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Board adopts trades licensing updates: clarified late-fee schedule, removes outdated sponsorship and notary requirements

Lawrence Building Codes Board · October 28, 2025
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Summary

The board adopted revisions to trades licensing that clarify late fees and remove outdated language about sponsorship and a notary requirement. For trades licensing staff set a late fee of $10 between Jan. 1 and May 1 and $20 between May 1 and Dec. 31; applicants more than one year late must reapply.

The Building Codes Board voted to adopt revisions to the city’s trades licensing language that staff said are mainly clean-up and timing clarifications.

Staff (permit tech Mike Rinke) told the board the revision clarifies a previously ambiguous late-fee schedule for trade licenses: a $10 late fee applies from Jan. 1 through May 1, and a $20 late…

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