"contractor license" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
You can use this phrase when referring to a special license that is necessary for someone to work as a contractor. For example, "He needed to get a contractor license before he could start working as a contractor."
Between November 2008 and April 2009, Damos unlawfully posed as a licensed contractor in Yorba Linda using a contractor license number belonging to a legitimate operator without the person's knowledge or consent, the court found.
He is using his Social Security number and work authorization to apply for a general contractor license so that he and his father, a construction worker in the country illegally, can start a business together.
And since the city does not allow bamboo scaffolding - and currently does not offer the test in Chinese - Mr. Lin found himself in a new class with about 20 other Chinese immigrants one recent Saturday preparing for the city-administered test for a home improvement contractor license, a requirement for contracting with a homeowner to do work like repairs, renovations and remodeling.
For example, you only need a state license in Alabama for work costing over $50,000, but here in California, the law requires a general contractor license for any work costing over $500.
"My first question is what's your contractor license number and they hang up on me," said Adelaide Anderson, an attorney with Public Counsel in Los Angeles.
In Idaho, a contractor license is required to do rehab work on a house unless it's the homeowner's "primary or secondary residence".
If you're dissatisfied with his work, you can report a licensed contractor to a state contractor licensing board and have him investigated or suspended.
Even though California issues contractor licenses for painting, dry walls, fencing and landscaping, there is no license for seismic retrofitting.
Decoration agreements for such things as painting walls or refinishing floors may also require reviews of contractor licenses and insurance as well as potential impact.
"Contractor licensing and home remodeling is kind of like the Wild West," said Adam G. Singer, an attorney specializing in consumer protection with offices in Manhattan, Rockland and Westchester counties.
Alteration agreements may require a review of construction plans, building permits or contractor licenses and insurance as well as an assessment of the impact the proposed changes would have on others in the building.
