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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 50. Board For Contractors
Chapter 22. Board for Contractors Regulations
10/6/2025

18VAC50-22-170. Reinstatement fees.

All fees required by the board are nonrefundable. In the event that a check, money draft, or similar instrument for payment of a fee required by statute or regulation is not honored by the bank or financial institution named, the applicant or regulant will be required to remit fees sufficient to cover the original fee, plus an additional processing charge set by the department:

Fee Type

When Due

Amount Due

Class C reinstatement**

with reinstatement application

$460*

Class B reinstatement**

with reinstatement application

$550*

Class A reinstatement**

with reinstatement application

$550*

Residential Building Energy Analyst Firm reinstatement

with reinstatement application

$460*

*Includes renewal fee listed in 18VAC50-22-140.

**The Recovery Fund assessment specified in 18VAC50-22-140 is also required to reinstate a contractor license.

The date on which the reinstatement fee is received by the department or the department's agent will determine whether the licensee is eligible for reinstatement or must apply for a new license and meet the entry requirements in place at the time of that application. In order to ensure that licensees are qualified to practice as contractors, no reinstatement will be permitted once two years from the expiration date of the license have passed.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201, 54.1-1102, and 54.1-1146 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR220-01-2:1 § 4.2, eff. March 31, 1995; amended, Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 5, eff. January 1, 1997; Volume 17, Issue 21, eff. September 1, 2001; Volume 19, Issue 6, eff. January 1, 2003; Volume 21, Issue 20, eff. August 1, 2005; Volume 26, Issue 11, eff. April 1, 2010; Volume 31, Issue 20, eff. August 1, 2015; Volume 32, Issue 3, eff. January 1, 2016; Errata, 32:5 VA.R. 758 November 2, 2015; Volume 33, Issue 19, eff. July 1, 2017; Volume 35, Issue 21, eff. August 1, 2019; Volume 38, Issue 6, eff. December 8, 2021; Volume 39, Issue 21, eff. September 1, 2023; Volume 41, Issue 22, eff. August 1, 2025; Volume 41, Issue 25, eff. September 1, 2025.

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