Verify a North Carolina General Contractor license
contractor_generalLive. We query the board directly for every check and the nightly canary is passing.
How North Carolina General Contractor license verification works
A General Contractor in North Carolina is licensed by the NC 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 licensee qualifiers status first_issued expires limitation classifications address phone public_matters.
Board note: Three ARLS portals, one connector each (plain HTTPS jQuery partials, captured 2026-11-04; each host wants GET /Public/Search before POST /Public/_Search/): nc_nclbgc = NCLBGC general contractors (portal.nclbgc.org; licence L.nnnnn + qualifier Q.nnnnn accounts, Active/Archived, public matters partial); nc_ncbeec = Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors (arls-public.ncbeec.org; electrician; qualifier partial; QUAL numbers not searchable); nc_plumbing = Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating & Fire Sprinkler Contractors (public.nclicensing.org; plumber + hvac by classification; classification holders; no Status line, expiry governs). Firm licences verify the person only as the printed qualifier/holder, else ambiguous_match.
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 North Carolina General Contractor license by API
POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
"person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
"claims": [
{ "type": "license", "state": "NC", "profession": "contractor_general", "number": "…" }
],
"purpose": "employment",
"consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}Quickstart · License claim reference · Run one in the dashboard
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