Idaho § 54-5209 - Building permits and contractor registration number - Posting at site
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§ 54-5209. Building permits and contractor registration number - Posting at site
(1) On and after January 1, 2006, no building inspector or such other authority of any county, municipality or district charged with the duty of issuing building permits or other permits for construction of any type shall issue any permit without first requesting presentment of an Idaho contractor’s registration number. Such registration number presented shall be conspicuously entered on the face of a permit so issued; provided however, a permit may be issued to a person otherwise exempt from the provisions of this chapter provided such permit shall conspicuously contain the phrase "no contractor registration provided" on the face of such permit. No authority charged with the duty of issuing such permit shall be required to verify that the person applying for such permit is exempt as provided in this chapter.
(2) All building permits or other permits for construction of any type shall be posted at the construction site in such a manner that the conspicuous statements set forth in subsection (1) of this section are visible.
(3) No person engaged in construction activities who is otherwise exempt as set forth in section 54-5205 , Idaho Code, shall be required to have a contractor registration number.
[54-5209, added 2005, ch. 153, sec. 1, p. 476.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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