Verify a Massachusetts General Contractor license
contractor_generalLive. We query the board directly for every check and the nightly canary is passing.
How Massachusetts General Contractor license verification works
A General Contractor in Massachusetts is licensed by the MA Contractor Licensing Board. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.
Fields returned for this board: license_number full_name license_type profession status issued expires renewed dba address secondary_license_type status_change_reason discipline.
Board note: MA-DPL: Division of Occupational Licensure / Office of Public Safety and Inspections MyLicense verification (plain HTTPS, no captcha). Covers contractor_general = Construction Supervisor (+ 1 & 2 Family, Specialty; numbers CS-/CSFA-/CSSL-) and hvac = Refrigeration Technician / Refrigeration Contractor (RT-/RC-). Not on this site: plumbers, electricians (DOL boards on ePLACE, login-walled). Statuses: Active, Active - Non-compliant, Expired, Inactive, Probation, Revoked, Suspended, Null and Void. A Details guid is bound to the grid page last rendered; the connector pages back for rows on earlier pages. Live 2026-11-04.
What a General Contractor license check returns
| Field check | Passes when |
|---|---|
license_number | Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros |
name | Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname |
license_type | The record is a General Contractor license, strictly (no near-miss types) |
status | The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag |
expires | Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it |
disciplinary_actions | Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped |
Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.
Verify a Massachusetts General Contractor license by API
POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
"person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
"claims": [
{ "type": "license", "state": "MA", "profession": "contractor_general", "number": "…" }
],
"purpose": "employment",
"consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}Quickstart · License claim reference · Run one in the dashboard
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