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Contractor's Licensing Requirements

State Certified Contractors

  • Copy of State Certification
  • Copy of Local Business Tax Receipt (from the jurisdiction where business is located)
  • Certificate of Insurance indicating Workers’ Compensation & General Liability policy.
  • Insurance Certificate Holder must be:

    Osceola County Building Office
    1 Courthouse Square, Suite 1400
    Kissimmee, Florida 34741

    If you do not carry Workers Compensation, a copy of the approved Workers’ Compensation Exemption is required.

  • Application for Certified Contractors must be completed, and signed by the License Holder

  • NOTICE: Local Business Tax Receipt fka Occupational License, Workers Compensation and General Liability must match company name on State License or if “individual” with no dba, it must match the license holder’s name only.

State Registered Contractors

  • Letter of Reciprocity from the county/city that sponsored the applicant for the Thomson Prometric examination. Note: The letter cannot be hand-carried by the applicant but may be faxed directly from the county/city, on their letter head with a cover sheet. The original hard copy must be mailed. Minimum score required 75.0%. IMPORTANT: Effective February 1, 1993, Osceola County requires the Business and Law Examination. If your examination was taken prior to said date, this requirement does not apply. Upon receipt of said letter, the following is required.
    • a) $5,000 Contractors’ Surety Bond. Bond must be on an original Osceola County form in the License Holders’ name; the bond must include the 2nd page which is the power of attorney.
    • b) Copy of State Registration (License)
    • c) Copy of Business Tax Receipt (where business is located)
    • d) Certificate of Insurance indicating Workers’ Compensation & General Liability policy. MUST BE FAXED FROM INSURANCE COMPANY. Certificate Holder must be made out to:

      Osceola County Building Office
      1 Courthouse Square, Suite 1400
      Kissimmee, Florida 34741

      If you do not carry Workers Compensation, a copy of approved Workers Compensation Exemption is required (Effective date 01/01/2004 or later)

    • The Application for competency card must be completed, signed by the License Holder and have the appropriate fee paid. (Photo taken at time of issuance)

    *NOTE: Business Tax Receipt, Workers’ Compensation and General Liability must match company name on State License or if as an “individual” the license holder’s name only.

    License Requirements Document

    Eligibility Requirements For Prov

    APPLICANTS MAY ONLY TEST “THREE” TIMES TO PASS FOR BOTH THE TECHNICAL AND BUISNESS & LAW PORTION.
    If you do not pass after three times, you must wait a year to re-test.

    • Has received a baccalaureate degree from an accredited 4 year college in the appropriate field of engineering, architecture, or building construction and 2 years of proven experience in the category in which the person seeks to qualify. For the purpose of this act, a minimum of 2,000 man-hours shall be used in determining full-time equivalency, OR:
    • Has at least 3 years of active experience as a workman who has learned his trade by serving an apprenticeship or as a skilled workman who is able to command the rate of a mechanic in his/her particular trade, and has at least 1 year of active experience at the level of foreman who is in charge of a group of workmen and usually is responsible to a superintendent or a contractor or his/her equivalent, OR:
    • Has combination of not less than 1 year of experience as a foreman and not less than 3 years of accredited college-level courses in Building Construction, Architecture or Engineering; or has a combination of not less than 2 years of experience as a skilled workman, 1 year of active experience as a foreman, and not less than 1 year of credits for any accredited collegelevel courses in Building Construction, Architecture or Engineering. All junior college or community college-level courses shall be considered accredited college-level courses, OR:
    • Minimum four (4) years in the particular field in which applying.
      Minimum eight (8) years for Master Electricians
      Minimum two (2) years for Irrigation Specialty
      Minimum three (3) years for Roofing.
    • EXCEPTIONS to the following contracting fields: roofing, aluminum specialty, hurricane protection installation, underground utilities, residential swimming pool, swimming pool service and drywall; is a minimum of 1 year of proven experience in the classification in which he/she is applying.

    NOTE: Proof of field experience is to be submitted in the form of a notarized letter from licensed contractors/sub-contractors that the applicant has worked for. For those applicants that were self employed, notarized letters from inspection authorities are acceptable. In the event the applicant is unable to furnish the letters required above because he/she has not carried on any contracting business within six (6) months immediately preceding this application, the applicant shall submit three (3) notarized letters from contractors or subcontractors he/she worked with on various jobs. They must know the particular field of work the applicant was performing, and not related by blood or marriage to the applicant.

    *All letters must be notarized and on letterhead!

    Application For Prov

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