The home builders licensure law, codified in Title 34, Chapter 14A of the Code of Alabama, and in the rules and regulations of the Home Builders Licensure Board, requires licensees to meet certain obligations to remain in compliance with the law. Please read carefully the requirements summarized below. If you have any questions, please contact the Compliance and Consumer Affairs Division, 1-800-304-0853.

• The Board may revoke or suspend the license of any licensee who, in the opinion of the Board, has committed fraud or deceit in obtaining a license, or who has been guilty of gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the practice of residential home building. Filing false information for the purpose of obtaining a license is a criminal offense.

• The Board may revoke the license of any licensee, and any license held individually or with a common qualifying representative, upon payment from the recovery fund.

• In addition to disciplinary action, the Board may impose administrative fines for violations of the home builders licensure law and the rules and regulations of the Board.
   

•  Licensees are required to:

  • Notify the Board, by certified mail, within ten days of the institution of a criminal prosecution, or a civil complaint if the subject involves a home building transaction or the goodwill of an existing home building business. Notice must include a copy of the complaint or criminal indictment. Failure to do so may be grounds for revocation or suspension of license.

  • Notify the Board, by certified mail, within ten days of the verdict in a criminal trial or the judgment in a civil action. Notice must include a copy of the court order. Failure to do so may be grounds for revocation or suspension of license.

  • Notify the Board immediately of the removal of the designated qualifying representative, and name a new qualifying representative within 45 days. Failure to do so may be grounds for revocation of license.

  • Notify the Board of any name or address change within 60 days to obtain a replacement license. The license issued under the former name expires 60 days after the name change occurs.
    
    

    Please note:  2008 Renewals Begin October 1st

  
  
  HOW TO OBTAIN A HOME BUILDER LICENSE
  
  The process of obtaining a state issued home builder’s license for residential construction is as follows:

  ORDER NEW ONLINE APPLICATION PACKAGES HERE

  
  The package contains a copy of the law and the rules and regulations governing the Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board. The Board is authorized to license and regulate the residential construction and remodeling industries in the state, under the authority of Title 34, Section 14A, of the Code of Alabama.
  
  Please review the “Instructions” page of the application package. Sign and notarize the appropriate application, corporate or individual, and return it to the Board along with any other necessary forms. In order to better serve the needs of each candidate, the Board offers four testing facilities: Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile.

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  NEW TESTING INFORMATION (click to view pdf file)

  Additional testing information is available at http//candidate.psiexams.com/index.jsp

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