Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 8 - Contractors

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 34-8-1 Definitions
  (a) For the purpose of this chapter, a "general contractor" is defined to be one who, for a fixed price, commission, fee, or wage undertakes...
• Section 34-8-2 Licensure and classification of contractors
  (a) Any person desiring to be licensed or desiring a renewal of an existing license as a general contractor in this state shall be a...
• Section 34-8-3 Method of examination
  When the board conducts an examination of an applicant for a license, as much as three days may be devoted to written or oral examination,...
• Section 34-8-4 Fines; revocation of licenses
  (a) The board may levy and collect an administrative fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000)...
• Section 34-8-5 Effect of issuance of certificate of license
  The issuance of a certificate by the board shall be evidence that the person, firm, or corporation named therein is entitled to all the rights...
• Section 34-8-6 Prohibited acts; penalties; cease and desist orders
  (a) Any person, firm, or corporation not being duly authorized who shall engage in the business of general contracting in this state, except as provided...
• Section 34-8-7 Exemptions from chapter; subcontractor requirements
  (a) The following shall be exempted from this chapter: (1) The practice of general contracting, as defined in Section 34-8-1, by an authorized representative or...
• Section 34-8-8 Copy of chapter to be included in plans of owners, architects, and engineers; inclusion of license number on bid
  (a) All owners, architects, engineers, construction managers, and private awarding authorities preparing plans and specifications for work to be contracted in Alabama pursuant to this...
• Section 34-8-9 Issuance of building permits
  Any person, firm, or corporation, upon making application to the building inspector or such other authority of any incorporated city, town, village, or county in...
• Section 34-8-10 Indictment or complaint
  In all prosecutions for the violation of the provisions of Section 34-8-6 for engaging in the business of general contracting without a certificate of authority,...
• Article 2 State Licensing Board.
• Section 34-8-20 Creation; composition; appointment and removal of members
  In order to safeguard life, health, and property and to promote the general public welfare by requiring that only properly qualified persons be permitted to...
• Section 34-8-21 Oath of board
  Each member of the board shall before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his or her office take and file with the Secretary...
• Section 34-8-22 Officers; bonds; compensation and expenses; rules and regulations
  When the Governor appoints the board, he or she shall designate and commission one member as the chairperson, another as vice-chairperson, and another as secretary-treasurer....
• Section 34-8-23 Seal
  The board shall adopt a seal for its own use. Such seal shall have the words "License Board for Contractors, State of Alabama," and the...
• Section 34-8-24 Meetings; quorum
  The board shall have four regular meetings in each year, one in January, one in April, one in July, and one in October, for the...
• Section 34-8-25 Records and accounts
  The secretary-treasurer shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board, shall receive and account for all the moneys derived from the operation of...
• Section 34-8-26 Register of applicants; roster of contractors; annual report; investigation and report of complaints
  The secretary-treasurer shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board and a register of the applicants for license, showing for each the date...
• Section 34-8-27 Appeals
  Any party aggrieved by any decision of the State Licensing Board, either in denying an application for license as a general contractor or in revoking...
• Section 34-8-28 Distribution of funds; annual report
  (a) An amount of one hundred dollars ($100) from the fees required for application and renewal for certification and registration of general contractors in Section...

Last modified: May 3, 2021