Contractor license, state licensing boards

Contractor license verification
in one API call

Verify contractor licenses, bonding status, and confirm active credentials. Powered by state contractor licensing boards.

Terminal
$ curl -H "Authorization: Bearer rk_..." \
  "https://api.verified.fast/v1/verify?type=contractor&name=John+Smith&state=IL"

# Returns 200 (cached) or 202 (async job_id → poll for result)

Sources we verify against

State Contractor Boards|Construction Licensing|Bonding Registries

API Parameters & Response

Use type=contractor with the unified verify endpoint.

Parameters for type=contractor
name
required

Full professional name

state
required

2-letter state code (e.g. IL, TX)

city
optional

City for disambiguation

force
optional

Set to 1 to bypass cache

license_number
optional

State contractor license number

Cache Hit Response200 OK
{
  "source": "cache",
  "type": "contractor",
  "data": {
    "verified": true,
    "match_confidence": 0.89,
    "full_name": "James K. Wilson",
    "profession": "contractor",
    "license_number": "CSLB-987654",
    "license_status": "Active",
    "issuing_authority": "California CSLB",
    "disciplinary_actions": [],
    "organization": "Wilson Construction Inc.",
    "city": "Los Angeles",
    "state": "CA",
    "sources": [
      "https://www.cslb.ca.gov"
    ]
  }
}
New Verification Response202 Accepted
{
  "status": "processing",
  "job_id": "cm4x7abc123def456",
  "poll_url": "/v1/verify/status/cm4x7abc123def456",
  "message": "Verification in progress. Poll the poll_url for results."
}

Poll poll_url every 15-20s until status is "complete"

<20ms

Cached response

50

States covered

90%

License accuracy

90 days

Cache duration

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