New Jersey.
Licensing (General)
Registration with the state is required to do business in New Jersey.
A home improvement contractor is any person engaged in the business of selling goods or making home improvements.
Plumbers, electricians and home improvement contractors are licensed in New Jersey.
License duration: electricians = three years; plumbers = two years.
Licensing (Solar thermal).
A master plumber’s license is required to install solar hot water because you are working with the domestic potable water.
The solar panel can be installed without a plumbers license, but the tank and the piping has to be done by a licensed master plumber Solar heat transfer tank and the solar piping require a master plumber’s license.
The installation of solar panels requires a home improvement registration
A licensed electrician is required to wire the pumps to circulate the glycol and any other low voltage wiring involved.
New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs.
IREC’s National Solar Licensing Database provides the latest licensing, certification and other requirements impacting the solar industry.
www.irecusa.org
The solar domestic hot water heater must be installed by a contractor with a
NJ Home Improvement Contractor’s (HIC) License.
1. What is the Contractors’ Registration Act?
The “Contractors’ Registration Act” (the “Act”) establishes a mandatory registration program for contractors who are in the business of selling or making home improvements in New Jersey.
2. What is a home improvement?
Any remodeling, altering, painting, repairing, renovating, restoring, moving, demolishing, or modernizing of a structure used as a place of residence, or of any portion of the property on which the structure is located, is considered a home improvement for the purposes of the Act.
Home improvement includes the construction, installation, replacement, improvement, or repair of driveways, sidewalks, swimming pools, terraces, patios, landscaping, fences, porches, windows, doors, cabinets, kitchens, bathrooms, garages, basements and basement waterproofing, fire protection devices, security protection devices, central heating and air conditioning equipment, water softeners, heaters, and purifiers,
solar heating or water systems, insulation installation, siding, wall-to-wall carpeting or attached or inlaid floor coverings, and other changes, repairs, or improvements made to residential property. Construction of a new residence is not considered a home improvement under the Act.
3. Who is a home improvement contractor?
Any person, whether a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or any other type of business organization that is engaged in the business of selling or making home improvements is considered a home improvement contractor for the purposes of the Act.
4. Who must register?
The Act requires any contractor engaging in the business of making or selling home improvements, whether an individually owned business or a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or association, to register annually with the Division, unless specifically exempted from registration under the Act.