Look up a contractor license or Home Improvement Salesperson (HIS) registration to verify information, including complaint disclosure. Before hiring a contractor or signing a contract, CSLB recommends you read the Hiring a Contractor page.
Enter the contractor license number to check the status of their license.
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A California contractor license number doesn’t contain alphabetic characters. Each contractor’s plastic pocket license will show the respective license number. Begin entry of your license number at the left position and don’t exceed 8 digits in the license number.
Enter the Contractor Business Name to check the status of their license.
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If you cannot find the license by using the business name, and it contains a first and last name, type the last name first. For example: If the name is “John Smith Construction” type “Smith John Con”. If the name is “John A Smith Construction” type “Smith John A Co”.
This search will return up to 50 names. If your search request results in more than 50 names you can click on the next 50 names link at the bottom of the page.
Type only the first 10 to 15 letters of the business name. If you do not find the license, type the business name again with 1 or 2 fewer characters.
If the business name begins with “The” or “A”, do not type this initially. If you do not find the license, then try the search with “The” or “A” at the beginning of the business name.
Commas and periods are not used in the business name, but apostrophes are. For example: Al’s Builders.
Spaces between initials matter. If the name has initials in it, type the initials first with a space between them, and then type the initials without a space between them. For example: “A B Smith Builders” and then “AB Smith Builders”
Enter the name of the Contractor to check the status of the license they are associated with.
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This search will return up to 100 names. If your search request results in more than 100 names you can click on the next 100 names link at the bottom of the page.
If you cannot find the license and you have entered a first and last name, type only the last name.
Type only the first 10 to 15 letters of the person’s name. If you do not find the license, type the name again with 1 or 2 fewer characters.
Commas and periods are not used in the name, but apostrophes are. For example: O’Brian.
Spaces matter. If the last name is Mc Donald, type the last name with a space, and then type the name without a space. For example: “Mc Donald” and then “McDonald”.
Enter the salespersons registration number to check the status of their registration.
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A California Home Improvement Salesperson registration number consists of a numeric portion up to 8 digits plus the 2 alphabetic characters of “SP”. Each salesperson’s plastic pocket license will show the respective registration number. Begin entry of your registration number at the left position and don’t exceed 8 digits in the numeric license number portion.
Enter a Salespersons name to check the status of their registration.
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This search will return up to 100 names. If your search request results in more than 100 names you can click on the next 100 names link at the bottom of the page.
If you cannot find the license and you have entered a first and last name, type only the last name.
Type only the first 10 to 15 letters of the person’s name. If you do not find the license, type the name again with 1 or 2 fewer characters.
Commas and periods are not used in the name, but apostrophes are. For example: O’Brian.
Spaces matter. If the last name is Mc Donald, type the last name with a space, and then type the name without a space. For example: “Mc Donald” and then “McDonald”.
Please note: Our database is unavailable Sundays at 8 p.m. through Monday at 6 a.m. due to scheduled maintenance.
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