July 31st is the deadline for those with Home Inspector Licenses and Mold Remediator or Assessor Licenses. Last renewal cycle, there was no requirement for education and only to pay a renewal fee. This cycle the state has put into place an education requirement. 14 hours of continuing education are required for all three types

Certified contractors with active licenses need to complete 14 hours of board-approved continuing education every 2 years by August 31st in even numbered years. A renewal fee must be paid by this date as well. Let’s look at these two separately. Continuing Education: Active contractors who have held their license for more than two years as

The Construction Industry Licensing Board has been discussing a new category of license to be created. This license would be called Industrial Facilities Specialty Contractor. This license would be a limited subset of the Certified General Contractor license just as the Tower Specialty license is. The language as of now for the definition of this

On May 1st the fees for an initial issuance or qualifying an additional business entity application went up by $100 for all Construction Industry Licensing Board applications. The fees are now $249 for the initial issuance of a license qualifying one business and $209 to apply for a license to qualify an additional business in

Congratulations to the following Licenses, Etc. clients who were approved in April: Shawn Marquis at Marquis Electric, LLC of Boca Raton, FL David Rinehardt at No Worry Plumbing, LLC of Estero, FL Tom Blalock at Butler Air Solutions, LLC of Cape Coral, FL James Bellino at B Squared of Palm Coast of Palm Coast, FL Mark Finney

In today’s world, there is a mobile app for everything. Reporting unlicensed activity is no different. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation recently launched the “Report Unlicensed Activity” app for mobile devices. This allows people to report unlicensed activity anywhere anytime. As all licensed contractors know, it takes a lot to get licensed. Exams,

Congratulations to the following Licenses, Etc. clients who were approved in November 2013 through March 2014: William Kipp Jr at Kipp’s Plumbing Services, Inc. of Naples, FL Chet Van Syckel at VanSyckel Construction Group, LLC of Mount Dora, FL Matthew Jackson at M.F. & J. Underground, Inc. of Lake Worth, FL Kerry Garris at S.T.R. Restoration of

Annual Reports are due by May 1st and that date is rapidly approaching. Every business formed before 2014 needs to file a report to keep their business active another year. If this report is not received by May 1st, the state will add a $400 fine to the standard fees. Not filing your report at

Time has flown. Seven years have gone by since the day we began helping the construction industry get licensed and into business. Times sure have changed, but our dedication has not. We here at Licenses, Etc. – Todd, Lisa and Kenny – want to thank each and every one of you who have let us

A new specialty license is available for demolition contractors. This license is officially entitled “Certified Building Demolition Specialty Contractor”. Testing for this type of license has not yet been fully vetted and no exams are available as of yet. This license has been added so that individuals and businesses who work solely with the execution