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Alabama Home Builder/Residential

The Alabama Home Builder contractor license allows for residential construction from the ground up, as well as remodeling existing residential properties. Residential properties with this license are limited to a maximum of 3 stories and no more than 4 residential units.
There are two required exams: the Alabama Home Builder trades exam and the Alabama Residential Business & Law exam.

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Alabama Home Builder Requirements & Application

Who Needs A License:A person who constructs a residence or structure for sale or who, for a fixed price, commission, fee, or wage, undertakes or offers to undertake the construction or superintending of the construction, or who manages, supervises, assists, or provides consultation to a homeowner regarding the construction or superintending of the construction, of any residence or structure that is not over three floors in height and that does not have more than four residential units, or the repair, improvement, or reimprovement thereof, to be used by another as a residence when the cost of the undertaking exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term includes a residential roofer when the cost of the undertaking exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). Nothing herein shall prevent any person from performing these acts on his or her own residence or on his or her other real estate holdings. Anyone who engages or offers to engage in any acts described in this subdivision, through advertising or otherwise, shall be deemed to have engaged in the business of residential home building.

Requirements: No Experience Required - No Insurance Required - No Bond Required

Beginning in the 2022 renewal year, which begins October 1, 2021, all licensees and/or designated qualifying representatives for a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership under the age of 60 must obtain six (6) credit hours of continuing education before being issued a 2022 license.

Board Contact Information:

Alabama Licensing Board Home Builders

445 Herron Street Montgomery, AL 36104

Phone:334-242-2230

Fax:334-263-1397

Website: Alabama Home Builders Board

Fees: The annual license fee is $250.00. A non-refundable $100.00 new license application processing fee must also accompany applications for a new license. Please make checks, in the amount of $350.00 payable to the Home Builders Licensure Board. Alabama Home Builders License Application

Alabama Home Builder Test Information

Information Bulletin:Prov Alabama Home Builder Bulletin

Exam Information
Exam Fee	$80
Number of Questions	80
Passing Score	70%
Time Limit	240 Minutes

Subject Area Number of Questions

Plan Reading
10

Sitework & Foundations 10

Concrete & Reinforcement 7

Masonry 6

Carpentry 20

Roofing 7

Interior Finish 4

Exterior Finish 5

Associated Trades 6

OSHA 5

Alabama Home Builder License Reciprocity

If you hold a residential construction license in the States of Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, or North Carolina you may be exempt from the Skills section of the Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board Exams, but are still required to take and pass the Business and Law section.

Alabama Home Builder License Permitted Work

With this license you may bid on and build residential buildings only in Alabama. A residence or structure that is not over three floors in height and that does not have more than four residential units, or the repair, and/or improvement, to be used by another as a residence when the cost of the undertaking exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000)

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Alabama Home Builders Business Law

Subject Area	Number of Questions
Plan Reading	10
Sitework & Foundations	10
Concrete & Reinforcement	7
Masonry	6
Carpentry	20
Roofing	7
Interior Finish	4
Exterior Finish	5
Associated Trades	6
OSHA	5