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CSLB: limit for unlicensed contracting raised to $1,000; permits or employees still require a license
2377192 · February 20, 2025
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Summary
The Contractors State License Board said the threshold for work someone may contract to perform without a contractor's license increased from $500 to $1,000 as of January, but stressed that any job that requires a permit or uses employees still requires a license regardless of price.
A Contractors State License Board licensing-division representative said the dollar threshold for work someone may contract to perform without a contractor's license rose to $1,000 effective in January.
The change "went from $500 ... to a thousand dollars," the representative said, adding an…
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