Free Licensing Guidance

Bidding a Job in a State You Haven't Licensed In?

Give us the state, your trade, and roughly what the project's worth. We'll tell you the classification, the exam you're on the hook for, and whether reciprocity even applies.

• Which classification actually covers your work — general building, a specialty class, or neither, depending on your state
• Whether NASCLA reciprocity applies if you're moving into a second state, or whether you're starting from zero
• Which exam vendor your state uses and whether the trade exam and business/law exam are separate
• A straight answer when a figure isn't confirmable — we'll say what we don't know and point you to the board that does

Prefer to look it up yourself first? Every state has its own page in our states directory.