{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1151.5","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1151.5","heading":"Obtaining a roofing contractor registration - Refusal","body":"of registration - Registrar.\n\nA. Applications for registration shall be made to the\n\nConstruction Industries Board in writing on forms approved and\n\nprovided by the Board and shall be accompanied by the proper fee.\n\nB. An applicant or qualifying party whose registration is\n\ndenied, or the person has a conviction, or pled guilty or nolo\n\ncontendere to a misdemeanor, or otherwise fails to meet the\n\nrequirements of application, may obtain a hearing before the\n\nCommittee of Roofing Examiners in order to provide information in\n\nsupport of the application requirements and any other information\n\nshowing the applicant’s ability and willingness to comply with the\n\nrequirements of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act, and to\n\nprotect the public health, safety and welfare.\n\nC. To obtain a roofing contractor registration under the\n\nRoofing Contractor Registration Act, a qualifying party who is\n\neighteen (18) years of age or older shall submit, on forms the\n\nregistrar prescribes:\n\n1. An application under oath containing a statement:\n\na. of the qualifying party’s experience and\n\nqualifications as a roofing contractor, if any,\n\nb. that the qualifying party desires the issuance of a\n\nroofing contractor registration certificate,\n\nc. that the qualifying party has read the Roofing\n\nContractor Registration Act and will comply with the\n\nprovisions of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act\n\nand rules,\n\nd. that the qualifying party will comply with state laws\n\nand local ordinances relating to standards and\n\npermits,\n\ne. that the qualifying party has or has not been\n\nregistered or licensed as a roofing contractor in\n\nanother state and whether any disciplinary action has\n\nbeen taken against such registration or license and\n\nwhether it is currently in good standing, and\n\nf. that the nonresident qualifying party appoints the\n\nSecretary of State as legal service agent for all\n\nlawful process to be served upon the applicant for\n\nwork performed in this state or as otherwise provided\n\nin the Roofing Contractor Registration Act;\n\n2. The qualifying party’s name, physical address and proof\n\nthereof, business name, telephone number, address and place of\n\nincorporation, if different, information on any other person who\n\nwill be authorized to act as the business entity, and the\n\napplicant’s telephone number, if different;\n\n3. The entity’s federal tax ID number, or the employer’s or\n\nowner’s or qualifying party’s Social Security number, and the\n\nemployer’s account number assigned by the Oklahoma Employment\n\nSecurity Commission. The Social Security number information shall\n\nremain with the registrar as confidential and privileged except for\n\nnecessary disclosures to state agencies to verify compliance with\n\nrequirements with this act, or upon request by law enforcement; and\n\n4. A copy of the roofing contractor’s certificate of liability\n\ninsurance shall be filed with the application and shall be not less\n\nthan Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for residential\n\nroofing contractor work and shall not be less than One Million\n\nDollars ($1,000,000.00) for commercial roofing contractor work.\n\nAdditionally, the Construction Industries Board shall be listed as a\n\ncertificate holder. Any insurance company issuing a liability\n\npolicy to a roofing contractor pursuant to the provisions of the\n\nRoofing Contractor Registration Act shall be required to notify the\n\nConstruction Industries Board in the event such liability policy is\n\ncanceled for any reason or lapses for nonpayment of premiums. All\n\nregistrations granted under the Roofing Contractor Registration Act\n\nshall be suspended on the date of the policy cancellation. The\n\nregistrar must receive proof of insurance prior to restoring the\n\nregistration.\n\nIn addition, the roofing contractor shall submit proof that the\nIndustries Board in the event such liability policy is\n\ncanceled for any reason or lapses for nonpayment of premiums. All\n\nregistrations granted under the Roofing Contractor Registration Act\n\nshall be suspended on the date of the policy cancellation. The\n\nregistrar must receive proof of insurance prior to restoring the\n\nregistration.\n\nIn addition, the roofing contractor shall submit proof that the\n\ncontractor has secured workers’ compensation coverage satisfactory\n\nunder the Workers’ Compensation Act, or an affidavit of exemption or\n\nself-insurance as authorized pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation\n\nAct. If the registrar deems it appropriate or necessary, the\n\nregistrar may also require other information to be included on the\n\napplication form to assist the registrar in registering the person\n\nas a contractor.\n\nD. The qualifying party applying for a commercial roofer\n\nendorsement must provide information on the legal entity, including,\n\nbut not limited to, the articles, organizational agreements or\n\ndocuments establishing the legal entity, including a list of the\n\nofficers, members, managers, partners, or other managing agents of\n\nthe legal entity. The qualifying party shall also provide a\n\ncertificate of good standing or a trade name report from the Office\n\nof the Secretary of State.\n\nE. The registrar shall refuse to register any person if the\n\nregistrar determines:\n\n1. The application contains false, misleading, or incomplete\n\ninformation;\n\n2. The applicant fails to provide a certificate of good\n\nstanding or a trade name report from the Office of the Secretary of\n\nState;\n\n3. The applicant, qualifying party, or any member of the legal\n\nentity fails or refuses to provide any information requested by the\n\nregistrar;\n\n4. The applicant fails or refuses to pay the required fees;\n\n5. The applicant, qualifying party, or owner or officer or\n\nmanaging member of the legal entity is ineligible for registration\n\ndue to a suspended or revoked registration in this state;\n\n6. The nonresident applicant has a revoked or suspended\n\nregistration or license required by law for roofing contractors in\n\nanother state; or\n\n7. The applicant, qualifying party, or legal entity has failed\n\nor refuses to submit any taxes due in this state.