Nevada Contractor License Requirements

How contractor licensing actually works in Nevada: a license required at any price — NRS 624.700 makes it unlawful to engage in the business or submit a bid without an active license, and an unlicensed bid or contract is void ab initio — with no statewide dollar threshold anywhere (a verified absence, not a gap), a license that belongs to the business rather than the qualifier, a Board-set monetary ceiling on every license, a mandatory bond of $1,000–$500,000 and twelve statutory exemptions with their own conditions. Every claim below is traced to an official source with a verification date.

Verified 2026-10-0434 official sources27 requirements14 classifications4 documented conflictsIndexation gate: passed

01 The Nevada model

Nevada is not California, Florida, Arizona, Texas or Georgia. It has a statewide license with NO price gate at all — the statute asks only whether you are acting as a contractor:

ANY-PRICE LICENSE (NRS 624.700)+CLASSIFICATION SCOPES (NAC 624)+MONETARY CEILING + BOND≠LOCAL LAYER (NRS 624.035)

License required — at any price — NRS 624.700 (verbatim): unlawful to "engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor within this State" or "submit a bid on a job situated within this State … without having an active license therefor … unless that person … is exempted from licensure pursuant to NRS 624.031"; an unlicensed bid or contract "shall be deemed void ab initio." S-NV-624-700
No statewide threshold — verified absence — neither NRS 624.700 nor the board FAQ contains any dollar figure; price never decides this question. The $1,000 in NRS 624.031(6) is a CONDITIONAL repair exemption, not a threshold. S-NV-624-700
The license belongs to the business — NSCB (verbatim): "Licenses may be issued to individuals, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies or joint ventures. The license belongs to the business and not the qualifying party" — qualified by an individual with four full years of classification experience in the preceding 15 years. S-NV-624-020
Monetary limit = a ceiling, not a trigger — the Board sets every license a monetary limit, "the maximum contract a licensed contractor may undertake on one or more construction contracts on a single construction site or subdivision site for a single client"; bidding over it is discipline (NRS 624.3015(2)). S-NV-624-220
Penalties are real — first offense: misdemeanor ≤ $1,000 and/or ≤ 6 months; second: gross misdemeanor $2,000–$4,000 and/or ≤ 1 year; third+: category E felony $5,000–$10,000 and/or 1–4 years. S-NV-FAQ

What this site does not claim

We do not publish local permit amounts, timelines or registration rules beyond the documented City of Las Vegas example — those are LOCAL_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED, and no other Nevada locality was researched in this phase. CONFLICT-NV-001 (the board's "$500 or more" sentence vs the statute) is unresolved and both sides are shown below.

02 Who regulates

state board

Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB)

Created by NRS 624.040 — 'There is hereby created the State Contractors' Board to consist of seven members to be appointed by the Governor.' Licenses businesses in classification + subclassification with a Board-set monetary limit and a Board-set bond; publishes the license requirements, FAQ, classifications, exemptions, renewal and owner-builder pages plus the official application PDFs. The official license search (search by license number, company name, or principal/qualified individual name) answered HTTP 200 on 2026-10-04. www.nscb.nv.gov redirects to www.nvcontractorsboard.com — both are one official source.

https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/https://app.nvcontractorsboard.com/Clients/NVSCB/Public/ContractorLicenseSearch/ContractorLicenseSearch.aspx

legislature

Nevada Legislature (NRS / NAC official host)

Official host of the Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS ch. 624 Contractors) and the Nevada Administrative Code (NAC ch. 624, incl. the classification scopes at NAC 624.140–624.585 per the official application form). leg.state.nv.us returns HTTP 403 to plain fetches from this research environment — published limitation: NRS text was read on nevada.public.law (non-commercial mirror, official section anchors retained, accessed 2025-05-26) and NAC text on Cornell LII (law.cornell.edu/regulations/nevada, official text incl. the Board's LCB amendment notes). NRS 624.970 was additionally corroborated on FindLaw (current as of 2025-01-01).

https://www.leg.state.nv.us/

other

PSI Licensure (contracted exam vendor)

'The Nevada State Contractors Board has contracted with PSI Licensure (PSI) to conduct the testing' (NSCB License Requirements page). PSI Candidate Information Bulletins, content outlines and fees live on the PSI site; three PSI test centers in Nevada (Las Vegas, Reno, Elko). The newest PSI-hosted Candidate Information Bulletin reachable from this environment is revised 4/15/2009 — historic only; current exam fees NOT_VERIFIED (research §J/§K).

https://www.psiexams.com/

state agency

Nevada Division of Industrial Relations

Administers Nevada industrial insurance (workers' compensation) under NRS ch. 616A–617. dir.nv.gov rejects automated fetches (WAF) — the industrial-insurance licensure requirement is therefore seeded from the NSCB's own General Requirements FAQ and application instructions (official board pages), with DIR named as the administering agency but not cited for a specific section we could not read (research §H).

https://dir.nv.gov/

city

City of Las Vegas — Building & Offsite Permits

LOCAL EXAMPLE — NOT STATEWIDE: official city permit pages read 2026-10-04 (served HTML, HTTP 200). 'Only a Nevada licensed contractor may obtain a building permit for commercial construction'; 'A valid Nevada State Contractor's license and city of Las Vegas business license are required for the issuance of permits to contractors' (Permit Fee Estimator). Clark County and every other locality were not researched — local specifics are LOCAL_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED throughout this site.

https://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/

The Nevada State Contractors Board (created by NRS 624.040 — seven members appointed by the Governor) licenses every contractor in classification + subclassification, sets the monetary limit and the bond, and publishes the official application, FAQ and lookup; the Legislature publishes NRS/NAC; PSI Licensure is the board-contracted exam vendor; the Division of Industrial Relations administers workers' compensation; and the City of Las Vegas documents the local permit layer. All are official sources here.

