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New Mexico: up to $7,200 a year before you need a contractor license (with a certificate)
In New Mexico you need no state contractor license while your work comes to up to $7,200 a year, all jobs together (with a yearly handyman certificate, one job at a time, no electrical, plumbing or gas work). Plumbing, electrical and HVAC: state license. Read from New Mexico's own pages, checked November 6, 2026.
The limit in New Mexico
The limit: Up to $7,200 a year, all jobs together; with a yearly handyman certificate, one job at a time, no electrical, plumbing or gas work. You can earn up to $7,200 a year without the license: a 12-month total of all your jobs together, not a per-job limit. In short: Up to $7,200 compensation a year in total, one small job at a time, with a handyman certificate filed annually; no electrical, plumbing or gas work.
What counts: "an individual who works on one undertaking or project at a time that, in the aggregate or singly, does not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) compensation a year, the work being casual, minor or inconsequential, such as handyman repairs" The state's words do not say whether materials count toward the limit.
Conditions: Only one undertaking or project at a time; Total compensation, in the aggregate or singly, not over $7,200 a year; Work is casual, minor or inconsequential; Does not apply to installation, connection or repair of electrical wiring, plumbing or gas fitting; Work is not part of a larger or major operation undertaken by the same individual or a different contractor; Must not advertise or maintain a sign, card or other device indicating qualification to engage in contracting; Must file annually with CID a declaration (handyman certificate) on the Division's form.
This is an annual cap, not a per-job cap.
Licenses in New Mexico
General contractors: State license. A CID license classified for the type of work is required for contracting at any value (only the $7,200/yr handyman exemption and other listed exemptions). Residential (e.g. GB-2) and commercial (GB-98) classifications exist; electrical and mechanical bureau work must be done by a contractor licensed for it.
Plumbing: State license. State CID license (mechanical bureau). Plumbing is excluded from the handyman exemption.
Electrical: State license. State CID electrical classifications (e.g. EE-98, ER); electrical wiring excluded from the handyman exemption.
HVAC: State license. Air conditioning and heating are 'contracting' under the CILA and fall under the CID mechanical bureau; work must be done by a contractor licensed for it.
Your license number in New Mexico
Your license number: Licensed contractors must show the number on written bids and building permit applications. None of these rules names invoices.
In the rule's words: “The licensee shall exhibit satisfactory evidence of the possession of a license on demand and shall clearly indicate his contractor's license number on all written bids and when applying for a building permit.” (NMSA 1978 § 60-13-19(A))
New Mexico's board, and when this was checked
The board: NM Regulation and Licensing Department, Construction Industries Division (CID). As of November 6, 2026. Dates on the state's pages: CILA compilation 7.1.21, 14.6.6.8 NMAC 3/10/2022 and CID page notice of April 21, 2026 rule hearing.
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 New Mexico
7 of New Mexico's own pages, each quoted with its link:
- NMSA Chapter 60, Article 13, Construction Industries Licensing Act (RLD compilation 7.1.21) (NMSA 1978 § 60-13-3): “(14) an individual who works on one undertaking or project at a time that, in the aggregate or singly, does not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) compensation a year, the work being casual, minor or inconsequential, such as handyman repairs; provided that this exemption shall not apply to any undertaking or project pertaining to the installation, connection or repair of electrical wiring, plumbing or gas fitting”
- 14.6.2 NMAC, 14.6.2.8 Handyman Certificate (14.6.2.8 NMAC): “The individual files annually with the Division, on a form prescribed by the Division, a declaration substantially to the effect that he is not a contractor within the meaning of the Construction Industries Licensing Act ... and that the total amount of such contracts, in the aggregate or singly, will not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) compensation a year.”
- NMSA § 60-13-12 Contractor's license required (NMSA 1978 § 60-13-12): “A. No person shall act as a contractor without a license issued by the division classified to cover the type of work to be undertaken. ... further provided that work coming under the jurisdiction of the mechanical bureau or the electrical bureau of the division must be performed by a contractor licensed to perform that work.”
- NMSA § 60-13-3 Definition; contractor (NMSA 1978 § 60-13-3): “Contracting includes constructing, altering, repairing, installing or demolishing any: ... (14) air conditioning, conduit, heating or other similar mechanical works; (15) electrical wiring, plumbing or plumbing fixture, consumers' gas piping, gas appliances or water conditioners”
- NMSA § 60-13-19 Division; evidence of possession; penalty (NMSA 1978 § 60-13-19): “A. The licensee shall exhibit satisfactory evidence of the possession of a license on demand and shall clearly indicate his contractor's license number on all written bids and when applying for a building permit. B. A contractor who fails to indicate his contractor's license number clearly on all written bids ... shall be assessed a penalty fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150)”
- 14.6.6 NMAC Construction license classifications (14.6.6.8 NMAC): “Example: Classification GB-2 indicates the contractor is licensed in the General Construction field (G), Building Construction type of work (B), Residential Building (2). [14.6.6.8 NMAC - Rp, 14.6.6.8 NMAC, 3/10/2022]”
- Welcome to the Construction Industries Division: “licensure for any person practicing or offering to practice construction contracting”
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