Arizona Laws 32-1126. Fees
A. The license fees prescribed by this chapter are as follows:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 32-1126
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- License: means an authorization for the person who is listed on the electronic, paper or other records maintained by the registrar to act in the capacity of a contractor. See Arizona Laws 32-1101
- Person: means a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, trust, society or natural person. See Arizona Laws 32-1101
- Qualifying party: means a person who is responsible for a licensee's actions and conduct performed under the license and who either:
(a) Has an ownership interest in the license. See Arizona Laws 32-1101
- Registrar: means the registrar of contractors. See Arizona Laws 32-1101
1. Application and license fees for an original biennial license:
(a) For general residential contracting and subclassifications of general residential contracting, not more than $500.
(b) For general commercial contracting and subclassifications of general commercial contracting, not more than $1,500.
(c) For general dual licensed contracting, not more than $2,000.
(d) For specialty residential contracting, not more than $350.
(e) For specialty commercial contracting, not more than $1,000.
(f) For specialty dual licensed contracting, not more than $1,350.
2. Biennial license renewal fee:
(a) For general residential contracting and subclassifications of general residential contracting, not more than $320.
(b) For general commercial contracting and subclassifications of general commercial contracting, not more than $1,000.
(c) For general dual licensed contracting, not more than $1,320.
(d) For specialty residential contracting, not more than $270.
(e) For specialty commercial contracting, not more than $900.
(f) For specialty dual licensed contracting, not more than $1,170.
B. The fee for an annual license renewal granted pursuant to Section 32-1123.01 is one-half of the biennial license renewal fee.
C. The registrar may establish reasonable fees for services performed by the registrar relating to reexaminations, processing of applications, changes of qualifying party and approval of name changes on licenses.
D. The penalty for failure to apply for renewal of a license within the time prescribed by this chapter is $50.
E. The registrar may establish a separate fee for examination.
F. The registrar may contract with private testing services to establish and administer such examinations and may authorize the payment of the examination fee to the private testing service.
G. Except as provided in section 32-1152, subsection C, a person applying for a contractor license or for renewal of a contractor license to engage in residential contracting shall pay an assessment of not more than $600 during the biennial license period for deposit in the residential contractors’ recovery fund established by section 32-1132. If the registrar does not issue the license, the assessment shall be returned to the applicant.