03 State vs local

Nevada draws the OPPOSITE boundary from Georgia's preemption: the state owns the credential, and NRS 624.035 expressly lets every county and city require MORE:

Question	State answer	Local answer
Contractor license	Required statewide at ANY price (NRS 624.700); exemptions only via NRS 624.031. S-NV-624-700	Counties and cities may require an ADDITIONAL contractor's license with reasonable and necessary standards (NRS 624.035). S-NV-624-035
Building / trade permit	The residential contractor "shall apply for and obtain all necessary permits" (NRS 624.970(6)) — the state does not issue them. S-NV-624-970	The city/county issues the permit, sets fees and inspects — Las Vegas example below. S-NV-LV-FEE-EST
Out-of-classification work	Licensed contractors: incidental/supplemental multi-craft work, plus a < $1,000 no-permit relief that never covers plumbing, electrical, refrigeration or AC (NRS 624.220(4)). S-NV-624-220	—
Local business license	—	A city business license exists independently of the NSCB credential (Las Vegas example: both are required for contractor permit issuance). S-NV-LV-FEE-EST

What this site does not claim

Permit fee schedules, plan-review timelines, local bonds and every other city's rules beyond the Las Vegas example are LOCAL_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED.

04 Credential model

Nevada has ONE credential shape — deliberately simpler than Georgia's triad and unlike Arizona's (no classifications on a generic business license: Nevada classifies the LICENSE itself):

Credential

Contractor's License (issued to the business — individuals, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies or joint ventures; 'The license belongs to the business and not the qualifying party' — NSCB General Requirements; qualified by a qualifying individual with 4 years of classification experience in the preceding 15 years — NRS 624.260(6))

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Qualifying party — at least four full years of experience as journeyman, supervising employee or contractor in the specific classification within the preceding 15 years; a natural person may not qualify more than one active license without the 25%-ownership / common-parent / public-benefit-corporation exceptions (NRS 624.260(5)(6)). S-NV-624-020
Financial statement always required — "regardless of the size/amount of the monetary limit requested", with four tiers by requested limit (≤ $25k self-prepared band in conflict with the brochure's < $10k CPA line — CONFLICT-NV-002 below). S-NV-REQ-PAGE
Owner-builder is an applied-for exemption — NRS 624.031(5) owners "must apply to the Board for the exemption" (affidavit filed with the permit), may not sell/lease within 1 year, and must license every subcontractor. Not a credential — an exemption.

05 Classifications

These 14 rows are the product-relevant official credential categories — Class B with its three residential/commercial subclasses, and eleven primary C specialty classifications (the board publishes 36 primary C classifications in total; subclasses combine under one primary license, FAQ #10). Each row carries the credential that issues it:

Code	Credential	Category	Source
B-2	business license	Residential and Small Commercial	S-NV-NAC-170
B	business license	General Building contractor	S-NV-CLASS-PAGE
B-6	business license	Commercial Remodeling	S-NV-NAC-170
B-7	business license	Residential Remodeling	S-NV-NAC-170
C-1	business license	Plumbing and heating contracting	S-NV-NAC-190
C-2	business license	Electrical contracting	S-NV-NAC-200
C-3	business license	Carpentry, maintenance and minor repairs	S-NV-NAC-210
C-4	business license	Painting and decorating	S-NV-NAC-220
C-5	business license	Concrete contracting	S-NV-NAC-230
C-15	business license	Roofing and siding	S-NV-NAC-320
C-20	business license	Tiling	S-NV-NAC-370
C-21	business license	Refrigeration and air-conditioning	S-NV-NAC-380
C-37	business license	Solar contracting	S-NV-NAC-540
C-39	business license	Installing heaters	S-NV-NAC-560

Full classification scopes, conditions and rules →

06 Exemptions and thresholds

All twelve exemptions live in ONE statute — NRS 624.031 — and each keeps its own conditions. Nothing here is combined into a generic "minor work" rule:

Statewide threshold

none

licensable at any price — verified absence (NRS 624.700) S-NV-624-700

Repair exemption

< $1,000

incl. labor + materials — but FIVE carve-outs each defeat it (NRS 624.031(6))

Monetary limit

Board-set

$1,000–$500,000 bond band alongside; limit = max contract per site per client (NRS 624.220(2)) S-NV-624-220

$1,000 repair/maintenance exemption — under $1,000 including labor and materials, unless ANY carve-out applies: permit required; plumbing/electrical/refrigeration/heating/AC work; HSW-affecting classification; part of a ≥ $500 project or split-contract evasion; or performed by a licensee or their employee. (Rule NV-REPAIR-EXEMPT.)
Owner-occupant builder — own occupancy, not for sale or lease, Board exemption applied for; a sale/lease within 1 year creates a rebuttable presumption. (Rule NV-OWNER-BUILDER.)
Employee work — "as the employee of another with wages as the sole compensation" is outside the contractor definition; subcontractors and specialty contractors are INSIDE it. (Rule NV-EMPLOYEE-WORK.)
Public/governmental exemptions — NRS 624.031 exempt items (verbatim structure): (1) work performed exclusively by an authorized representative of the United States Government, the State of Nevada, or an incorporated city, county, irrigation district, reclamation district, or other municipal or political corporation or subdivision of this State; (3) an officer of a court acting within the scope of office; (4) work performed exclusively by a public utility operating under Public Utilities Commission of Nevada regulations on construction, maintenance or development incidental to its business; (9) federally financed or title-held federal site or reservation work (NRS 624.031(9)). S-NV-624-031
Remaining NRS 624.031 exemptions — NRS 624.031 exempt items (verbatim structure): (2) a 501(c)(3) entity contracting with a public body to facilitate repair/maintenance (weatherization etc.) where the work is performed by a licensed contractor and the nonprofit is a party to the contract; (7) sale or installation of any finished product, material or article of merchandise which is not fabricated into and does not become a permanent fixed part of the structure (the material-only exemption); (8) construction, alteration, improvement or repair of personal property; (10) agricultural/farming property structures for the owner's own use, not intended for sale or lease; (11) disaster recovery construction oversight by a qualified person for a long-term recovery group under an NRS 414.070 proclamation — coordination and oversight of volunteer labor, and it does NOT authorize unlicensed contracting acts; (12) real-estate licensees/property managers assisting owners in scheduling repair/maintenance under a written agreement — only if no building permit is required and value ≤ $10,000 per residential property during the agreement term (or ≤ 6 months for property management), and it expressly does NOT authorize performing licensed work or paying unlicensed persons for it. S-NV-624-031

