---
title: "Check a residential contract for the contractor's licence number"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure/check-a-residential-building-contract-and-the-builder-s-licence-against/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A11-X20260927-7-US"
practice_area: "Construction & Infrastructure"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Check a residential contract for the contractor's licence number

> Copy the contractor's name and any licence number printed on the contract, with the page. Do not say the person is licensed or exempt. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Construction & Infrastructure](https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Copy the contractor's name and any licence number printed on the contract, with the page. Do not say the person is licensed or exempt. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, California. |
| What the lawyer must review | California Business and Professions Code § 7028(a): unless exempted from the chapter, it is a misdemeanor to engage in the business or act in the capacity of a contractor in California if the person is not licensed under the chapter, or if the person performs acts under a licence suspended for the reasons stated in that section. The exemption provisions were not opened. The contract-form requirements of the chapter were not opened. You check the licence against the official record and you decide whether an exemption applies. The copy from the contract is not that check. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, California. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check a residential building contract and the builder's licence against the statutory requirements](https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure/check-a-residential-building-contract-and-the-builder-s-licence-against.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Copy the contractor's name and any licence number printed on the contract, with the page. Do not say the person is licensed or exempt. State law governs, and the lawyer confirms the governing state. For example, California.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Section 7028 is the unlicensed-contracting offence. It does not list the clauses a home-building contract must contain.
- Exemptions are in the chapter and were not opened. Do not treat every person named on a contract as required to hold a licence.
- State law governs; confirm the governing state before relying on this.

## Sources

- [California Business and Professions Code § 7028](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=7028.) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Formal Opinion 512 (29 July 2024)](https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/professional_responsibility/ethics-opinions/aba-formal-opinion-512.pdf) (checked 2026-10-22)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Building and construction dispute (State Administrative Tribunal): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/construction-and-infrastructure/form-sat-building-dispute.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the SAT building and construction page. Applications are made through eCourts. The page also publishes a questionnaire, a complaint schedule and a claim schedule.… |
| [Residential building dispute application (TASCAT): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/construction-and-infrastructure/form-tascat-residential-building.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the TASCAT residential building disputes general application, named on the types-of-applications page for section 59 of the Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act… |
| [Residential building review (TASCAT section 58 form): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/construction-and-infrastructure/form-tascat-building-review-s58.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the TASCAT residential building application to review a decision of the Director, named for section 58 on the types-of-applications page. The link text states no form number.… |
| [Disciplinary application, building work contractors (SACAT): completion guide](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/construction-and-infrastructure/form-sacat-building-disciplinary.md) | Form | Yellow | Link to the SACAT page for disciplinary action against building work contractors, supervisors and consultants under the Building Work Contractors Act 1995 (SA). The application is online.… |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*