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Learn More about CSLB's New Renewal Fee Schedule

Thursday, January 16, 2020

Content Courtesy of: Contractors State License Board cslb

January 3, 2020                                                                                        CSLB #20-01


CSLB Announces New Renewal Fee Schedule
License and Home Improvement Sales Registration Renewal Fees Will Increase; Also, Active C-10 Contractors will be Charged an Additional $20

SACRAMENTO -- Since its creation almost 90 years ago, the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) has carried out its mission to protect consumers by regulating California's construction industry in the most financially responsible way possible.

CSLB operations are funded entirely by license fees, and today a combination of increased costs, including extensive disaster response and a decline in the number of license renewals, necessitates that CSLB raise renewal fees to their statutory maximum. The new fee schedule was approved as an emergency measure by the Office of Administrative Law in December of last year and takes effect February 1, 2020.

Please note that if your license expires on or after February 1, 2020 you cannot renew early to avoid the fee increase.

The decision to raise fees is not made lightly, and over the past number of years CSLB has taken multiple measures to reduce costs. Unfortunately, CSLB cannot further reduce the expenditures that support our licensing and enforcement programs without negatively affecting our ability to process applications in a timely manner, to quickly mediate or investigate consumer complaints, and to effectively respond to disasters throughout the state.

To read more and access CSLB's new licensing renewal fee schedule chart, click here.