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

North Dakota has one contractor license for every kind of building work, issued by the Secretary of State as registrar of contractors, and it is the same license a homebuilder holds: the difference between a commercial general contractor and a residential builder here is the class letter they choose, not a different credential. A license is required of anyone whose job exceeds $4,000 in cost, value or price, including subcontractors, public contractors and nonresident contractors, and an unlicensed contractor cannot maintain a claim or lawsuit in a North Dakota court over the contracting business. The class letter caps the value of a single contract project: class A carries no limit, class B stops at $500,000, class C at $300,000 and class D at $100,000, so an unlimited or commercial builder applies for class A, and on a public contract the license must be in the class the project's value falls within and must have been held at least ten days before the bid date. There is no examination, no experience or work history review, no bond, no financial statement, no net worth or working capital test and no qualifying party or responsible managing individual: the license is issued to the individual or business that contracts, on proof of liability insurance and Workforce Safety and Insurance coverage. Electrical and plumbing work are licensed separately by the North Dakota State Electrical Board and the North Dakota State Plumbing Board, so any of that scope must be performed under the right board license.