Minnesota License and Renewal Fees

The 14 verified whole-dollar state fees Minnesota publishes, read 2026-10-05 on DLI's own pages or the statute: a $50 application and examination fee, a $180 base license fee, the Contractor Recovery Fund tier that replaces bonding for BC and CR, and renewal at $505, $605 or $705 with a $90 late fee. Amounts no official page publishes are withheld by name — never guessed.

Verified 2026-10-0514 state fees5 renewal rulesregistration fee not publishedIndexation gate: passed

01 How the money works

$50 EXAM + $180 BASE+RECOVERY FUND $320 / $420 / $520→RENEWAL $505 / $605 / $705 (+$90 LATE)≠LOCAL PERMIT FEE (municipal)

Initial license — $180 base plus the fund tier gives $500, $600 or $700 of license and fund; add the separate $50 exam fee for $550, $650 or $750. Roofers pay $180 alone. (Rule MN-LICENSE-FEE.) S-MN-DLI-RBC-LICENSE
Recovery Fund fee — $320 under $1M, $420 from $1M to $5M, $520 over $5M, measured on gross receipts never reduced by costs; the fund replaces bonding for BC and CR. (Rule MN-RECOVERY-FUND.) S-MN-MCL-326B-89
Renewal — $505, $605 or $705 received before expiration, plus a $90 late fee after it; a lapsed renewal within two years owes the expired-period fees, the late fee and the current renewal. (Rule MN-RENEWAL-FEE.) S-MN-DLI-RENEWALS
Cycle and CE — two years ending March 31 (timely by March 1 under § 326B.885 subd. 1), 36 months for installers, and 14 hours of CE per two-year period with the $5 CE fee. (Rules MN-RENEWAL-2YR, MN-CE-14H.) S-MN-MCL-326B-885 S-MN-MCL-326B-821
Registration fee — NOT_VERIFIED — § 326B.701 and DLI's page publish no amount, so none is stated here. (Rule MN-REGISTRATION.) S-MN-MCL-326B-701

01 Application, examination and base license fee — DLI

Fee	Amount	Applies to	Source
Qualifying-person application and examination fee (commissioner-administered exam)	$50	QB (qualifying builder) / QC (qualifying remodeler) / QR (qualifying roofer) exam	S-MN-MCL-326B-092
Residential contractor business license — base license fee (BC / CR / RR)	$180	Residential Building Contractor, Residential Remodeler, Residential Roofer (2-year business license)	S-MN-DLI-RBC-LICENSE
Residential roofer license — license fee (NO Contractor Recovery Fund surcharge)	$180	Residential Roofer (RR)	S-MN-DLI-ROOFER

02 Contractor Recovery Fund fee by gross annual receipts — § 326B.89

Fee	Amount	Applies to	Source
Contractor Recovery Fund fee — gross annual receipts under $1,000,000	$320	Initial and renewal BC/CR licenses (also applies on renewal — § 326B.092 subd. 7(f))	S-MN-MCL-326B-89
Contractor Recovery Fund fee — gross annual receipts $1,000,000 to $5,000,000	$420	Initial and renewal BC/CR licenses	S-MN-MCL-326B-89
Contractor Recovery Fund fee — gross annual receipts over $5,000,000	$520	Initial and renewal BC/CR licenses	S-MN-MCL-326B-89

03 Renewal fees and the late fee — DLI renewals page

Fee	Amount	Applies to	Source
Residential contractor license renewal — gross annual receipts under $1,000,000	$505	BC / CR renewal received before expiration (2-year cycle)	S-MN-DLI-RENEWALS
Residential contractor license renewal — gross annual receipts $1,000,000 to $5,000,000	$605	BC / CR renewal received before expiration (2-year cycle)	S-MN-DLI-RENEWALS
Residential contractor license renewal — gross annual receipts over $5,000,000	$705	BC / CR renewal received before expiration (2-year cycle)	S-MN-DLI-RENEWALS
Late renewal fee (completed renewal not received by expiration)	$90	BC / CR / RR renewal after the March 31 expiration	S-MN-DLI-RENEWALS
Continuing education fee (added to renewals of licenses with a CE requirement)	$5	BC / CR / RR renewal (the qualifying person's 14-hour CE)	S-MN-MCL-326B-092

04 Board fees and the mechanical bond filing — § 326B.092

Fee	Amount	Applies to	Source
Board fee — 1-year license (§§ 326B.31–59 electrical/plumbing/water conditioning; §§ 326B.90–925 high pressure piping)	$4	1-year licenses in the board-fee families	S-MN-MCL-326B-092
Board fee — 2-year license (§§ 326B.31–59 electrical/plumbing/water conditioning; §§ 326B.90–925 high pressure piping)	$8	2-year licenses in the board-fee families	S-MN-MCL-326B-092
Mechanical contractor bond filing fee (initial filing and each renewal)	$100	Mechanical contractor bond with DLI (gas, heating, ventilation, cooling, air conditioning, fuel burning or refrigeration work)	S-MN-DLI-MECHANICAL-BOND

05 Renewal cycles and continuing education

Credential	Cycle	Continuing education	Source
mn:residential_building_contractor_license	24 months	Qualifying person: 14 hours of DLI-approved CE per two-year licensure period — at least 1 hour Energy Code and 1 hour business management strategies (§ 326B.821 subd. 2 and subd. 21); up to 7 of the 14 hours may be State Building Code instruction right after a new residential code adoption; Q registration renews automatically on completing the 14 hours and must be ACTIVE for the company license to renew	S-MN-DLI-RENEWALS
mn:residential_remodeler_license	24 months	14 hours per two-year licensure period (≥1h Energy Code, ≥1h business management) — § 326B.821 subd. 2, 21; Q registration (QC) must be active	S-MN-DLI-RENEWALS
mn:residential_roofer_license	24 months	14 hours per two-year licensure period — § 326B.821 subd. 2, and subd. 21 is titled 'Residential building contractor, remodeler, and roofer education' (1h energy + 1h business management)	S-MN-MCL-326B-885
mn:manufactured_home_installer_license	36 months		S-MN-MCL-326B-885
mn:construction_contractor_registration	24 months		S-MN-MCL-326B-701

06 Not verified — withheld by name

NOT_VERIFIED

§ 326B.701 Construction Contractor Registration fee — no amount on the statute or DLI's page.
Manufactured home installer initial and renewal fees.
Per-class electrical fee rows — §§ 326B.31–399 establish the families, but the class amounts were not read this phase.
Sign contractor bond amount and trade per-class fees.
Municipal permit fees — LOCAL_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED.

07 Sources

S-MN-DLI-MECHANICAL-BONDfee schedule

Minnesota Plumbing Board (within DLI)

Mechanical contractor bond requirements — Minnesota DLI

https://www.dli.mn.gov/business/plumbing-contractors/mechanical-contractor-bond-requirements