Licensing

The City of Wichita requires that permits be issued to licensed contractors. Licenses are renewed on an annual basis starting September 1 and going through January 31 of each year without penalties.

After January 31, penalties are assessed in different amounts depending on the type of license, and applied to the renewal fee for late renewals. Each contractor must have a qualified person sign the license application. The qualified person is someone who has passed the applicable test, be an owner or full time employee of the company, and meets the requirements of the applicable City Code.

Attention Contractor License Applicants!

All new contractor license applications, name changes, reorganizations, and requests for a second license, must all go before the Board of Code Standards and Appeals (BCSA) as required by Wichita City Ordinance, 18.12.130.

The BCSA meets the 1st Monday of each month, unless there is a holiday.  The deadline for applications to be on the Board’s agenda is by Thursday, 10 business days prior to the Board meeting.

Download the document, How do I get a Contractors License for the City of Wichita?

Class A General Contractor
License and renewal fee $400
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act to build, construct, alter, repair, add to or wreck any building or structure either commercial or residential in use.

• Contractor's License Application - Class A

Class B Building Contractor
License and renewal fee $200
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the erection, addition to, remodeling and wrecking of commercial buildings and single or multiple dwelling residential buildings, not exceeding three stories in height, and nonstructural remodels to commercial buildings exceeding three stories in height.

• Contractor's License Application - Class B

Class C Residential Contractor
License and renewal fee $150
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to construction, remodeling, repair or wrecking of one and two-family residences, and accessory buildings thereto.

• Contractor's License Application - Class C

Class D Maintenance Contractor
License and renewal fee $60
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the remodel, repair and maintenance of dwelling units which are completely and partially owned by the contractor or when the contractor is a full time employee of the owner.

• Contractor's License Application - Class D

Roofing/Siding Contractor
License and renewal fee $60
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to installation, repair and replacement of roof and exterior wall coverings. To include exterior siding, roof deck insulation, roof coating, painting and covering, including use of sheet metal and installation of other sheet metal products incidental to roofing work.

• Contractor's License Application - Roofing and/or Siding

Solar Heater Installation Contractor
License and renewal fee $60
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to installation, alter, repair or replace any solar hot-water heating system residences or for swimming pools.

• Solar Heat License Application

Fire Sprinkler Contractor
License and renewal fee $60
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to installation, maintain, repair, alter or extend all piping for fire sprinkler systems.

• Contractor's License Application - Fire Sprinkler

Swimming Pool Contractor
License and renewal fee $60
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to excavate, construct, fabricate, install and equip all swimming pools. May also do the slab incidental to pool.

• Contractor's License Application - Swimming Pool

Wrecking Contractor
License and renewal fee $60
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to wrecking any building, and to deal in secondhand building materials.

• Contractor's License Application - Wrecking

Electrical Contractor
License and renewal fee $100. In addition to the license renewal fee all trade certificates must be renewed each odd-numbered year at a renewal fee of $20 each.
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the installation of electrical equipment, devices or apparatus for the light, heat or power purposes in or on any building or premises within the city.

• Electrical License Application

Elevator Contractor
License and renewal fee $100. In addition to the license renewal fee all trade certificates must be renewed each odd-numbered year at a renewal fee of $20 each.
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the installation, alterator or repair of elevators, accessibility lifts, dumbwaiters, escalators, moving walks and other related equipment in or on any building or premises within the city.

• Elevator License Application

Mechanical Contractor (includes boilers, solid fuel and fireplace)
License and renewal fee $100. In addition to the license renewal fee all trade certificates must be renewed each odd-numbered year at a renewal fee of $20 each.
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the installation, repair or alteration of air conditioning, refrigeration or warm air heating in or on any building or premises within the city.

• Mechanical License Application

Plumbing Contractor
License and renewal fee $100. In addition to the license renewal fee all trade certificates must be renewed each odd-numbered year at a renewal fee of $20 each.
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the installation, repair, or alteration of plumbing, drain laying, lawn irrigation, gas fitting in or on any building or premises within the city.

• Plumbing License Application

Sign Contractor
License and renewal fee $100
Entitled to contract for and to perform any act limited to the hanging or installing signs, including commercial balloon signs, which involves in whole or part the placement, location, erection, construction, reconstruction, remodeling, location, alteration, hanging, affixing or creation by painting of such signs on any building or premises in the city.

Insurance Required

Every contractor with the exception of Class D Maintenance and sign contractors must procure and maintain a policy of general liability insurance covering the activities of the contractor while engaged in contracting.

Such insurance policy shall be written with an insurance company licensed to do business in the State of Kansas and shall have minimum limits of coverage of three hundred thousand dollars per occurrence.

In addition, every such contractor shall procure and maintain workers' compensation insurance as required by law and automobile liability insurance as required by law. Every contractor prior to the issuance of a license, shall file with the Office of Central Inspection certificates of insurance evidencing the insurance coverage specified herein.

Vehicle Insurance Waiver

Sign, Wrecking and Elevator Contractors must have filed with the City of Wichita Clerk's Office a surety bond in the principal sum of two thousand dollars with the same verbiage used above to hold the City of Wichita harmless.

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