Mississippi License and Renewal Fees

The 14 verified whole-dollar state fees Mississippi charges, read 2026-10-06 on MSBOC's own pages or the statute: a $400 commercial and $50 residential application fee, the $200 Construction Education Fund fee on every Certificate of Responsibility, and annual renewal at $400 commercial or $100 residential — the statutory ceiling. There is no bond fee, because Mississippi requires no bond. Amounts no official page publishes are withheld by name — never guessed.

Verified 2026-10-0614 state fees4 renewal rulesno bond fee — no bondIndexation gate: passed

01 How the money works

$400 COMMERCIAL + $200 CEF·$50 RESIDENTIAL (STATUTORY)→RENEWAL $400 / $100 ANNUALLY≠NO BOND FEE (NO BOND)

Commercial initial cost — $400 application (one classification included) + the $200 Construction Education Fund fee = $600 before any additional classifications at $100 each. (Rule MS-COR-LICENSE.)
Residential initial cost — § 73-59-3(4) verbatim: "The initial license fee shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00)"; the board may adjust it but "cannot exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)", and $25 of the fee feeds the Mississippi Housing Institute. (Rule MS-RESIDENTIAL-BUILDER.) S-MS-CODE-73-59-3
Annual renewal — $400 commercial (plus $200 CEF plus updated financials) or $100 residential (the statutory ceiling); renewal notices are emailed ~60 days ahead as a courtesy. (Rule MS-RENEWAL-ANNUAL.) S-MS-CODE-73-59-3
Late renewal — within 180 days of expiry: the fee plus the 10% statutory penalty (§ 73-59-3(5)); the board schedule's flat $10 (residential) reconciles exactly with 10% of $100. Beyond 180 days: a new application. (Rule MS-RENEWAL-ANNUAL.) S-MS-CODE-73-59-3
No bond fee — there is no bond to pay for: § 31-3-13(h) forbids the board to set bonding capacity. (Rule MS-NO-BOND.) S-MS-CODE-31-3-13
Disciplinary exposure is not a fee — but the range is statutory: $100–$5,000 per violation residential, up to 3% of the contract commercial. (Rule MS-DISCIPLINE.) S-MS-CODE-73-59-13
CE is free but mandatory — two credit hours per residential qualifying party per year; the instruction itself is bought from board-approved providers, not the board. (Rule MS-CE-2H.) S-MS-CODE-73-59-11

01 Application and Construction Education Fund fees

Fee	Amount	Applies to	Source
Commercial license (Certificate of Responsibility) application fee	$400	All commercial applications — one classification included	S-MS-BOC-LICENSE
Residential license application fee (statutory initial license fee)	$50	All residential applications — Residential Builder, Remodeler, Roofing, Construction Manager, Solar, sub-trades	S-MS-CODE-73-59-3
Construction Education Fund fee — every COR holder, at application AND renewal	$200	Certificate of Responsibility application and renewal	S-MS-CODE-31-3-14

02 Annual renewal and late-renewal fees

Fee	Amount	Applies to	Source
Commercial license (COR) annual renewal	$400	Certificate of Responsibility holders (expires 1 year from issuance — § 31-3-13(a))	S-MS-BOC-FAQ
Residential license annual renewal	$100	All residential license holders	S-MS-CODE-73-59-3
Commercial license late renewal fee	$50	COR renewals after the expiration date (within 180 days)	S-MS-BOC-FAQ
Residential license late renewal fee	$10	Residential renewals after the expiration date (within 180 days)	S-MS-BOC-FAQ

03 Classifications, status changes and replacements

Fee	Amount	Applies to	Source
Additional classification (per class, beyond the one included)	$100	Commercial and residential licenses — each additional classification	S-MS-BOC-FAQ
Request for Change in Qualifying Party	$25	License holders replacing their qualifying party	S-MS-BOC-FAQ
Inactive status request (and identical reactivation fee)	$25	License holders not actively building; reactivation costs the same $25	S-MS-BOC-FAQ
Company name change (same entity)	$50	Same-entity name changes evidenced by an amended Secretary of State certificate	S-MS-BOC-HOW-DOI
Replacement residential license (revoked, lost, mutilated or destroyed)	$50	Residential license replacements	S-MS-CODE-73-59-3

04 Emergency licenses and disciplinary exposure

Fee	Amount	Applies to	Source
Emergency residential license (catastrophe or emergency)	$50	Emergency licenses issued under § 73-59-7	S-MS-CODE-73-59-7
Residential disciplinary monetary penalty — statutory range per violation	$5,000	Per-violation cap under § 73-59-13(5)(d); the floor is $100	S-MS-CODE-73-59-13

05 Renewal cycles and continuing education

Credential	Cycle	Continuing education	Source
ms:certificate_of_responsibility	12 months		S-MS-CODE-31-3-13
ms:residential_builder_license	12 months	Each qualifying party for a residential license: 2 credit hours of board-approved continuing education per year (MSBOC CE page; § 73-59-11(g) caps the board at 2 hours/year and exempts licensees who held a valid license before July 1, 2015); proof submitted with the annual renewal	S-MS-CODE-73-59-3
ms:residential_subtrade_license	12 months	2 credit hours per qualifying party per year (residential CE rule — § 73-59-11(g) covers 'any residential builder or remodeler'; the sub-trades license under the same chapter)	S-MS-CODE-73-59-3
ms:emergency_license	3 months		S-MS-CODE-73-59-7

06 Not verified — withheld by name

NOT_VERIFIED

PSI exam fees — set by PSI, never published by MSBOC ("see the Candidate Information Bulletin").
Waiver-of-exam request fee ($50) — single secondary source; not verified against a live board page.
The board's Schedule of Fees page itself — every attempt 404'd or was binary this phase; the renewal figures rest on statutory anchors plus three independent secondary corroborations.
Municipal permit fees — LOCAL_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED.

07 Sources

S-MS-BOC-FAQfaq

Mississippi State Board of Contractors (MSBOC)

Frequently Asked Questions — MSBOC

https://www.msboc.us/general-info/frequently-asked-questions/