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Moving to Arizona as a general contractor: every state's rule

Arizona has reciprocity agreements with 0 states. Everyone else follows its standard out-of-state path: endorsement.

Arizona general contractor · “B-1 General Commercial Contractor; B-2 General Small Commercial; KB-1 or KB-2 dual

Statewide license

Verified September 17, 2026· 4 sources

Issued by Arizona Registrar of Contractors (AZ ROC)

Arizona's unlimited general building license is the B-1 General Commercial Contractor classification, issued statewide by the Registrar of Contractors (AZ ROC). It allows the licensee to construct, alter and repair any structure built for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, animals or movable property, including the management and direct or indirect supervision of the work; electrical, plumbing, air conditioning, boiler, swimming pool, spa and water well work must be subcontracted to an appropriately licensed contractor. B-2 General Small Commercial Contractor is the same commercial scope capped at projects of $2,000,000 or less including labor and materials. Neither commercial classification covers residential work: the Registrar separates its markets by prefix, with B-1 and B-2 commercial general building, plain B residential general building, C- and R- commercial and residential specialty trades, CR- specialty dual, and K codes general dual. To hold both sides on one license you take a dual classification: KB-1 Dual Building Contractor covers the B-1 and B scopes together, and KB-2 Dual Residential and Small Commercial covers the B-2 and B scopes together. The license is held by a business, not by a person: it may be issued to a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company or corporation, and the Registrar states that "the license belongs to the business and not to the qualifying party." The reader of this page is the qualifying party, the regularly employed person who supplies the four years of experience and passes the exams on the business's behalf.

Every origin state

Endorsement 30No credit 20
Every state's path into Arizona
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaEndorsement2026-09-17
AlaskaEndorsement2026-09-17
ArkansasEndorsement2026-09-17
CaliforniaEndorsement2026-09-17
ColoradoNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
ConnecticutNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
DelawareEndorsement2026-09-17
District of ColumbiaEndorsement2026-09-17
FloridaEndorsement2026-09-17
GeorgiaEndorsement2026-09-17
HawaiiEndorsement2026-09-17
IdahoEndorsement2026-09-17
IllinoisNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
IndianaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
IowaEndorsement2026-09-17
KansasNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
KentuckyNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
LouisianaEndorsement2026-09-17
MaineNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
MarylandEndorsement2026-09-17
MassachusettsEndorsement2026-09-17
MichiganNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
MinnesotaEndorsement2026-09-17
MississippiEndorsement2026-09-17
MissouriNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
MontanaEndorsement2026-09-17
NebraskaEndorsement2026-09-17
NevadaEndorsement2026-09-17
New HampshireNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
New JerseyNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
New MexicoEndorsement2026-09-17
New YorkNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
North CarolinaEndorsement2026-09-17
North DakotaEndorsement2026-09-17
OhioNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
OklahomaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
OregonEndorsement2026-09-17
PennsylvaniaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
Rhode IslandEndorsement2026-09-17
South CarolinaEndorsement2026-09-17
South DakotaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
TennesseeEndorsement2026-09-17
TexasNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
UtahEndorsement2026-09-17
VermontNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-17
WashingtonEndorsement2026-09-17
West VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-17
WisconsinNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17
WyomingNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-17

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