Licensing Classifications
Below is an overview of all CSLB classifications. For detailed information on any classification, you can visit the official CSLB website via the provided links.
Business & Professions Code Division 3, Chapter 9. Contractors, Article 4. Classifications
California Code of Regulations Title 16, Division 8, Article 3. Classifications
* C-61 - Limited Specialty
(a) Limited specialty is a specialty contractor classification limited to a field and scope of operations of specialty contracting for which an applicant is qualified other than any of the specialty contractor classifications listed and defined in this article.
(b) An applicant classified and licensed in the classification Limited Specialty shall confine activities as a contractor to that field or fields and scope of operations set forth in the application and accepted by the Registrar or to that permitted by Section 831.
(c) Upon issuance of a C-61 license, the Registrar shall endorse upon the face of the original license certificate the field and scope of operations in which the licensee has demonstrated qualifications.
(d) A specialty contractor, other than a C-61 contractor, may perform work within the field and scope of the operations of Classification C-61, provided the work is consistent with established usage and procedure in the construction industry and is related to the specialty contractor's classification.
The CSLB has listed the C-61 classifications into 'D' subcategories for administrative tracking. The definitions for the D subcategories were developed by staff and approved by the Board as policy.
D subcategories of C-61 classifications:
- D-15 - Furnaces
- D-18 - Prison and Jail Equipment (Under relevant class)
- D-19 - Land Clearing
- D-43 - Soil Grouting
- D-46 - Steeple Jack Work (under relevant class)
- D-47 - Tennis Court Surfacing (Now under
- D-51 - Waterproofing and Weatherproofing (under relevant class)
- D-54 - Rockscaping
- D-55 - Blasting
