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Handyman License Requirements in Taos, NM

By , Founder of Bulletproof Handyman · New Mexico rules checked November 2, 2026 · