When is a contractor's license required in Arizona?

Question

I do residential painting but am interested in starting commercial. What are the license requirements and what are the criteria for obtaining a license? Do I need a license if the job pays more than $750??

Answer 1

"Who must be licensed as a contractor?

Any business which contracts or offers to contract to build, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, move, wreck or demolish any building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other structure, development or improvement, or to do any part of the work must be a licensed contractor.

Also included in work requiring a license is the erection of scaffolding, connections to utility service lines, metering devices and sewer lines, mechanical or structural service to a structure or improvement and any other work in connection with the project.

"Contractor" includes subcontractors, floor covering contractors, landscape contractors and consultants representing themselves as having the ability to supervise or manage a construction project for the benefit of the property owner.

Supervision or management includes hiring and firing of specialty contractors, scheduling of work on the project, and selection and purchasing of construction material.

Contractors must be properly licensed before submitting bids."

The Arizona Contractor's License Application package is at
http://www.rc.state.az.us/Acrobat/Lics/lic_app.pdf

You can contact the Arizona Registrar of Contractors for more info. on licensing-

http://www.rc.state.az.us/