CONFLICT-NV-001 (OPEN) — the $500 sentence

The NSCB Owner-Builder page states "anyone who contracts for or bids on a construction project valued at $500 or more … must be licensed" — which cannot be reconciled with NRS 624.031(6)'s $1,000 repair exemption for a $500–$999 repair job, nor with NRS 624.700's no-threshold rule. Statute governs the rules on this site; the board sentence is preserved here and in the conflicts table, never used as a fact. S-NV-OB-PAGE

07 Local layer (Las Vegas example)

LOCAL EXAMPLE — NOT STATEWIDE. The City of Las Vegas is used here only to show what the local layer contains. No other Nevada locality was researched, and nothing below applies automatically to any other city or county.

State layerverified — traced to official sources

The state issues the credential but does NOT issue permits: NRS 624.970(6) puts the permit duty on the residential contractor, and NRS 624.035 expressly lets each county or city require an additional local license "subject to the applicant meeting such additional standards as are reasonable and necessary for the protection of the public." S-NV-624-035

Local layernot researched on this site

LOCAL EXAMPLE — City of Las Vegas (not statewide)

City of Las Vegas (official pages, read 2026-10-04): Building & Offsite Permits — 'Only a Nevada licensed contractor may obtain a building permit for commercial construction.' Permit Fee Estimator — 'A valid Nevada State Contractor's license and city of Las Vegas business license are required for the issuance of permits to contractors.' Example local fees published on that page (labeled examples, NOT a fee schedule): Residential Construction Tax (habitable space only, effective 2024-01-01) 1% of construction valuation or $1,000 per dwelling unit in apartments/condos, whichever is less; Clark County Transportation Tax Act $1,000 per single-family dwelling unit; privileged tax $1.00 per commercial/industrial square foot. Also: homeowner amnesty program for self-disclosing non-permitted work; plan/no-plan permit tracks; e-plan submission mandatory for new plans since 2020-01-01; 2021 IBC/IFC adopted (effective 2023-03-23). S-NV-LV-FEE-EST

Permit fees beyond the published examples, exemption lists, timelines and every other city's or county's rules are LOCAL_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED. Clark County runs its own building department (named, not researched).

08 Bonds

Nevada MANDATES a license bond — the direct contrast with Georgia's empty bond table. Four seeded rows, every range quoted from statute or the board page:

Row	Type	Amount	Rule	Source
BOND-NV-LICENSE	contractor	$1,000 – $500,000	MANDATORY before license issuance (NRS 624.270(1)): surety bond fixed by the Board with reference to the contractor's financial/professional responsibility and magnitude of operations, but 'not less than $1,000 or more than $500,000' (NRS 624.270(4)). Continuous form; surety authorized in Nevada with long-term obligations rated 'A' or better; a surety may cancel only by giving 60 days notice — 'Your license must have a continuous bond with no lapse' (NSCB page). Failure to file/maintain = cause to deny, revoke, suspend or refuse to renew (NRS 624.270(3)). Bond relief: after 'not less than 5 consecutive years' as a licensee the Board MAY relieve the requirement and may re-impose it (NRS 624.270(5)). The statewide answer: Nevada MANDATES a license bond (research §G). Amount is Board-set per license — no single number exists to publish, so the statutory band is seeded (min/max).	S-NV-624-270
BOND-NV-CASH	contractor	$1,000 – $500,000	Cash deposit IN LIEU of the surety bond (NRS 624.270(1)(b)): established with the Board (cashier's check payable to the State Contractors Board), same Board-set $1,000–$500,000 band. Carries a $200 biennial administrative fee for all cash bond deposits (NAC 624.130; NSCB page). Cash deposits are held 2 years after license termination (claims statute of limitations), withdrawable thereafter. The alternative to surety — same purpose, different custody and a recurring administrative fee (research §G).	S-NV-624-270
BOND-NV-POOL-CONSUMER	contractor	$10,000 – $400,000	CONDITIONAL — residential pool/spa licensees file an ADDITIONAL consumer-protection bond or cash deposit 'not less than $10,000 or more than $400,000' (NSCB License Requirements page quoting the statute), Board-set within that band. Applies only to the pool/spa classification context; a typical non-pool licensee never files it. Published with the word CONDITIONAL attached so it is never read as a universal licensing prerequisite (research §G).	S-NV-REQ-PAGE
BOND-NV-POOL-PERF	contractor	≥ 50% of contract	CONDITIONAL — for contractors in the NRS 624.270(7) trouble categories, performance and/or payment bonds of 'not less than 50% of the contract amount' may be required (NSCB page; NRS 624.270(7)–(8)). Percentage is quoted; no dollar amount is seeded because it derives from each contract. Risk-category bond, not a routine requirement; the percentage (≥50% of contract) is the official figure — no dollar amount invented (research §G).	S-NV-REQ-PAGE

Before issuance, continuous forever — the Board fixes the amount ($1,000–$500,000) from the contractor's responsibility and operational magnitude; the bond must be continuous, a surety cancels only on 60 days notice, and failure to maintain it is cause to deny, revoke, suspend or refuse to renew. S-NV-624-270
Bond relief after 5 years — after five consecutive years as a licensee the Board MAY relieve the requirement (and re-impose it) — discretion, never automatic.
Local bonds — some Nevada cities or counties may require bonds as part of local permitting or registration; never researched to a verifiable amount, so none is published — LOCAL_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED.

