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Examination Requirements: A Business and Law (CMS) examination will be required. A trade examination may be required depending on the classification requested. You will receive an Examination Eligibility form after the application is submitted and experience is verified. Find a link to the Candidate information bulletin, exam content outlines, and order forms for the “CMS” exam and trade here.
• Current/Recent Nevada Qualified Employee: If you have served as a qualified employee on a license in the State of Nevada in the same classification requested in good standing within the last 5 years.
• B or B-2 Exam Waiver: Applicants for a full “B” General Building or “B-2” Residential and Small Commercial license may be considered for waiver of the trade exam if you have passed the National Association of State Contractor Licensing Agencies (NASCLA) Accredited General Building Exam. You will need to purchase and electronically send your transcript to the Board.
• Trade Exam Waiver by Endorsement – You may qualify for waiver of the trade exam by endorsement if you are licensed in one of the states listed on the State Equivalency Chart, available online.
The Fingerprint Background Waiver form must be submitted with the application. Do not submit fingerprints until authorized to do so.
Fingerprints will be used to conduct a background investigation for all officers and qualified individuals included on an applications.
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PSI will also allow applicants to take the Nevada specific examinations at PSI owned sited in other states. Please contact PSI at 800.733.9267 to see if there’s a testing site near you.
Please visit PSI’s website for the examination content outline at www.psiexams.com.
The business management test contains questions on state and federal laws and questions on the management of construction projects and business and financial management. Please visit PSI’s website for the examination content outline at www.psiexams.com.
Please visit PSI’s website for the examination content outline at www.psiexams.com.
Yes. It is your responsibility to file a Contractor's Bond in the amount required by the Board. The bond may be in the form of a surety bond or a cash deposit. Additional information on bonding requirements is provided in the license application packet.
Surety Bond Form
Residential pool contractors are also required to provide a consumer protection bond. This may be in the form of a Surety Bond or cash deposit in an amount based on the monetary limited placed on the license.
Pool Bond Requirements
Residential Pool and Spa Bond Form
All new licenses issued in Nevada must post a bond. The amount of the bond is based on the monetary limit placed on the bond and the overall financial situation of the applicant.
The minimum bond amount is $1,000 and the maximum amount is $500,000
NRS 624.020 “Contractor” synonymous with “builder”; “contractor” defined.
1. “Contractor” is synonymous with “builder.”
2. A contractor is any person, except a registered architect or a licensed professional engineer, acting solely in a professional capacity, who in any capacity other than as the employee of another with wages as the sole compensation, undertakes to, offers to undertake to, purports to have the capacity to undertake to, or submits a bid to, or does himself or herself or by or through others, construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, move, wreck or demolish any building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement, or to do any part thereof, including the erection of scaffolding or other structures or works in connection therewith. Evidence of the securing of any permit from a governmental agency or the employment of any person on a construction project must be accepted by the Board or any court of this State as prima facie evidence that the person securing that permit or employing any person on a construction project is acting in the capacity of a contractor pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
3. A contractor includes a subcontractor or specialty contractor, but does not include anyone who merely furnishes materials or supplies without fabricating them into, or consuming them in the performance of, the work of a contractor.
4. A contractor includes a construction manager who performs management and counseling services on a construction project for a professional fee.
5. A contractor does not include an owner of a planned unit development who enters into one or more oral or written agreements with one or more general building contractors or general engineering contractors to construct a work of improvement in the planned unit development if the general building contractors or general engineering contractors are licensed pursuant to this chapter and contract with the owner of the planned unit development to construct the entire work of improvement.
[2:Art. II:186:1941; A 1955, 378] + [3:Art. II:186:1941; 1931 NCL § 1474.11]—(NRS A 1975, 831; 1977, 319; 1997, 1037; 2001, 1621; 2003, 1899, 2140; 2005, 1223)
Yes. All applications submitted to our office are considered public record.
The Nevada State Contractors Board is committed to providing access to public records in accordance with NRS 239. All public records, the contents of which are not otherwise declared by law to be confidential, shall be open for inspection or to obtain copies.However, training received in a program offered at an accredited college, university or equivalent program accepted by the Board may be used to satisfy up to, but not more than 3 years of experience.
Please review theContractor’s License Application for more information regarding the experience requirements.
You must provide written documentation of any training or education claimed in place of experience. Acceptable documentation includes copies of apprenticeship certificates and college transcripts.
Please review the Contractor’s License Application for more information regarding the experience requirements.
However, you may qualify for waiver of the trade exam by endorsement if you are licensed in one of the states listed on the State Equivalency Chart.
Please review the State License Equivalency Chart to determine if you are eligible to receive waiver of the trade examination and experience certification portion of the application.