| License Description |
General Information terms and Definitions: All contractors and subcontractors, construction managers performing work on commercial jobs over $50,000.00 (including installation of equipment) require a commercial license issued by MSBOC. § 73- 59- 1. Definitions For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein: (a) "Board" means the State Board of Contractors created in Section 31–3–3, Mississippi Code of 1972. (b) "Residential builder" means any corporation, partnership or individual who constructs a building or structure for sale for use by another as a residence or who, for a fixed price, commission, fee, wage or other compensation, undertakes or offers to undertake the construction, or superintending of the construction, of any building or structure which is not more than three (3) floors in height, to be used by another as a residence, when the total cost of the undertaking exceeds Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). (c) "Remodeler" means any corporation, partnership or individual who, for a fixed price, commission, fee, wage or other compensation, undertakes or offers to undertake the construction, or superintending of the construction, of improvements to an existing residence when the total cost of the improvements exceeds Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). (d) "Residential construction" means any undertaking described in paragraph (b) of this section performed by a residential builder. (e) "Residential improvement" means any undertaking described in paragraph (c) of this section performed by a remodeler. (f) "Active licensee" means any builder or remodeler licensed under this chapter and engaged in building and remodeling. (g) "Inactive licensee" means any builder or remodeler licensed under this chapter and not engaged in building or remodeling. (h) "Construction manager" means any builder or remodeler licensed under this chapter and not engaged in building or remodeling. (i) "Residential solar contractor" means any person or entity that installs, modifies, maintains, and repairs thermal and photovoltaic solar energy systems. § 73-59-3. Licensing requirement; prerequisites; fee; expiration of a license (1) Except as otherwise provided in Section 73–59–15 or Section 33–1–39, the following persons or entities shall be licensed by the board annually as an active licensee or inactive licensee, as appropriate: (a) Persons or entities acting in the capacity as a residential builder; (b) Persons or entities acting in the capacity as a residential remodeler; 2 (c) Persons or entities acting in the capacity as a construction manager through a contract or an agreement with the owner of the property being improved or constructed upon; (d) Any subcontractor, of any tier, performing the following work or within the following trade, on any residential construction or residential improvement project, no matter the dollar amount of the construction or improvements: (i) Electrical; (ii) Plumbing; (iii) Mechanical; and/or (iv) Heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning; and (e) Persons or entities acting in the capacity as a residential solar contractor. (2) As a prerequisite to obtaining a license or renewal thereof, each of the persons or entities in subsection (1) of this section shall submit to the board: (a) Proof of workers compensation insurance, if required by applicable law; however, workers' compensation insurance shall not be required for inactive licensees; (b) A federal employment identification number or social security number. (3) The board may require liability insurance to be licensed under this chapter and it shall be reflected on the certificate of licensure; however, liability insurance shall not be required for inactive licensees. (4) The board shall issue or renew a license to persons or entities required by subsection (1) of this section to be licensed, upon payment to the board of the license fee. The initial license fee shall be Fifty Dollars ($50.00). The license fee may thereafter be increased or decreased by the board and cannot exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00); however, the receipts from fees collected by the board shall be no greater than the amount required to pay all costs and expenses incurred by the board in enforcing the provisions of this chapter. Twenty–five Dollars ($25.00) of the fee required by this section which is assessed to residential builders licensed under the provisions of Section 73–591 et seq. shall be deposited to the Construction Education Fund created pursuant to Section 31–3–14 and shall be distributed to the Mississippi Housing Institute. The remaining fees collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the special fund in the State Treasury known as the "State Board of Contractors Fund" created pursuant to Section 31–3–17 and shall be used for the administration and enforcement of this chapter and as provided in Section 31–314. Amounts in such fund shall not lapse into the State General Fund at the end of a fiscal year. Interest accrued to such fund shall remain in the fund. All expenditures from the special fund shall be by requisition to the Department of Finance and Administration, signed by the executive director of the board and countersigned by the chairman or vice chairman of the board. (5) Except as provided in Section 33–1–39, the license shall expire on the last day of the twelfth month following its issuance or renewal and shall become invalid unless renewed. The board may notify by mail or e-mail every licensee under this chapter of the date of the expiration of his license and the amount of the fee required for renewal of the license for one (1) year. To receive notification by e-mail, a licensee must notify the board of his desire to receive notification by e-mail and provide an e-mail address. Such notice may be mailed or e-mailed within thirty (30) days prior to the expiration date of the license. The failure on the part of any licensee to renew his license annually in such twelfth month shall not deprive such licensee of the right of renewal, provided that renewal is effected within one 3 hundred eighty (180) days after the expiration date of the license by payment of the license fee plus a penalty of ten percent (10%) of the license fee. A new license required to replace a revoked, lost, mutilated or destroyed license may be issued, subject to the rules of the board, for a charge of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00). An inactive licensee may become an active licensee upon application meeting all the requirements of this section. (6) Any person who is not a resident of the State of Mississippi who desires to perform residential construction or residential improvement shall be licensed to perform such construction or improvement as provided by this chapter. |