09 Insurance and financial responsibility

Nevada requires industrial insurance at issuance and has NO verified statewide general-liability requirement — published as an absence, never as a gap:

Coverage	Status	Applies when / amount	Source
WC	required by law	proof of compliance with industrial insurance OR an exemption affidavit at license issuance; if the license is qualified by an Employee, the qualifier is an employee and Workers' Compensation Insurance is required; owner-builders must cover anyone they employ The coverage DUTY is Nevada industrial-insurance law (NRS ch. 616A–617 — DIR section numbers NOT_VERIFIED, DIR fetch-blocked); the licensing DUTY is proof or exemption affidavit, seeded from the NSCB's own words (research §H).	S-NV-FAQ
CGL	not required	no verified statewide general-liability insurance requirement for NSCB licensure — absence verified across NRS ch. 624, NAC 624.130, the License Requirements page and the application form Published as a VERIFIED ABSENCE: local permits, contracts and third parties may still require GL (LOCAL/CONTRACT AUTHORITY). No GL limit is invented — the direct contrast with Georgia's $300k/$500k board-rule requirements (research §H).	S-NV-REQ-PAGE

Financial statement — four tiers by requested limit

NSCB License Requirements page (official): 'A financial statement IS REQUIRED regardless of the size/amount of the monetary limit requested.' Tiers: ≤ $25,000 — current CPA statement OR Board-form statement OR accounting-software balance sheet + affidavit (self-prepared/compiled current within 6 months); > $25,000 and < $500,000 — compiled (CPA, ≤ 6 months) OR reviewed/audited (CPA, ≤ 1 year); ≥ $500,000 and < $1,000,000 — compiled WITH FULL DISCLOSURES (CPA, ≤ 6 months) OR reviewed/audited (≤ 1 year); ≥ $1,000,000 — reviewed or audited by an independent CPA, ≤ 1 year. Plus a Bank Verification Form in every case; indemnification option available (NRS 624.263-compatible). CONFLICT-NV-002 (OPEN): the official License App Brochure (2024) states 'Unless you are requesting a monetary limit of less than $10,000, you will be required to have a Certified Public Accountant prepare your Financial Statement' — a $10,000 line differing from the page's $25,000 self-prepared line; both official NSCB publications, both preserved, NO single number asserted for the $10,000–$25,000 band. S-NV-REQ-PAGE

10 Renewal and continuing education

A Nevada license expires 2 years after issuance; missing the renewal date = automatic suspension; reinstatement lives for 6 months. And there is no continuing education — a verified absence:

Credential

Contractor's license — active status

24-month cycle

Late renewal / reinstatement

Expires 2 years after issuance (the Board may prescribe staggered biennial renewals — NRS 624.283(1)). Non-renewal on or before the renewal date = AUTOMATIC SUSPENSION. Reinstatement within 6 months of suspension: renewal application + 'a fee for reinstatement fixed by the Board' (amount NOT_VERIFIED — absent from NAC 624.130), good standing, no pending complaints; the late filing of an ACTIVE renewal costs $150 (NAC 624.130). After 6 months the license may be CANCELLED — a new license then requires an original application (with the $300 application fee).

S-NV-624-283

Continuing education

NONE — verified absence: NRS 624.283(2)'s complete renewal requirement list (application, fee, Recovery Fund assessment if residential, information) contains NO continuing-education element, and the board's own Horizons (Nov 2019) states 'Continuing education is not required in order to maintain a Nevada contractor's license.' CE exists only for the SEPARATE journeyman/master plumber certification credential.

The only credential shape in Nevada (license belongs to the business). Renewal inputs: application + $600 fee (NAC 624.130) + NRS 624.470 assessment if residential + renewal information. Encoded by rule NV-RENEWAL-STATUS.

Credential

Contractor's license — inactive status

96-month cycle

Late renewal / reinstatement

Inactive license valid for 8 years (NRS 624.282). Renewal of an inactive license: $300, late filing $75 (NAC 624.130). No licensed work while inactive (NRS 624.3015(6)); no refund of the pre-inactivation renewal fee.

S-NV-624-282

Continuing education

None — same verified absence as the active license (no CE for NSCB licensure).

While inactive the licensee is exempt from the bond (NRS 624.270) and the experience qualification — the two duties that normally attach — but loses work authority (research §I).

NRS 624.283 verbatim: 'Each license issued under the provisions of this chapter expires 2 years after the date on which it is issued, except that the Board may by regulation prescribe shorter or longer periods and prorated fees to establish a system of staggered biennial renewals. Any license which is not renewed on or before the date for renewal is automatically suspended.' Renewal requires application + renewal fee + any NRS 624.470 assessment (residential contractors) + all renewal information; the Board may require demonstration of financial responsibility at any time. Reinstatement: within 6 months of automatic suspension, upon renewal application + 'a fee for reinstatement fixed by the Board' if otherwise in good standing with no pending complaints; after 6 months the license may be cancelled and 'a new license may be issued only upon application for an original contractor's license.' Active-duty military exceptions: reinstatement without penalty; fee-waiver conditions (NRS 624.283(5)(6)). S-NV-624-283

