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Nevada Contractor Licensing Procedures and Application Information
The Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB) regulates licenses inseveral classifications: Class A General Engineering, Class AB General Engineering and General Building, Class B General Building, and Class C Specialty. All classifications with their scope can be found in the Nevada State Contractors Handbook. Licenses may be issued to individuals, general partnerships, limited partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, or joint ventures. All applicants must have a minimum of four full years of experience at a journeyman level or as a foreman, supervisor, or contractor in the classification they applied for.
Nevada Contractor Classifications
Class A
- General Engineering (A)
- Airports (A1)
- Bridges (A4)
- Commercial and Residential Pools (A10)
- Dams and Reservoirs (A3)
- Diamond and Core Drilling (A5)
- Drilling of Oil, Gas and Exploratory Wells (A6)
- Electrical Conduits for Underground Transmission (A19C)
- Excavating and Grading (A7)
- Excavating, Grading, Trenching and Surfacing (A12)
- Farm Irrigation (A18)
- Fencing and Guardrails (A21)
- Fountains and Other Water Features (A24)
- Gas (A19B)
- Highways (A2)
- Industrial Piping (A20)
- Lines to Transmit Electricity (A17)
- Maintenance and Repair of Pools and Spas (A10E)
- Paving of Streets, Driveways and Parking Lots (A16)
- Piers and Foundations (A9)
- Pipeline and Conduits (A19)
- Pools and Spas of Fiberglass (A10D)
- Recycling Asphalt (A11)
- Removal of Asbestos (A23)
- Repair of Pools and Spas (A10C)
- Residential Pools (A10A)
- Residential Spas (A10B)
- Sealing and Striping of Impermeable Paving Surfaces (A8)
- Sewers, Drains and Pipes (A15)
- Steel Erection and Industrial Machinery (A14)
- Telecommunication Towers (A25)
- Unclassified (A22)
- Water (A19A)
- Water and Gas Lines for Residential Pools and Spas (A10F)
- Wrecking Buildings (A13)
Class B
- General Building (B)
- Commercial Remodeling (B6)
- Prefabricated Steel Structures (B5)
- Premanufactured Housing (B1)
- Residential and Small Commercial (B2)
- Residential Remodeling (B7)
- Service Stations (B4)
- Speculative Building (B3)
Class C
- Acoustical Tile (C17D)
- Acoustical Tile (C4G)
- Air Conditioning (C21B)
- Air Conditioning (C37C)
- Artificial or Cultured Marble (C19C)
- Automatic Fire Sprinklers (C41A)
- Awnings and Louvres (C14H)
- Boilers (C1A)
- Building Accessories and Specialties (C26B)
- Carpentry and Repairs (C3A)
- Finish Carpentry (C3B)
- Carpentry (C3)
- Chilled and Hot Water Systems (C21F)
- Chilled Water Piping (C1I)
- Coatings of Stucco and Cement (C17E)
- Concrete Contracting (C5)
- Constructing, Altering, or Improving Community Antenna Television Systems (C42)
- Conveyance of Goods (C14J)
- Covering Floors (C16A)
- Drilling Wells and Installing Pumps, Pressure Tanks & Storage Tanks (C23)
- Drywall (C17C)
- Drywall (C3E)
- Drywall (C4E)
- Electrical (C2)
- Electrical Signs (C6B)
- Electrical Wiring (C2A)
- Elevation and Conveyance (C7)
- Elevator and Dumbwaiter (C7A)
- Erecting Scaffolds and Bleachers (C24)
- Erecting Signs (C6)
- Escalator and Conveyor (C7B)
- Fabricating Tanks (C28)
- Fabricating Tanks (C28A)
- Fencing and Equipping Playgrounds (C25)
- Carpentry (C3B)
- Finishing Counters (C16B)
- Finishing Floors (C16)
- Fire Alarms (C41C)
- Fire Detection (C2C)
- Fire Protection (C41)
- Fire Sprinklers (C1B)
- Fixed Fire Extinguishing Systems (C41B)
- Floors of Gymnasiums (C26C)
- Pipes and Vents (C38A)
- Gas Appliances and Equipment (C38B)
- Glass and Glazing (C8)
- Heating and Ventilating (C38C)
- Heating Cooling and Circulating Air (C1F)
- Heating of Pools (C37D)
- Individual Sewerage (C27)
- Industrial Piping (C1K)
