# Sec. 2-253.09. Application; fee; qualifications

Codified through Bill No. CB-018-2026, adopted May 12, 2026, effective July 24, 2026. Source: Municode, Supplement 2026 Update 2. Editorial notes and legislative history omitted.

## Sec. 2-253.09. Application; fee; qualifications

Prince George's County, Md., Code § 2-253.09 (2026)

(a) The Director shall maintain a register for the board of all applicants for licenses and all licensees, in such form as the board shall require.

(b) Any person desiring to be licensed as a building contractor in Prince George's County shall make and file with the Director a written application on a form approved by the board. Each application shall be accompanied by the application fee prescribed in the Table of Fees, section 2-253.63, Attachment A and as published on the DPIE website. The applicant shall furnish information which shall remain confidential for use of the board only as to the application's character references and financial responsibility, such responsibility may be shown by one or more of the following: Bank business reference and past record with lending institutions, financial statements, credit rating from an independent credit rating institution, bond, or other evidence of financial responsibility which the board exercise its expertise in the building field may find sufficient. The bond to be used to satisfy the requirement of financial responsibility shall be as prescribed in the Table of Fees, section 2-253.63, Attachment A and as published on the DPIE website. The bond shall be conditioned that the licensee shall perform all work done by the applicant in the County in accordance with the Building Code and law of the County and State. The County or any person damaged by failure of the licensee to comply with such Code and laws may proceed against such bond in any court of competent jurisdiction. The bonding provision may be satisfied if the applicant has obtained a bond as prescribed in the Table of Fees, section 2-253.63, Attachment A and as published on the DPIE website, in connection with an organized program approved by the board which provides the same protection to the public set forth herein.

(c) The applicant shall also furnish information as to the applicant's experience and/or training and education, or the experience and/or training and education of the applicant's associates, construction superintendent, or other principal employee or employees in the building trade, as the board shall require. With the exception of those contractors who build exclusively rental multifamily dwellings, all applicants shall provide evidence, satisfactory to the board, of participation in a new home warranty security plan which meets the requirements of Title 10, Subtitle 6, Real Property Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended from time to time. Any license issued for building rental multifamily dwellings exclusively shall be identified in a manner acceptable to the Director.

(d) Before the issuance of a license, the Director shall ascertain from official sources the applicant's record of compliance with the laws of the State of Maryland and Prince George's County. The board may request further information from the Director or other sources, make independent investigations and conduct examination of the applicant, at its discretion. On the basis of the foregoing, it shall be the board's duty, within a period of thirty (30) days from the date of the board meeting next following the date the application is received, unless the time is extended for good cause, to certify to the Director whether the applicant and the applicant's organization are qualified to comply with the building code and laws of the County and State, to perform fully the applicant's building contracts, and should be licensed, and to notify the applicant. Before denying the issuance of a license, the board shall afford the applicant an opportunity for a hearing to show cause why the applicant's application should not be denied. The board shall give such applicant at least ten (10) days notice in writing of such hearing by personal service or by certified mail to the last address on file with this board and such notice shall state the intended grounds of denial. In no case shall denial of certification be unreasonable and a denial shall be in writing stating the reason, and shall be personally served or mailed by certified mail to the address on the application. Any denial may be appealed to the Circuit Court for Prince George's County by filing a notice of appeal with the Clerk of the Court within the time period specified in the Court rules for appeals from administrative agency.