signed by a current Officer on the license. What do we do now? We are willing to re-associate one of the disassociated Officers who is still an affiliate if that is what it takes. We need this corrected before our license can be renewed, right?
A: Yes, you will need at least one oOficer associated with the license before you can renew your license. What you will need to do is update the President/CEO and the CFO with the CA Secretary of State. Once that’s done, you can have the new President/CEO sign the applications you need processed and the CSLB will cross reference the SOS records and accept his/her signature.
Q: I had a Contractor’s License about six months ago which I let expire. I am trying to apply as the RMO (Responsible Managing Officer) for another company and the CSLB is requesting I go get fingerprinted again. Does that seem accurate?
A: Yes. The CSLB has been purging fingerprints once you let your license Expire, or once you Disassociate from a license, etc. So yes, you do need to be fingerprinted again unfortunately.
Q: My license was revoked due to some citations I received last year. How long do I have to wait before I can re-apply for a Contractor’s License?
A: There is no specific time limit. You will need to provide documentation demonstrating that all losses that resulted in the revocation have been fully satisfied and you have complied with all terms and conditions imposed by the revocation before you can apply for a new license.
Q: What type of license is required to install Home Theatre systems?
A: The “C-7” Low Voltage classification would be the most appropriate license for that type of work. To quote a famous TV character, ‘That’s all folks!’
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