NRS 624.282: a licensee in good standing may place the license on inactive status; no licensed work while inactive (enforced by NRS 624.3015(6)); while inactive the licensee is exempt from the bond requirement (NRS 624.270) and from the experience qualification; the inactive license is valid for 8 years; there is no refund of the pre-inactivation renewal fee; renewal fees for inactive status are set by regulation — $300 to issue or renew an inactive license, $75 late (NAC 624.130). S-NV-624-282

No CE — verified absence

NRS 624.283(2) enumerates the complete renewal requirements (application, renewal fee, Recovery Fund assessment if residential, renewal information) and contains NO continuing-education element. The NSCB's own publication Horizons (Nov 2019, official board PDF) states: 'Continuing education is not required in order to maintain a Nevada contractor's license.' The Board separately supports CE through journeyman/master plumber CERTIFICATION renewal — a DIFFERENT credential, not the contractor license, and labeled as such. S-NV-624-283

11 State fees

The 25 verified whole-dollar LICENSING fees — NAC 624.130 rows plus the statutory Recovery Fund caps, all charged by the NSCB. Local permit fees are deliberately absent (the Las Vegas examples live above, never here):

Fee	Amount	Kind	Source
License application (nonrefundable) Application form verbatim (PDF text-extracted 2026-10-04): 'Include the nonrefundable application fee of $300.00 when submitting the completed application to the Board.' Corroborated by the brochure and FAQ #12. Inside the NRS 624.280(1) cap of $550.	$300	application	S-NV-APP-FORM
License — issue or renew (biennial) NAC 624.130 verbatim ('To issue or renew a license: $600'), corroborated by NSCB FAQ #12 ('biennial license fee of $600.00'). Inside the NRS 624.280(2) cap of $900 biennially. Residential contractors also owe the NRS 624.470 Recovery Fund assessment (statutory caps seeded separately).	$600	license	S-NV-NAC-130
Late filing — renew active license NAC 624.130 verbatim. Window: reinstatement within 6 months of automatic suspension (NRS 624.283(4)); after 6 months the license may be cancelled and only an ORIGINAL application restores it.	$150	renewal	S-NV-NAC-130
Inactive license — issue or renew NAC 624.130 verbatim. Inactive status: valid 8 years, exempt from bond and experience qualification, no licensed work permitted (NRS 624.282).	$300	license	S-NV-NAC-130
Late filing — renew inactive license NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$75	renewal	S-NV-NAC-130
Additional classification application (not already licensed) NAC 624.130 verbatim. One license per PRIMARY classification; multiple sub classifications within the same primary combine under one license (FAQ #10).	$300	application	S-NV-NAC-130
Monetary limit — single-project increase NAC 624.130 verbatim. The request 'must be submitted to the Board at least 5 working days before' the bid (NRS 624.220(3)) and approved before bidding.	$75	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Monetary limit — permanent increase or decrease NAC 624.130 verbatim (NRS 624.220(3) permanent change).	$250	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Change of qualified person or principal NAC 624.130 verbatim. A natural person may not qualify more than one active license absent the NRS 624.260(5) exceptions — a change request is how a qualifier moves between businesses.	$250	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Broaden license to entire classification or add subclassifications NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$250	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Change of licensee name NAC 624.130 verbatim. Ties to NRS 624.305: the business name on the license must match the contracting name (NSCB Tips).	$250	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Conversion application (NRS ch. 92A) NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$300	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Cash bond deposit — biennial administrative fee NAC 624.130 verbatim ('$200 biennial administrative fee for all cash bond deposits' — NSCB page). Pairs with BOND-NV-CASH.	$200	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Certificate of eligibility — issue NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$500	certification	S-NV-NAC-130
Certificate of eligibility — renew NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$300	certification	S-NV-NAC-130
Duplicate license NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$25	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Duplicate identification card NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$10	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Duplicate certificate of eligibility NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$50	certification	S-NV-NAC-130
Statute and regulation pamphlet NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$5	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Licensee report — 500 or fewer licensees NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$100	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Licensee report — more than 500 licensees NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$200	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Returned check NAC 624.130 verbatim.	$25	miscellaneous	S-NV-NAC-130
Residential Recovery Fund assessment — statutory cap, monetary limit up to $1,000,000 (per biennium) NRS 624.470 statutory CAP ('not to exceed … $200 per biennium'), paid in addition to the license fee. Published as a ceiling, never as an asserted invoice amount; actual assessments NOT_VERIFIED. CONFLICT-NV-003: statute says 'per biennium', the board FAQ says 'semi-annual assessment' — OPEN, cadence only, amounts unaffected.	$200	miscellaneous	S-NV-624-470
Residential Recovery Fund assessment — statutory cap, monetary limit above $1,000,000 but limited (per biennium) NRS 624.470 statutory CAP ('not to exceed … $500 per biennium'). Ceiling, not an invoice; CONFLICT-NV-003 cadence divergence noted.	$500	miscellaneous	S-NV-624-470
Residential Recovery Fund assessment — statutory cap, unlimited monetary limit (per biennium) NRS 624.470 statutory CAP ('not to exceed … $1,000 per biennium'). The Board must reduce assessments when the account reaches 150% of the prior fiscal year's largest balance. Ceiling, not an invoice; CONFLICT-NV-003 noted.	$1,000	miscellaneous	S-NV-624-470

NRS 624.280: the application fee 'must not exceed $550'; the license fee 'must not exceed $900' biennially; the examination fee 'must not exceed $300'. The NAC 624.130 charged amounts sit inside these caps: application $300, issue/renew $600, exam fee unknown (withheld). S-NV-624-280

NRS 624.470 (statute heading: 'collection of biennial assessment') verbatim caps: in addition to the license fee, a RESIDENTIAL contractor pays an assessment 'not to exceed': monetary limit ≤ $1,000,000 → $200 per biennium; > $1,000,000 but limited → $500 per biennium; unlimited → $1,000 per biennium. The Board must reduce assessments when the Recovery Fund account reaches 150% of the prior fiscal year's largest balance. CONFLICT-NV-003 (OPEN, minor): the NSCB Recovery Fund FAQ says contractors pay a 'semi-annual assessment' while the statute says 'per biennium' — both official, both preserved; the statute governs the CAP, the board page describes collection cadence. Amounts are seeded as statutory CAPS, never as asserted actual invoices. S-NV-624-470

$10k–$25k band WITHHELD — CONFLICT-NV-002 (OPEN)

The current License Requirements page allows self-prepared financial statements up to $25,000; the 2024 official brochure says a CPA is required unless the limit is under $10,000. Two official NSCB publications, no statute fixing either — no number is published for that band; the conflict is shown in full below.

