Category: Licensing

Palm Beach County certifies 31 contractor categories under its own Special Act. Which one covers your work, what it costs, when it renews, and when the…

Pasco County does not hand out one contractor license. State certified holders record theirs with the county before pulling a permit, and everyone else sits a…

The Construction Industry Licensing Board has 18 members in two divisions of nine, not the nine that ranking pages report. Here is what it decides, what…

Florida licenses irrigation work twice over, once locally and once at state level. The state certificate is voluntary, and it replaces the county card rather than…

Fourteen hours, five mandatory topics, and two different 31 August deadlines depending on whether your license is certified or registered.

Miami Dade runs its own contractor licensing next to the state’s. Who needs a county certificate of competency, who registers for free, what it costs and…

No handyman license exists in Florida. What the $2,500 exemption in section 489.103 actually covers, what voids it, and where the permit rule cuts across it.

What the license covers, how to qualify, and why roofing is the trade where working unlicensed goes worst.

The route from working electrician to licensed contractor, and why the exams are only half of it.

Experience, education, finances, insurance and the background check, plus the parts that actually delay applications.

What the license actually lets you build, how to qualify, and why certified beats registered for most people.

You do not start again. Passed parts stand, you retake only what you failed, and there is a 30 day wait built in whether you want…