- Industrial Piping (C21G)
- Installing Equipment to Treat Water (C30)
- Installing Equipment Used With Liquefied Petroleum and Natural Gas (C38)
- Installing Heaters (C39)
- Installing Industrial Machinery (C33)
- Installing Terrazzo and Marble (C19)
- Installing Urethane (C36)
- Institutional Contracting (C26)
- Insulation & Weather Stripping (C3C)
- Insulation (C15C)
- Insulation of Pipes and Ducts (C1C)
- Integrated Ceilings (C2B)
- Kitchen and Laboratory Equipment (C26A)
- Landscape Contracting (C10)
- Lathing and Plastering (C17)
- Lathing (C17A)
- Lines to Transmit Electricity (C2E)
- Low Voltage (C2D)
- Maintenance (C21D)
- Marble (C19B)
- Masonry (C18)
- Metal Doors and Windows (C14E)
- Movement of Buildings (C9)
- Moving Walkway (C7D)
- Ornamental Metal (C14C)
- Outdoor Advertising (C6A)
- Overhead Doors (C3D)
- Painted Signs (C6D)
- Painting and Decorating (C4)
- Painting (C4A)
- Photovoltaics (C2G)
- Pipes and Vents for Gas (C1G)
- Plastering (C17B)
- Plastic Tile and Wallboard (C16C)
- Plastic Tile and Wallboard (C20A)
- Plumbing and Heating (C1)
- Plumbing (C1D)
- Pneumatic Tube (C7C)
- Prefabricated Steel Structures (C14G)
- Private Fire Hydrants (C41D)
- Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (C21)
- Refrigeration (C21A)
- Reinforcing Steel (C14A)
- Residential Wiring (C2F)
- Rigging and Cranes (C14I)
- Roofing and Siding (C15)
- Roofing (C15A)
- Sandblasting and Coatings (C28B)
- Sandblasting (C4D)
- Sheet Metal (C1E)
- Sheet Metal (C21C)
- Sheet Metal (C6C)
- Sheet Metal Studs (C4F)
- Siding (C15B)
- Solar Air Conditioning (C21E)
- Solar Contracting (C37)
- Space Heating (C37B)
- Specialties Not Authorized by Other Classifications (C40)
- Spraying Mixtures Containing Cement (C11)
- Steel Reinforcing and Erection (C14)
- Store Fronts (C14F)
- Structural Steel (C14B)
- Studs of Sheet Metal (C17F)
- Swimming Pool Tile and Coping (C20B)
- Taping and Finishing (C4C)
- Terrazzo (C19A)
- Tiling (C20)
- Using Sheet Metal (C13)
- Wallcovering (C4B)
- Water Heaters (C1H)
- Water Heating (C37A)
- Waterproofing (C15D)
- Wrecking (C31)
How to Get a Nevada Contractor License?
- Obtain a Nevada Business ID before completing the contractor application. To get the business ID, contact the Nevada Secretary of State to complete the application for a Nevada State Business License
- Gather the required documents by the Nevada State Contractors Board to submit with the contractor application
- Experience Documentation
- Copies of driver's licenses or government-issued IDs
- History of past and current employment
- Submit a check, cashier's check, or money order payable to NSCB
- Background Disclosure Statement and Fingerprint Background Waiver forms
- Financial Statement
- Child Support Information Statement – Sole Proprietors ONLY
- Provide a Signature on the application where requested
- Select a license classification from the official list of Nevada State Contractors
- Fill out the certification of work experience form to provide proof of past work history. Have a minimum of 4 years of work experience as a journeyman, foreman, supervision employee, or contractor in the specific classification requested within 15 years of filing this application
- Submit the completed contractor license application form with all documents
- Await an Examination Eligibility form AFTER the application has been submitted and the work experience has been verified
- Take and Pass the Business and Law (CMS) and trade exam administered by PSI©
- Upon approval of the license by the NSCB, the applicant must submit the license bond indicated on the approval letter and proof of Workers' Compensation Insurance
- Issuance of the license is completed by the NSCB and sent via mail to the address of the application
