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CONSTRUCTION LAW MONITOR
JULY 12, 2011
California’s Contractors State Licensing Board – Very Useful Tool
As a California attorney, I want to share some of the excellent resources available to contractors through the licensing board. California has over 300,000 licensed contractors, all of which had to be licensed through the state licensing board. This team plays the double roll of protecting the consumers from unlicensed contractors, but it also protects those contractors who are playing by the rules from having business stolen from them by their unlicensed counterparts. This resource should not be overlooked when deciding to get your license or maintaining it.
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CONSTRUCTION LAW MONITOR
MARCH 6, 2012
Louisiana Contractors & State Licensing – Home Improvement
Just the other day here at Wolfe Law Group , I had to do so research for a client on the licensing rules for contractors. Here in Louisiana, contractor licensing law is governed by the State Licensing Board for Contractors (SLBC). Bottom line: if you are a contractor who deals in home improvement, it is easy to get your home improvement license with the state. 37:2175.1
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CONSTRUCTION LAW MONITOR
JULY 26, 2011
New California Business? Knowledge is the key…
Most attorneys, myself included, take for granted how little most individuals know about corporation law and business entities. The distinctions between the different types of entities that can be created are substantial and have a tremendous legal effect on how the business operates from year to year. There are four basic categories of business that can be formed by an individual or groups of individuals: 1) sole proprietor, 2) partnership, 3) limited liability company (aka LLC) and 4) corporation (aka Inc.). For more  click here. See Title 1 for Inc and Title 2.5
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MARKUP AND PROFIT
DECEMBER 14, 2011
California Contractor Licensing Snafu
State Licensing board, and we would love to hear your opinion on this matter. Here’s the situation: We have a B General license. The state said we needed a roofing license so we went, took the test and got it. So we got a license for that. We were told we needed a separate license for that and when we checked, we found out that a contractor can only apply for two licenses in a ten-year period in California. We checked, and sure enough, we needed another license for that. I received this note from a client recently. Real Life Issues
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CONSTRUCTION LAW MONITOR
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
NOLA Contractor’s College
This cutting edge program will aid Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in becoming educated so as to allow them to compete in the market place with other more established construction companies. Mayor Landrieu is quoted as saying: “Contractor’s College is another great example of how we can build capacity among local businesses by removing obstacles that have prevented their inclusion in local opportunities in the past,” “I am confident that this program will put DBE firms on equal footing with other companies as our City continues to recover and rebuild.”.
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CONSTRUCTION LAW MONITOR
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
Contractor Websites
It is always very important to make sure the contractor is licensed. would advise contractors to put the licensing information in some form on the site so that it can be double checked against the states website. Here in Louisiana contractors and consumers can find licensing information at the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors. Around The Web Business Matters Construction News Licensing Contractors Google Reader Twitter Web UpdatesRecently, I discovered a website from Darren Slaughter , he designs websites just for contractors!
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