Kansas license renewals

Every LicenseLedger guide for Kansas on one page: what each one covers and, where its guide gives them, when it expires or renews and the continuing education it asks for. Open a guide for its fees and how to renew.

• Johnson County, KS Contractor License Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  In Johnson County, Kansas, Contractor Licensing, a division of the county's Department of Planning, Housing and Community Development, issues and tracks 11 types of construction contractor licenses, from Class A general contractors to electrical (DE), mechanical (DM) and plumbing (DP) contractors. A license is valid for one year. The program covers unincorporated Johnson County and participating cities including Olathe, Overland Park, Lenexa and Shawnee. Renewing takes $225 per license type, eight hours of continuing education per license type from every Qualifying Individual, and general liability insurance kept in force with a certificate on file. The late fee is $75 per license type from Feb. 1, and a license expired for more than a year takes a new application.

  Renews every

  Year: contractor licenses are valid for one year, issued on a schedule Johnson County Contractor Licensing sets. The renewal form renews a license for the following calendar year

  Continuing education

  Every Qualifying Individual must complete at least eight hours of continuing education per license classification each calendar year, as required by the CLRB. The renewal form makes it a condition of renewing the company's license(s) for the following calendar year. The county's Single-Day Sessions (April, May, June, August and September, online over Zoom) are free for Johnson County Qualifying Individuals; Last Chance Education runs in November, December, January and February at $30 per credit hour. Register for these in the contractor portal. Courses taken outside the county's own classes aren't credited until a certificate of completion is provided to Contractor Licensing staff (email it to contractor.education@jocogov.org)

• Wichita and Sedgwick County Contractor License Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  The Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department (MABCD) licenses contractors for the City of Wichita, unincorporated Sedgwick County and the small cities in its jurisdiction. Licenses run two years and expire on December 31: general contractor licenses (Class A, B, C and D and the other general classes) in even years, so the current ones expire December 31, 2026, and trade contractor licenses (electrical, mechanical, plumbing and the other trades) in odd years. The general contractor application gives a grace period without penalty through January 31 and adds a 25% penalty in February and 50% after that, but no permits are issued or inspections scheduled after December 31 until the license and certificates of insurance are renewed. Every renewal needs a certificate of liability insurance for at least $300,000 naming MABCD as certificate holder, plus workers' compensation and auto certificates or notarized waivers. A trade license renewal also needs the master's trade certificate renewed first, with 12 hours of continuing education.

  General contractor licenses

  Expire on Dec. 31 every even year: Class A/B/C/D, Cell Tower, Roofing and/or Siding, Swimming Pool, Wrecking and NOC (not otherwise classified). That makes the current ones due December 31, 2026. Each runs 2 years

  Trade contractor licenses

  Expire on Dec. 31 every odd year: Drain Cleaner, Drain Layer, Electrical, Elevator, Fire Suppression, Gas Fitter, Handicap Accessibility, Lawn Irrigation, Mechanical, Plumbing, Refrigeration, Sheet Metal and Solid Fuel. That makes the current ones due December 31, 2027. Each runs 2 years, and no permits will be issued or inspections scheduled on an expired license

  Continuing education

  Twelve CEUs must be completed by the certificate expiration, with no exceptions. Each year every journeyman and master completes three trade-specific CEUs and three general CEUs, so six hours relating to your trade plus six hours of general trade education are needed to renew. MABCD's Continuing Education page lists its approved classes