Print out the application and disclosure forms, if applicable. If you prefer to fill out the application online here is a link: Online Application. After it is filled out online you must print it out and hand write your Social Security Number on it and sign the form.

Send completed application to:

Contractors State License Board
P.O Box 26000
Sacramento, CA 95826

a check with the appropriate fee made payable to the Registrar of Contractors. You may also use a money order, business, certified, or cashier’s check. Do not send cash.

In 2-4 weeks, you will receive notice in the mail that your application has been received and submitted for processing. The notice will include an 11 digit Application Fee Number.

In 2-4 weeks from the initial application, you will receive a Request for Livescan Service in the mail. Take this paperwork to go get a Livescan Service conducted ASAP. The Request will contain three duplicates. Both you and the Livescan location will retain one copy for record keeping – you MUST send the third copy to:

CSLB
P.O Box 26000
Sacramento, CA 95826

A list of Livescan locations is available here.

In 2-4 Weeks from your initial application, you will receive correspondence back from the CSLB in regards to you licensing approval or denial.

If at any time a period of 90 days of non-response from the contractor occurs, the application will be voided and all fees forfeited. This is vital during the Livescan phase, but also applies if any an information clarification is requested. The entire certification process, if all goes smoothly, takes approximately 6 weeks. Progress can be monitored by the representative at any time after the AFN is received here.