Nevada Contractor License Renewal (NSCB)

At a glance

Renews every

2 years: a license expires 2 years after the date it was issued, unless the NSCB has set you a different period and told you so. Nevada doesn't issue one-year licenses

Renewal notice

The NSCB mails a renewal application to your address of record

Deadline

Renew before the license expires. An active license not renewed on or before its renewal date is automatically suspended

Renew online

Create an account in the NSCB's online portal with your license number (with its leading zeros) and your Nevada Business ID from the Secretary of State. No Nevada Business ID? Get one and file it with the NSCB first

Fee

$600 to renew an active license; $300 for an inactive license. Residential contractors also pay the Residential Recovery Fund assessment at every renewal, and a cash bond carries a $200 administrative fee each time you renew

Financial statement

Only if the NSCB asks for one. If it does, the application, fee and financial statement are due by the first day of the month the license expires

Continuing education

None: Nevada's contractor law (NRS 624) and the board's regulations (NAC 624) set no CE requirement for renewal

Bond

Your license bond must stay in force the whole time the license is active. Surety bonds are continuous, with no end date; if yours is cancelled, the license is suspended until you replace it

Late renewal

$150 late fee for an active license

After suspension

For an active license, within 6 months of the suspension, you can have the license reinstated by filing the renewal and paying the renewal fee plus a reinstatement fee, if you're otherwise in good standing with no complaints pending. After 6 months, the NSCB can cancel the license, and you'd have to apply for a new one

An inactive license still renews on the date it would have as an active one, and it expires if it isn't put back on active status within 8 years. Late with an inactive renewal? Ask the NSCB what applies: its regulations and the statute describe different outcomes.

If your license was automatically suspended while you were on active military duty, you can ask the NSCB, while still serving, to reinstate it without a penalty.

How to renew

1. Find your license number (look it up on the NSCB license search) and your Nevada Business ID, and note your license's expiration date.
2. Watch for the renewal application the NSCB mails to your address of record, or renew online in the NSCB portal.
3. If the NSCB asked for a financial statement, send it with the application and fee by the first day of the month the license expires.
4. Pay the $600 renewal fee (plus the Residential Recovery Fund assessment if you're a residential contractor) before the license expires.

Deadline checklist

• 90 days outMake sure the NSCB has your Nevada Business ID so you can renew online, and that your address of record is current so the mailed renewal application reaches you.
• 60 days outCheck your license bond is in force. If the NSCB asked for a financial statement, get it ready: it's due by the first day of the month the license expires.
• 30 days outRenew and pay the $600 fee, plus the Residential Recovery Fund assessment if you build residential.
• Expiration dateAn active license not renewed by now is automatically suspended and the $150 late fee applies. To reinstate within 6 months, you pay the renewal fee plus a reinstatement fee.

Put this renewal in your calendar

Know your expiration date? Download a free calendar file with reminders before it, no sign-up needed. It's made in your browser: nothing you type is sent to us (your browser keeps it only if you follow the sign-up link, for your new ledger). A Google Calendar button sends just that one event to Google.

The file covers one date: once you renew, make a new one. How to add it to your calendar

Frequently asked questions