California General Contractor Welcome to the first step in obtaining your California Builders License. CTS Home Study has assisted thousands of people to pass the California general contractor license exam. Our California general contractor course is fully guaranteed. A California builders license is a valuable tool and we make getting your general contractor license easy. According to California code a California General Contractor: (a) Except as provided in this section, a California general contractor principal contracting business is in connection with any structure built, being built, or to be built, for the support, shelter, and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels, or movable property of any kind, requiring in its construction the use of at least two unrelated building trades or crafts, or to do or superintend the whole or any part thereof. This does not include anyone who merely furnishes materials or supplies under Section 7045 without fabricating them into, or consuming them in the performance of the work of the general building contractor. (b) A California general contractor may take a prime contract or a subcontract for a framing or carpentry project. However, a contractor shall not take a prime contract for any project involving trades other than framing or carpentry unless the prime contract requires at least two unrelated building trades or crafts other than framing or carpentry, or unless the contractor holds the appropriate specialty license or subcontracts with an appropriately licensed specialty contractor to perform the work. A contractor shall not take a subcontract involving trades other than framing or carpentry, unless the subcontract requires at least two unrelated trades or crafts other than framing or carpentry, or unless the general holds the required specialty license. The contractor may not count framing or carpentry in calculating the two unrelated trades necessary in order to be able to take a prime contract or subcontract for a project involving other trades. (c) Contract for any project that includes the "C-16" Fire Protection classification as provided for in Section 7026.12 or the "C-57" Well Drilling classification as provided for in Section 13750.5 of the Water Code, unless the contractor holds the specialty license, or subcontracts with the appropriately licensed specialty contractor. Course covers all areas necessary to pass the CSLB including the Law and Business examination. And we guarantee that you will pass the California exam.