Sec. 35. (a) A plumbing contractor licensee shall prominently display the licensee’s license in the licensee’s principal business office. In the case of a partnership or corporation, the license of at least one (1) partner, member, or officer of the corporation, or the corporate license, must be displayed.

     (b) The license number of a licensed plumbing contractor must be recognizably displayed in all forms of written or printed advertising for plumbing services and on all vehicles that are used to provide plumbing services.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-35

  • Apprentice plumber: means an individual who:

    Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2

  • Contracting: means , except as exempted in this chapter, engaging in a business as a contractor. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Journeyman plumber: means a person who engages or offers to engage in, as an occupation or trade, the construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, repair, remodeling, or removal and replacement of plumbing under the supervision, direction, and responsibility of a licensed plumbing contractor. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • License: means a certificate issued by the commission established by this chapter which confers upon the holder the privilege to act as a plumbing contractor or a journeyman plumber as defined in this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means a natural person, except in the case of a plumbing contractor, in which case it may mean the partners or members of a partnership, limited partnership, or any form of unincorporated enterprise, owned by two (2) or more persons, and as applied to "corporation" in addition to the corporate entity means the officers or directors and employees thereof. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • Plumbing: means the practice of and the materials and fixtures used in the installation, maintenance, extension, and alteration of all piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with any of the following:

    Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2

  • Plumbing contractor: means any person who, for compensation, undertakes to, or submits a bid to, or does himself or herself or by others, construct, repair, alter, remodel, add to, subtract from, or improve plumbing and who is responsible for substantially all the plumbing within the entire project, or one who fabricates units or plumbing substantially completed and ready for installation. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
  • Registration: means the granting of a certificate by the commission that authorizes an individual to act as an apprentice plumber. See Indiana Code 25-28.5-1-2
     (c) A plumbing contractor, partnership, or corporation must maintain a register listing:

(1) the name and license number of every plumbing contractor currently employed there;

(2) the name and license number of every journeyman plumber currently employed there; and

(3) the name and registration number of every apprentice plumber currently employed there.

The register must be available for public inspection upon request.

     (d) A plumbing contractor, journeyman plumber, or apprentice plumber shall carry a facsimile of that person‘s license or certificate of registration on a job location where the person is engaged in plumbing contracting or the trade of plumbing. The plumbing contractor, journeyman plumber, or apprentice plumber shall display that person’s license or certificate of registration upon the demand of a state inspector or local building or plumbing inspector in Indiana within that inspector’s local jurisdiction or upon a customer’s request.

Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.188, SEC.1. As amended by Acts 1981, P.L.222, SEC.220; P.L.248-1985, SEC.7; P.L.241-1989, SEC.7.