Withheld on purpose (never guessed): the current PSI Business & Law / trade exam fee and re-exam fee (statutory cap $300 published instead; the 2009 bulletin's $85/$130 are HISTORIC), the reinstatement fee amount ("fixed by the Board" — absent from NAC 624.130), any actual Recovery Fund invoice (only statutory caps), and any local permit fee.

Full fees page →

12 Exams and experience

Business and Law (CMS) + classification-specific trade exam via PSI — 3 attempts, 6-month pass window

NSCB License Requirements page (official) verbatim: 'The qualifying individual for a contractor's license is required to pass the Business and Law (CMS) and trade examination specific to the classification requested, unless he or she meets the requirements for waiver.' FAQ #24: all qualifying individuals must pass the standard Business and Law examination plus a trade exam covering the specific trade — 'Not all classifications require a trade exam' (the list of exam-free classifications is NOT published on the pages read → no classification is asserted as exam-free). Vendor: 'The Nevada State Contractors Board has contracted with PSI Licensure (PSI) to conduct the testing' — PSI centers in Las Vegas, Reno and Elko. Attempts (NAC 624.600(4) verbatim): 'The person qualifying for the applicant must take and pass the examination within 6 months after the filing of the application. If he or she fails the third examination, the application becomes void. The applicant may apply again with a new application and fee 30 days or more after the date of the last examination.' FAQ #33: three attempts, wait 2 weeks before retaking. Exam fee: statutory cap $300 (NRS 624.280(3)); current PSI fee NOT_VERIFIED (the newest reachable PSI bulletin is rev. 4/15/2009 — historic only).

Source S-NV-REQ-PAGE — Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB)

License Requirements | Nevada State Contractors Board — NSCB License Requirements page (read 2026-10-04) + FAQ #24/#33 (S-NV-FAQ); attempts NAC 624.600(4) (S-NV-NAC-600); cap NRS 624.280(3) (S-NV-624-280)

https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/licensing/license-requirements/

Retrieved 2026-10-04 · last verified 2026-10-04

Read 2026-10-04 (HTTP 200). Carries: the exam requirement ('The qualifying individual for a contractor's license is required to pass the Business and Law (CMS) and trade examination specific to the classification requested, unless he or she meets the requirements for waiver') with PSI as vendor; the bond operational details ('$1,000 to $500,000', 'Bonds must be continuous in form. A surety may cancel the bond by giving 60 days notice… Your license must have a continuous bond with no lapse', cash-bond $200 biennial fee); the four financial-statement tiers by requested monetary limit ('A financial statement IS REQUIRED regardless of the size/amount of the monetary limit requested') — Side A of CONFLICT-NV-002 (self-prepared allowed ≤ $25,000); and the exam-eligibility flow (application + experience verified → Examination Eligibility letter with Candidate ID → schedule with PSI).

Exam waivers — endorsement (4 years active) and discretion; B&L treatment in conflict (CONFLICT-NV-004)

NAC 624.600(2)–(3): mandatory waiver for endorsement-state exams approved by the Board and NASCLAI-accredited exams with transcripts; discretionary waiver where 'the experience and qualifications of the applicant … justify granting the license without examination.' NSCB FAQ #5: endorsement requires 4 years of active licensure in the endorsing state with no discipline — and states applicants 'must still qualify by taking and passing the Business and Law Examination.' NSCB FAQ #19 describes the waiver as covering the TRADE exam and experience certification only. CONFLICT-NV-004 (OPEN): the two official board FAQs do not agree on whether the Business and Law exam is always required for endorsement applicants — both texts preserved; rules stay conservative (no deterministic claim about the B&L waiver).

Source S-NV-NAC-600 — Nevada Legislature (NRS / NAC official host)

NAC 624.600 — Examinations (waivers, attempts, 6-month pass window) — NAC 624.600(2)(3) (Cornell LII, read 2026-10-04) + NSCB FAQ #5/#19 (S-NV-FAQ) — CONFLICT-NV-004

https://law.cornell.edu/regulations/nevada/NAC-624-600

Retrieved 2026-10-04 · last verified 2026-10-04

Read 2026-10-04. Subsection 2–3: mandatory waiver for endorsement-state exams approved by the Board / NASCLAI-accredited exams with transcripts, and a discretionary waiver where 'the experience and qualifications of the applicant … justify granting the license without examination.' Subsection 4 verbatim: retake 'following any waiting period established by the independent testing service'; 'The person qualifying for the applicant must take and pass the examination within 6 months after the filing of the application. If he or she fails the third examination, the application becomes void. The applicant may apply again with a new application and fee 30 days or more after the date of the last examination.'

