Alongside documents, you may be asked for your licence number. Entering it lets the company check your licence against your state's own records, so they don't have to ring you about it.
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Find the field
On the upload page, find the License Number field.
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Enter the number exactly
Type it exactly as it appears on your licence — including any letters or dashes. It's checked against the state's records, and a transposed digit finds nothing.
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Confirm what comes back
If your state is one that's covered, your licence details come back automatically and you can confirm they're yours.
Which states are checked
Texas, Florida, California, Washington, Oregon, Illinois and Colorado. Elsewhere, the number is recorded as you enter it — still useful, just not checked against a database.
If nothing is found
- Check the number against your licence card rather than from memory.
- Make sure the right state is selected — plenty of contractors are licensed in more than one.
- Some trades don't require a state licence at all. If yours doesn't, say so to the company that asked.
Note
You can carry on and upload your documents without this. Filling it in is the difference between the company being able to confirm your licence themselves and them having to ask you for a copy later.