Entering Contractor Information on Permit and Planning Applications
The Contractor page in an intake form enables applicants to provide information about 1 or more licensed contractors who are performing the work for a permit or planning application.
Applicants who self-identify or are identified by agency staff as contractors (or their authorized agents) are required to select a contractor license. Applicants can search by license number, business, or owner to retrieve information about the license from the agency’s main contractor records, if the information already exists there. If the agency integrates with an external licensing body, the information can be retrieved from the licensing body’s records.
When applicants add the contractor license from the agency's contractor records, they select at least one contact person from a list of verified contractors associated with the license. Once the applicant selects Done for the license information, the selected contacts also appear in the Contacts section of the application. Contractor contact access to an application can be updated in the Contacts section.
Applicants who are not contractors or authorized agents, such as homeowners, can optionally add contractors to their applications. The same is true for agency staff who are applying on behalf of this type of applicant. Only system administrators can modify contractor information in an application.
Agencies sometimes add extra validations when you add contractors to make sure that contractor licenses meet permit requirements. The license requirements for a permit can include a specific license type, classifications, and insurance attributes. Validations can also check the license expiration date. Conditions applied to a contractor license may also apply restrictions to a transaction.
For more information, see Adding Licenses to an Application Form.