Qualifying individual — 4 full years in the classification within the preceding 15 years; one active license

NRS 624.260(6): the qualifying individual must hold 'at least four full years of experience as a journeyman, supervising employee or contractor in the specific classification' within the preceding 15 years. NRS 624.260(5): a natural person may not qualify more than one active license unless the 25 %-ownership / common-parent / public-benefit-corporation exceptions apply. The qualifying individual must be a bona fide member or employee of the licensed business (NSCB General Requirements). Companion criteria: NRS 624.262 (financial solvency), 624.263 (net worth, liquid assets, working capital, bonding, credit, litigation, bankruptcy, form of organization, reputation), 624.265 (good character + fingerprints) — the factors behind the monetary limit (NRS 624.220(2)).

Source S-NV-624-260 — Nevada Legislature (NRS / NAC official host)

NRS 624.260 — Qualifying party: experience, knowledge, one active license — NRS 624.260(5)(6) (mirror + official anchor, read 2026-10-04) + NSCB General Requirements (S-NV-FAQ)

https://nevada.public.law/statutes/nrs_624.260

Retrieved 2026-10-04 · last verified 2026-10-04

Read 2026-10-04 (mirror + official anchor). Subsection 6: the qualifying individual must hold 'at least four full years of experience as a journeyman, supervising employee or contractor in the specific classification' within the preceding 15 years. Subsection 5: a natural person may not qualify more than one active license unless the 25 %-ownership / common-parent / public-benefit-corporation exceptions apply. Companion sections used for the monetary-limit criteria — NRS 624.262 (financial solvency), 624.263 (net worth, liquid assets, working capital, bonding, credit, litigation, bankruptcy, form of organization, reputation), 624.265 (good character + fingerprints) — read on the same mirror 2026-10-04 (research §E).

Why there is no standalone exam page

The current PSI fee schedule is NOT VERIFIED (the newest reachable bulletin is revised 2009), and the board never published WHICH classifications lack a trade exam ("Not all classifications require a trade exam") — rather than publish a half-guessed page, all verified exam facts (B&L + trade, PSI centers, 3 attempts/6-month window/30-day reapply, the NAC 624.600 waivers and CONFLICT-NV-004) live here. NOT_DETERMINED beats a plausible invention.

13 Official lookup

Before hiring — or before claiming your own license status — check the official board search. It is linked, not mirrored, so the status vocabulary is whatever the agency publishes:

Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB) — https://app.nvcontractorsboard.com/Clients/NVSCB/Public/ContractorLicenseSearch/ContractorLicenseSearch.aspx S-NV-LOOKUP

Verified by fetch on 2026-10-04: the Contractor License Search returns HTTP 200 and accepts search by license number, company name, or principal/qualified individual name — the primary-source verification tool for every NSCB credential.

14 Project examples

HVAC Replacement hvac-replacement

may require C-21 Refrigeration and air-conditioning S-NV-NAC-380 rule NV-HVAC-CLASS
alternative C-1 Plumbing and heating contracting S-NV-NAC-190 rule NV-HVAC-CLASS

Roof Replacement roof-replacement

may require C-15 Roofing and siding S-NV-NAC-320 rule NV-ROOFING-CLASS

Water Heater Replacement water-heater-replacement

may require C-1 Plumbing and heating contracting S-NV-NAC-190 rule NV-PLUMBING-CLASS

Bathroom Remodel bathroom-remodel

may require B-7 Residential Remodeling S-NV-NAC-170 rule NV-REMODEL-CLASS
alternative B-2 Residential and Small Commercial S-NV-NAC-170 rule NV-REMODEL-CLASS
may require C-1 Plumbing and heating contracting S-NV-NAC-190 rule NV-PLUMBING-CLASS
may require C-2 Electrical contracting S-NV-NAC-200 rule NV-ELEC-CLASS

Minor Work minor-work

may require C-3 Carpentry, maintenance and minor repairs S-NV-624-031 rule NV-REPAIR-EXEMPT

Every project page runs the deterministic rule first: missing facts return NOT_DETERMINED, never a forced answer. Two absences are deliberate: no solar page (the classification answer is published, but NRS 624.855's PV-contract text was located and NOT read in full — withheld instead of asserted) and no home-addition page (the answer is fully determined by the B-7/B-2 boundary + NRS 624.700 + local permits — would be template filler).

15 Scope assertions

Scope is recorded as typed assertions — officially included, officially excluded, requires another classification, not determined, or our interpretation (always marked). There is no boolean "covers".

