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The Colorado state government issues no general contractor license. The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) says on its home and repair page that not all occupations are licensed, and it names roofers and general contractors among them.
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No state general contractor license
The Colorado state government issues no general contractor license. The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies' home and repair page says not all occupations are licensed, naming roofers and general contractors.
No state general contractor license. The Colorado state government issues no general contractor license. The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies' home and repair page says not all occupations are licensed, naming roofers and general contractors.
Be aware! Not all occupations are licensed, such as roofers and general contractors. However, laws may exist in your county that provide consumer protections, so be sure to check with your city before hiring an unlicensed professional.
The Colorado state government issues no general contractor license. The statement behind that comes from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). Its home and repair page says that not all occupations are licensed, naming roofers and general contractors [1].
Because the state government issues no general contractor license, this page names no such license and describes no class or exam for one. The heading at the top uses the words contractor license because that is the name of the topic across the site, not because Colorado's state government issues a general contractor license.
Why DORA is the agency named
DORA is listed as the agency for Colorado because the statement on this page is its own. The department's page on home and repair is where the department says that not all occupations are licensed [1]. Naming DORA here does not mean the department issues a general contractor credential. It means DORA is the state body whose page places general contractors among the occupations that are not licensed.
How narrow the statement is
DORA's statement is brief. It says that not all occupations are licensed and gives roofers and general contractors as examples [1]. This page takes nothing further from it.
Some things follow from that reading, and some do not. It follows that Colorado's state government has no general contractor license to apply for, renew or look up. The statement does not say what other credentials, if any, apply to construction work in Colorado, and this page adds nothing to it about other work, other bodies or other rules.
Where the usual sections stand
On pages for states that issue a contractor credential, the blocks around this text carry a class table, a list of requirements, a dated fee schedule, the license term and the penalties a statute sets for contracting without the credential. For Colorado those blocks have no state general contractor license to describe, so they have nothing to show for it.
This page sets out what DORA's page says about general contractors and roofers, and stops there.
