North Carolina Landscape Contractors Licensing Board

• Federal, State, Local Government agency performing landscaping on public property
• NCDOT
• Property owners performing landscape work on their own property
• Any person or business owning or operating a golf course
• Any landscaping work where the price of all contracts, labor, materials, etc. for a given job site does not exceed $30,000 in any consecutive 12-month period
• General Contractors licensed under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-10 who possess a classification as a building contractor, residential contractor, or public utility contractor
• Any person or business licensed as an electrical contractor under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-43.2
• Any person or business licensed as a plumbing contractor under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-21
• Professional Engineer licensed under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C
• Professional Landscape Architect licensed under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89A
• An individual or business engaging in any of the following: 
  • clearing and grading plots and areas of land
  • erosion control
  • arboriculture, including consultations on pruning and removal of trees
  • installation of sod, seed, or plugs by sod producers certified by Plant Industry Division of NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • landscape construction performed by utilities contractors for grading and erosion control
  • lawn mowing, turf edging, and debris removal services
  • turf management or lawn care services only, including fertilization, aeration, weed control, etc. 
  • design, installation, and maintenance of on-site wastewater disposal or reuse system within the on-site wastewater permit specifications
• Any person performing landscape work on a farm or for use in agriculture production, farming, or ranching

Corporate Landscape Contractor License Application

Mail

$100

• Surety Bond
• Copy of the latest Annual Report filed with the North Carolina Secretary of State

Mail or online

$100

Licenses expire annually on July 31 and renewals must be submitted online or postmarked by August 1 to avoid late and/or reinstatement fees. 

• Copy of the latest Annual Report filed with the North Carolina Secretary of State

• Federal, State, Local Government agency performing landscaping on public property
• NCDOT
• Property owners performing landscape work on their own property
• Any person or business owning or operating a golf course
• Any landscaping work where the price of all contracts, labor, materials, etc. for a given job site does not exceed $30,000 in any consecutive 12-month period
• General Contractors licensed under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-10 who possess a classification as a building contractor, residential contractor, or public utility contractor
• Any person or business licensed as an electrical contractor under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-43.2
• Any person or business licensed as a plumbing contractor under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 87-21
• Professional Engineer licensed under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C
• Professional Landscape Architect licensed under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89A
• An individual or business engaging in any of the following:
  • clearing and grading plots and areas of land
  • erosion control
  • arboriculture, including consultations on pruning and removal of trees
  • installation of sod, seed, or plugs by sod producers certified by Plant Industry Division of NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
  • landscape construction performed by utilities contractors for grading and erosion control
  • lawn mowing, turf edging, and debris removal services
  • turf management or lawn care services only, including fertilization, aeration, weed control, etc. 
  • design, installation, and maintenance of on-site wastewater disposal or reuse system within the on-site wastewater permit specifications
• Any person performing landscape work on a farm or for use in agriculture production, farming, or ranching

Application for North Carolina Landscape Contractors License

Mail

$75 application fee (due at time of application) + $150 exam fee (due once approved to sit for the exam) + $100 license fee (due once the exam is passed)

• Surety Bond
  • Principal license holder must sign bond
  • Send original bond with the Power of Attorney page
• 3 personal, signed, reference letters in sealed envelopes, signed on the back flap
• 2 professional, signed, reference letters in sealed envelopes, signed on the back flap

Reciprocity Application

Mail

$75 application fee + $100 license fee

• Surety Bond
  • Principal license holder must sign bond
  • Send the original bond with the Power of Attorney page
• 3 personal, signed, reference letters in sealed envelopes, signed on the back flap
• 2 professional, signed, reference letters in sealed envelopes, signed on the back flap
• Verified and signed Employee Classification Statement
• Enclosed legible copy of the current license or certification

Mail or online

$100

Licenses expire annually on July 31 and renewals must be submitted online or postmarked by August 1 to avoid late and/or reinstatement fees. 

• Proof of Attendance forms

Online

$100 license fee + $25 late fee + $100 reinstatement fee

• To reinstate a license, a licensee must submit the late renewal with the applicable late and reinstatement fees. 
• The reinstatement process applies to all individual license holders who do not submit their renewal by August 1.
• If a license has not been renewed for over 1 year past its expiration then the license holder must go through the initial licensing process again.

• Proof of Attendance form