Officially included nevada:c-1 — Pipes And Vents For Lp And Natural Gas Into Buildings (NAC 624.190 (C-1g)) S-NV-NAC-190
The gas-piping boundary next to C-1h water heaters (connection to EXISTING gas lines is C-1h; new piping into the building is C-1g).
Officially included nevada:b-2 — Construction And Remodeling Of Houses Up To 3 Stories Above And 1 Story Below Ground (NAC 624.170(2)) S-NV-NAC-170
The answer when a project adds NEW enclosed space or is new construction — including home additions, because B-7 may not increase enclosed space (SCOPE-NV-B7-NO-ADD). Rule NV-REMODEL-CLASS picks B-2 vs B-7 from the enclosed-space fact.
Officially included nevada:b-7 — Remodeling And Improvement Of Existing Detached Stand Alone Single Family Residences (NAC 624.170(7)) S-NV-NAC-170
No dollar trigger of any kind — Nevada has no licensing threshold (REQ-NV-NO-THRESHOLD-001).
Officially excluded nevada:b-7 — Increasing The Existing Enclosed Space Of The Residential Structure (NAC 624.170(7)) S-NV-NAC-170
The home-addition boundary in one sentence — rule NV-REMODEL-CLASS evaluates facts remodel_adds_enclosed_space / project_adds_enclosed_space and returns B-2 when space is added. Also why the standalone home-addition page is withheld: the answer is fully determined by this row + NRS 624.700 (research §L/§R).
Officially included nevada:b-6 — Interior Remodeling Of Commercial Structures Including Over Three Stories (NAC 624.170(6)) S-NV-NAC-170
Officially excluded nevada:b-6 — Installation Removal Or Modification Of Structural Mechanical Fire Protection Or Life Safety Systems (NAC 624.170(6)) S-NV-NAC-170
Officially included nevada:c-1 — Any C 1 Subclassification Work (NAC 624.190) S-NV-NAC-190
Officially included nevada:c-1 — Plumbing Systems Sanitary Drainage Hydronic Heating Irrigation Potable Water Heating And Building Edge Piping (NAC 624.190 (C-1d)) S-NV-NAC-190
The plumbing answer for fixtures, vents and potable-water systems (bathroom-remodel page).
Officially included nevada:c-1 — Installation Replacement And Repair Of Water Heaters With Connections Venting (NAC 624.190 (C-1h)) S-NV-NAC-190
The water-heater-replacement page's license answer, verbatim — rule NV-PLUMBING-CLASS. This subclass exists within primary C-1; it is not a separate license (FAQ #10).
Officially included nevada:c-1 — Heating Evaporative Cooling And Air Circulation Systems Including Solar Equipment (NAC 624.190 (C-1f)) S-NV-NAC-190
The non-refrigeration heating/evaporative-cooling path — rule NV-HVAC-CLASS picks C-1f vs C-21 from the equipment facts.
Officially excluded nevada:c-1 — Cooling Systems Which Use Refrigeration As An Integral Part Of The System (NAC 624.190 (C-1f)) S-NV-NAC-190
Half of the C-1f/C-21 heating-cooling boundary that rule NV-HVAC-CLASS evaluates.
Officially included nevada:c-2 — Electrical Wires Fixtures Apparatuses Raceways Conduits And Wind Energy Conversion Systems (NAC 624.200) S-NV-NAC-200
Officially included nevada:c-2 — Residential Wiring Up To 600 Volts On Structures Up To 3 Stories (NAC 624.200 (C-2f)) S-NV-NAC-200
The usual residential electrical answer — rule NV-ELEC-CLASS evaluates the voltage/story facts (missing facts → NOT_DETERMINED).
Officially included nevada:c-2 — Photovoltaic Cells Batteries And Inverters Up To The Service Panel (NAC 624.200 (C-2g)) S-NV-NAC-200
The PV-electricity leg of the three-way solar boundary: PV roof tiles replacing roofing = C-15a; PV cells/batteries/inverters to the panel = C-2g; solar thermal = C-37 (research §D).
Officially included nevada:c-3 — Carpentry Repairs Insulation Overhead Doors And Drywall (NAC 624.210) S-NV-NAC-210
The minor-repair/carpentry classification behind most non-exempt small-job answers (rule NV-REPAIR-EXEMPT context).
Officially included nevada:c-4 — Painting Decorating Wallcovering Surface Prep Drywall Metal Studs Acoustical Tile (NAC 624.220) S-NV-NAC-220
Officially included nevada:c-5 — Concrete Pour Place Finish Install Forms Sealants And Coring (NAC 624.230) S-NV-NAC-230
Officially included nevada:c-15 — Installation Application Alteration And Repair Of Watertight Weatherproof Roof Materials (NAC 624.320 (C-15a)) S-NV-NAC-320
The roof-replacement page's license answer, verbatim — rule NV-ROOFING-CLASS. Note PV roof tiles are expressly inside C-15a; their electrical side is not (SCOPE-NV-C15A-NO-ELECTRICAL).
Officially excluded nevada:c-15 — Installing Conduits Inverters Batteries Or Electrical Connections (NAC 624.320) S-NV-NAC-320
The C-15a/C-2g boundary that rule NV-ROOFING-CLASS publishes; C-37 covers solar THERMAL (research §D).
Officially included nevada:c-20 — Installation Of Ceramic And Other Tile Like Products By Suction And Adhesives (NAC 624.370) S-NV-NAC-370
The tile component credential on the bathroom-remodel page.
Officially included nevada:c-21 — Installation Repair Service And Maintenance Of Temperature Control Equipment And Related Ductwork (NAC 624.380 (C-21b)) S-NV-NAC-380
The HVAC-replacement page's license answer — rule NV-HVAC-CLASS.
Officially excluded nevada:c-21 — C21d Maintenance Work Outside Parts Replacement Condenser Air Handler Or Design Altering Work (NAC 624.380 (C-21d)) S-NV-NAC-380
'Is a tune-up enough, or does this need the full AC license?' — the maintenance-limit boundary published on the hvac-replacement page (research §L.4).
Officially included nevada:c-37 — Solar Thermal Systems To Heat And Cool Water Air And Chemicals (NAC 624.540) S-NV-NAC-540
The thermal leg of the three-way solar boundary published on the classifications page (research §D).
Officially included nevada:c-39 — Devices For The Heating Of Buildings Including Wood Burning Devices (NAC 624.560) S-NV-NAC-560
Officially excluded nevada:c-39 — Piping Ducting And Equipment For Transmitting The Heated Air Or Water (NAC 624.560) S-NV-NAC-560
Why water-heater replacement is C-1h and NOT C-39 (research §L.5) — published on the water-heater page next to SCOPE-NV-C1H-WATER-HEATER.

16 Sources

Every source used on this page: official URL, publishing authority, retrieval date and verification date. Commercial contractor sites, SEO directories and law-firm marketing pages were discovery leads only and are never cited as authority. Statute text was read on a non-commercial mirror linking the official leg.state.nv.us anchors (the official host returns 403 to this environment — a published limitation), NAC text on Cornell LII's official-text reproductions.

S-NV-624-020statute

Nevada Legislature (NRS / NAC official host)

NRS 624.020 — Definitions of 'contractor'

https://nevada.public.law/statutes/nrs_624.020