\n\nF. The registrar shall notify the applicant in writing if the\n\nregistrar denies a registration or renewal certificate, and shall\n\nprovide the applicant an opportunity to respond to or cure any\n\ndefect in the written application or renewal for a period of ten\n\n(10) days from the date of the written notification. An applicant\n\naggrieved by a decision of the registrar denying a registration or\n\nrenewal may appeal the decision as provided in the Roofing\n\nContractor Registration Act, the Construction Industries Board Act,\n\nor the Administrative Procedures Act, or the applicant may reapply\n\nafter a ninety-day waiting period, if otherwise eligible under the\n\nprovisions of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act. The\n\napplication and renewal fees shall not be refundable.\n\nG. The registrar shall classify as not in good standing the\n\nregistration of any roofing contractor who fails to:\n\n1. Maintain liability insurance coverage;\n\n2. Maintain workers’ compensation coverage satisfactory under\n\nthe Workers’ Compensation Act, or provide an affidavit of exemption\n\nor self-insurance as authorized pursuant to the Workers’\n\nCompensation Act;\n\n3. File, renew, or properly amend any fictitious name\n\ncertificate;\n\n4. Maintain an active status of a corporation or registration\n\nas a foreign corporation, a limited liability company or\n\nregistration as a foreign limited liability company, a limited\n\nliability partnership registration or foreign limited liability\n\npartnership registration, or a limited partnership certificate or\n\nlimited partnership or foreign limited partnership certificate of\n\nauthority, with the Office of the Secretary of State;\nporation or registration\n\nas a foreign corporation, a limited liability company or\n\nregistration as a foreign limited liability company, a limited\n\nliability partnership registration or foreign limited liability\n\npartnership registration, or a limited partnership certificate or\n\nlimited partnership or foreign limited partnership certificate of\n\nauthority, with the Office of the Secretary of State;\n\n5. File or renew a trade name registration;\n\n6. Maintain or renew a roofing contractor registration as\n\nprovided in the Roofing Contractor Registration Act;\n\n7. Notify the registrar of a change in name, address, legal\n\nbusiness entity, qualifying party, legal service agent, or\n\nadjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction for any act or\n\nomission specified in subsection A of Section 1151.14 of this title\n\nor a violation of the Roofing Contractor Registration Act;\n\n8. Maintain a registration as required by law in another state\n\nwhile registered in this state as a nonresident roofing contractor;\n\nor\n\n9. File and pay all taxes of the qualifying party and legal\n\nentity when due in this state.\n\nH. The registrar shall send a written notice to the qualifying\n\nparty when his or her registration is not in good standing.\n\nI. Any roofing contractor who has been notified by the\n\nregistrar that his or her registration is not in good standing shall\n\ncease soliciting or entering new roofing services and projects as of\n\nthe date of such notification; however, the roofing contractor shall\n\nbe allowed to complete roofing projects where actual physical work\n\nhas begun prior to the date of issuance of the notice that his or\n\nher registration is not in good standing. The roofing contractor\n\nmust disclose the change in standing to any homeowner or other\n\nperson who has an interest in any job covered under the Roofing\n\nContractor Registration Act. Upon notice of a change in standing,\n\nthe homeowner shall have the option to cancel the contract. The\n\nroofing contractor will be owed the actual cost incurred for\n\nmaterials and the market value of labor already incurred on the job.\n\nThe roofing contractor must obtain an updated authorization from the\n\nhomeowner and other parties of interest if there is an agreement to\n\ncontinue the job as originally negotiated. If the roofing\n\ncontractor fails to correct the deficiency specified in the notice\n\nby evidence satisfactory to the registrar within thirty (30) days of\n\nthe date of the notice, or if the roofing contractor solicits or\n\nenters into new roofing services contracts or projects while the\n\nroofing contractor’s registration is not in good standing, or while\n\nsuch registration is suspended or revoked, the roofing contractor\n\nshall be in violation of the provisions of the Roofing Contractor\n\nRegistration Act.\n\nJ. Any registration that remains not in good standing for a\n\nsixty-day period shall be suspended on the sixtieth day from the\n\ndate of issuance of the notice to the roofing contractor that his or\n\nher registration is not in good standing. Any registration that\n\nremains not in good standing, and is suspended for such cause, shall\n\nbe revoked on the ninetieth day from the date of issuance of the\n\nnotice to the roofing contractor that his or her registration is not\n\nin good standing. The registrar shall notify the roofing contractor\n\nupon suspension or revocation of his or her registration for failure\n\nto comply in bringing such registration into good standing as\n\nrequired by law. The roofing contractor may reinstate his or her\n\nregistration to good standing by paying the required fees provided\n\nin Section 1151.12 of this title and complying with all other\n\nrequirements for issuance of a registration in good standing.\n\nK. Any registrant, qualifying party, or roofing company owner\n\naggrieved by the decision of the registrar to suspend or revoke a\n\nregistration pursuant to this section may appeal such decision as\nis or her\n\nregistration to good standing by paying the required fees provided\n\nin Section 1151.12 of this title and complying with all other\n\nrequirements for issuance of a registration in good standing.\n\nK. Any registrant, qualifying party, or roofing company owner\n\naggrieved by the decision of the registrar to suspend or revoke a\n\nregistration pursuant to this section may appeal such decision as\n\nprovided in this act or the Administrative Procedures Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"12e49341dd8f47eb7048d6b6cec54e07e3aa46e0611c75ae7d3079556eb61bbd","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1151.4","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1151.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}