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How do you check a contractor license in Alabama?

The Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board licenses residential home builders across the state, and its website has a Look Up a License link for a builder's licensure status. The board's page says home building, repair or improvement work to be used by another as a residence needs a license above a cost line, with a lower line for roofers.

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, about page, read 22 October 2026.
Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, page on builders without a license, read 22 October 2026.
Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

The license lookup is yours to run on the state's site.

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Where do you look up an Alabama home builder's license?

On the website of the Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board: use the Look Up a License item in the site's menu, or the status link on the board's consumer questions page, listed in the sources below. The board enforces the Home Building and Home Improvement Industries Act, codified at Ala. Code § 34-14A-1 and the sections after it.

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.
Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, about page, read 22 October 2026.

The board's page describes the lookup as a status check: it shows the builder's licensure status.

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

If the builder does not show up on the web list, the board asks you to call its office. Its consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026, says: "If you do not see the builder on the web list, please call the Board’s office".

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

This page covers only the Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board and the residential building and roofing work its law describes.

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, about page, read 22 October 2026.
Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, page on builders without a license, read 22 October 2026.

Which Alabama home jobs need a license from the board?

The board's page says a license is needed for home building, repair or improvement work on homes of up to three floors and four units, to be used by another as a residence, once the job's cost passes a line set in Alabama law, with a separate line for residential roofers; the board quotes both figures, below.

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, page on builders without a license, read 22 October 2026.

The board's page on builders without a license, read 22 October 2026, opens: "All residential home builders are required to be licensed by the Board."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, page on builders without a license, read 22 October 2026.

The same page quotes the Act's definition, which covers "the repair, improvement, or reimprovement thereof, to be used by another as a residence when the cost of the undertaking exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000)."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, page on builders without a license, read 22 October 2026.

On roofing it adds: "Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term includes a residential roofer when the cost of the undertaking exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, page on builders without a license, read 22 October 2026.

The board's page adds an exemption for your own property: "Nothing herein shall prevent any person from performing these acts on his or her own residence or on his or her other real estate holdings."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, page on builders without a license, read 22 October 2026.

What does the Alabama board's public record leave out?

Among what the board keeps out of the public record: its investigative files and the record of a disciplinary action proceeding. Its disciplinary actions page also shows each notice for 90 days, and the board takes questions about disciplinary actions in writing.

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.
Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, disciplinary actions page, read 22 October 2026.

The board's consumer questions page says: "An investigative file is confidential, is not public record, and is not available for court subpoena or for discovery in civil proceedings."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

It goes on: "The record in a disciplinary action proceeding is confidential, is not public record, and is not available for court subpoena or discovery in civil proceedings."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

Its disciplinary actions page, read 22 October 2026, says: "All disciplinary action and unlicensed builder prosecution notifications listed below will remain posted for a period of ninety (90) days."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, disciplinary actions page, read 22 October 2026.

The same page says questions about disciplinary actions and unlicensed builder prosecutions must be sent to the board's Legal Division in writing.

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, disciplinary actions page, read 22 October 2026.

How does an Alabama homeowner raise a problem with a builder?

An original homeowner can file a consumer complaint with the board against a builder who holds its license; the process takes about 90 days, the board cannot order a refund, and for money it points homeowners to an attorney.

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

The board is plain about who may file: "ONLY an original homeowner may file a consumer complaint against a licensee of the Board."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

On timing it says: "It takes approximately 90 days to complete the consumer complaint process."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

On money it says: "The Board cannot order a licensed builder or an unlicensed builder to repay or refund money to a homeowner."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

It continues: "If a homeowner believes he should be compensated for damages caused by a licensed or unlicensed builder, he should contact an attorney and discuss the legal options available under the circumstances."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

For a builder you think works without a license, the board gives a separate route: "If you are a homeowner who suspects your builder is unlicensed, complete an unlicensed builder information form and return it to the Board."

Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, page on builders without a license, read 22 October 2026.

What should you ask an Alabama builder before you sign?

Ask for the business name on the contract and the total cost, then you can look up the licensure status on the board's website as an optional public-record step. These are practical suggestions, not board rules.

  1. Ask for the builder's business name as it will be written on the contract.
  2. Ask for the total cost of the job, and compare it with the two cost lines quoted above, the second one for residential roofers.

    Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, page on builders without a license, read 22 October 2026.

  3. Open Look Up a License from the board site's menu, or the status link on its consumer questions page, and read the licensure status it shows.

    Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

  4. If the builder does not show on the board's web list, the board asks you to call its office.

    Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, consumer questions page, read 22 October 2026.

  5. If you still think the builder works without a license, the board asks homeowners to send it an unlicensed builder information form.

    Source: Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board, page on builders without a license, read 22 October 2026.

  6. Note the day you searched and the status shown, and keep it with your contract.

Who sees your contact details when you post a job on InstaBids?

One point about InstaBids follows. Contact details stay hidden until the homeowner picks a contractor and they confirm the connection.

Source: InstaBids process and privacy, live-page excerpts, read 22 October 2026.

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