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Kentucky: no statewide contractor license found
No statewide contractor license was found on Kentucky's own pages. Plumbing, electrical and HVAC: state license. Read from Kentucky's own pages, checked November 6, 2026.
The limit in Kentucky
Not fully confirmed. For Kentucky, the handyman limit and general contractors could not be checked on the state's own pages: each says so below.
The limit: no statewide license was found, so there is no state dollar limit either. No state page says in words that Kentucky has no general contractor license; the state's list of licensed trades leaves general contractors out. What was found: No state license for general/handyman work, so no statewide dollar exemption; plumbing, electrical and HVAC need state licenses at any job size (with narrow exemptions such as an owner working on property he owns and occupies). Local governments may license general contractors.
Licenses in Kentucky
General contractors: No statewide license found. None was found for Kentucky either, for the reason above. What was found: The state licenses trades (plumbing, electrical, HVAC, boiler, fire sprinkler/alarm), not general contractors; some cities/counties license locally.
Plumbing: State license. Master or journeyman plumber's license from DHBC required to engage in plumbing. KRS 318.030.
Electrical: State license. State license (electrical contractor / master electrician / electrician) required unless directly supervised on site by a licensed electrician; state law supersedes local electrical licensing ordinances. KRS 227A.020.
HVAC: State license. Master HVAC contractor license required to practice HVAC contracting; owner-occupant and window-unit exemptions. KRS 198B.656, 198B.674.
Your license number in Kentucky
Your license number: HVAC contractors must show the number on advertising and vehicles. Electrical and plumbing businesses must show the number on vehicles. None of these rules names invoices.
In the rule's words: “The license number shall appear in all advertising and on all vehicles used by the licensee for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracting work.” (KRS 198B.670 (HVAC: advertising + vehicles); 815 KAR 2:030 (vehicles for HVAC, electrical and plumbing businesses))
Kentucky's board, and when this was checked
The board: Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction (trades only; no general-contractor license). As of November 6, 2026. Dates on the state's pages: 815 KAR 2:030 certified effective November 24, 2025, 815 KAR 35:060 effective 5-6-2025 and 815 KAR 20:030 effective December 5, 2023.
This is a summary of each state's own pages as of November 6, 2026, not legal advice. Rules change, and cities and counties add licenses of their own. Check with your state's board, linked on this page, before you rely on it.
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Official sources for Kentucky
7 of Kentucky's own pages, each quoted with its link:
- KRS 318.030 License and general liability insurance required (KRS 318.030): “No person shall engage in plumbing or engage in or work at the trade of plumbing: (a) Unless he or she is the holder of a valid and effective active master plumber's license duly issued by the department”
- KRS 227A.020 Prohibitions -- Local licensing programs (KRS 227A.020(4)): “A person who is not licensed as an electrical contractor, electrician, or master electrician shall not engage in any activities or perform any of the duties usually performed by an electrical contractor, electrician, or master electrician unless the unlicensed person is under the direct supervision of a licensed electrician or master electrician who is present on the site”
- KRS 198B.656 (KRS 198B.656(4)): “A person shall not practice heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracting, unless that person has met the requirements of KRS 198B.650 to 198B.689.”
- KRS 198B.674 Exemptions (KRS 198B.674(3)): “An individual owner of real property while practicing heating, ventilation, and air conditioning work on or within property owned and occupied by the individual”
- KRS 198B.670 Advertising or claiming to be a master contractor (KRS 198B.670): “The license number shall appear in all advertising and on all vehicles used by the licensee for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contracting work.”
- 815 KAR 2:030 Vehicle identification (815 KAR 2:030): “Each vehicle used by an electrical business shall bear the electrical contractor's Kentucky license number”
- Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction: “licenses/certifies plumbers, electricians, boiler contractors, sprinkler and/or fire alarm contractors and building inspectors”
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