Alaska General Contractor License: What Applies and What Does Not

Does a contracting business need a license in Alaska?

Alaska issues 5 license classes for general contractors.

Alaska requires every construction contractor to be registered, bonded and insured with the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing regardless of job size, a requirement extended to small jobs by 2014 legislation. The General Contractor Handyman license is a class capped at an aggregate contract of $10,000 per project, not an exemption below that figure. Residential work also requires a Residential Contractor Endorsement.

The contracting business itself must be licensed or registered, not only the people doing the work.

The construction contractor license is held by the business that contracts. A corporation or LLC must also hold a corporate registration in good standing and an Alaska business license.

This records what Alaska publishes, not a determination about your business. Scope, thresholds and local requirements are set by the issuing body, so confirm with them before you bid or file.

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What the LLC has to do first

Where the state licenses the company rather than only the individual, the LLC has to exist before the license application can name it.

The entity filing is separate from anything the license requires. In Alaska it is made with the Alaska Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing. File directly with the state here. The order matters wherever the license is issued to the company rather than to a person: the entity has to exist before an application can name it.

Forming an LLC as a contracting business in Alaska covers the filing itself, step by step.

Insurance Alaska general contractors are asked to show

General liability cover is the item most often demanded before a contractor license application is accepted or a job is awarded, and the certificate has to name the entity that holds the license.

We do not publish Alaska premium figures for this trade, so nothing here is a quote. Our business insurance guide for general contractors covers what each policy does and does not pay for.