Start your order

About five minutes. You see the CSLB fee and our fee separately, and nothing is filed or charged until you approve the total.

Your filing

New License with Exam Waiver

Original license through a waiver route, so you may not need to sit the exam.

Your full name *

Your title

Business name *

Email *

Mobile phone

Classification you are applying for *

Additional classifications on the same application (number)

$150 CSLB fee each.

Which waiver route do you think fits? *

Details for the waiver (license numbers, states, dates, family relationship) *

Who holds the license? *

CSLB fees are lower for sole owners.

Business name exactly as it will appear on the license *

Qualifier's full legal name *

The person whose experience qualifies the license and who takes the exam (or the waiver).

Qualifier will be *

Years of journey-level (or higher) experience in this trade, within the last 10 years *

CSLB requires at least 4 years as a journeyman, foreman, supervisor, or contractor. Apprentice or trainee time does not count.

Where you got that experience *

List each employer with continuous dates.

What you actually did *

Vague write-ups are the number one reason CSLB sends applications back.

Who will certify your experience *

They must have personally seen your work.

This person personally observed my work during the period they certify

Has anyone listed on the application ever been convicted of a crime (other than minor traffic)? *

CSLB asks this and runs Live Scan fingerprints. Disclosing up front matters more than the conviction itself.

Has anyone listed held or applied for a CSLB license before? *

Anything else we should know?

GC Filings service fee (New License with Exam Waiver)	$699
CSLB original application fee	$450
Total	$1,149