{ "name": "PunchListWorks Handyman Licence Rules", "title": "Handyman Licence Rules", "url": "https://punchlistworks.com/datasets/handyman-licence-rules/", "csv": "https://punchlistworks.com/datasets/handyman-licence-rules.csv", "markdown": "https://punchlistworks.com/datasets/handyman-licence-rules/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-18", "license": "https://punchlistworks.com/terms", "headline": "The Handyman Licence Rules carries 5 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages, from 1,000 to 3,000 USD, read 17 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Handyman Licence Rules carries 5 published figures read from 5 sources' own pages, from 1,000 to 3,000 USD, read 17 October 2026.", "5 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 10 publish none, read 17 October 2026." ], "citation": "\"PunchListWorks Handyman Licence Rules\", updated 2026-10-18, https://punchlistworks.com/datasets/handyman-licence-rules/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "USD", "n": 5, "median": 1000, "min": 1000, "max": 3000, "p25": 1000, "p75": 2000, "mean": 1400, "units": { "USD": 5 }, "published_sources": 5, "named_sources": 18, "read_sources": 15, "not_published": 10, "published_share": 0.333 }, "by_axis": {}, "rows": [ { "source": "Arizona Revised Statutes 32-1121 (exemptions from contractor licensure)", "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01121.htm", "figure": "$1,000, ", "value": 1000, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17", "quote": "or major operation, whether undertaken by the same or a different contractor, or in which a division of the operation is made in contracts of amounts less than $1,000, excluding any electrical fixture or appliance that was designed by the manufacturer, that is unaltered, unchanged or unmodified by any person, that can be plugg", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "d292bab087baa56c85470d469a43968a91f0a5810422f57d555302ee44c4ce52" }, { "source": "Florida Statutes 489.103 (exemptions, Chapter 489 Part I)", "url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/489.103", "figure": "$1,000.", "value": 1000, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17", "quote": "(c) An individual repair does not involve replacement parts that cost more than $1,000.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "0c64140301429c643ce56c8c0c6a6c0f7d9f648a48b858bced46451228459a3e" }, { "source": "Utah Code 58-55-305 (exemptions from licensure)", "url": "https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title58/Chapter55/58-55-S305.html", "figure": "$3,000, ", "value": 3000, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17", "quote": "(G) installation, repair, or replacement of a radon mitigation system or a soil depressurization system must be performed by a licensed contractor; and (H) if the total value of the project is greater than $3,000, the person shall file with the division a one-time affirmation, subject to periodic reaffirmation as established by division rule, that the person has:", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "512b967e8b0b1240c5bde3dc5cd907acf855e76a278784f5241456aa6d1920ba" }, { "source": "Nevada State Contractors Board, handyman exemptions", "url": "https://www.nvcontractorsboard.com/resources/handyman-exemptions/", "figure": "$1,000, ", "value": 1000, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17", "quote": "Work to repair or maintain property valued at less than $1,000, including labor and materials, unless certain conditions apply (e.g., building permit required, type of work, contractor’s license). 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quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://labor.maryland.gov/license/mhic/", "label": "Maryland Home Improvement Commission (MHIC)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/Contractors", "label": "Virginia DPOR Board for Contractors", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1301.htm", "label": "Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1301 (plumbing licence)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/", "label": "Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.sba.gov/business-guide/launch-your-business/apply-licenses-permits", "label": "SBA business guide, apply for licenses and permits", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.cslb.ca.gov/Resources/IndustryBulletins/2024/AB%202622%20Implementation.FINAL.pdf", "label": "CSLB industry bulletin, AB 2622 implementation", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.cslb.ca.gov/Resources/PressReleases/2024/AB2622.FINAL.pdf", "label": "CSLB press release, AB 2622", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=7048.&lawCode=BPC", "label": "California Business and Professions Code 7048 (leginfo)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://roc.az.gov/license-classifications", "label": "Arizona Registrar of Contractors, licence classifications", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_87/GS_87-1.html", "label": "North Carolina General Statutes 87-1 (who must be licensed)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://dopl.utah.gov/contractors/", "label": "Utah DOPL contractors", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.tn.gov/commerce/regboards/contractors.html", "label": "Tennessee Board for Licensing Contractors", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 5 of the 15 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 10 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 3 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 39 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per state per rule, each quoted verbatim from that state's statute or its board, with the effective date: the dollar threshold below which no licence is required (California $1,000 under B&P 7048 since AB 2622, Arizona $1,000 in ARS 32-1121 with an inflation-indexed rise, Nevada $1,000 under NRS 624, Utah $3,000 self-executing and $7,000 with a filed affirmation, Washington $500 before registration, North Carolina $40,000 before a general contractor licence, Florida's Chapter 489 exemption, Maryland's MHIC home-improvement licence, Virginia's Class C band, Texas no state handyman licence at all), whether the exemption dies on a permit, on advertising as a contractor, or on hiring help, which trades are carved out at any value, the registration fee and bond, and the penalty; the derivation nobody publishes is the CROSS-STATE table - the states with no threshold, the median threshold, which exemptions are voided by advertising - plus changed-since, which is the whole point, because three of these thresholds moved inside two years", "embed": "

1,000 to 3,000 USD

5 published figures, Handyman Licence Rules, across 5 sources, read 17 October 2026

Source: PunchListWorks Handyman Licence Rules
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