Terms of Use

Reading this site means accepting what follows. It is short, and it is meant to be read rather than skimmed past.

What the site provides

General information about contractor licensing in California, drawn from published official sources and cited so you can check it. Nothing more is promised. The site is not affiliated with the Contractors State License Board or any other agency, and nothing here is legal advice.

Content is provided as is

Content is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. Rules change, sources move, and a page records what was read on the date it shows. We make no warranty that any page is complete, current or free from error, and we do not warrant that the site will be available without interruption.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, this site and the people who publish it accept no liability for any loss or damage — direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or otherwise — arising from your use of, or reliance on, anything published here. That includes decisions taken, applications made, work performed, contracts entered into, or money spent on the strength of a page.

If you need a decision you can rely on, take it from the board or from a qualified professional who has your facts, not from any reference site, this one included.

External links

Pages link to official sources so you can verify what they say. Those sites are not ours, we do not control their content, and a link is not an endorsement. Some pages also carry links to commercial partners; how that works is set out on the affiliate disclosure page.

Acceptable use

Read the site, quote it with attribution, and link to it freely. Do not scrape it to republish it wholesale, do not present it as your own, and do not use it in a way that would mislead a reader about who published it or about any connection with a state agency.

Changes, and the law that applies

What is on this page is the version that applies; when it is revised, the revision replaces it here.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, and the courts of California have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising from them.

The content these terms cover begins at the California contractor license overview.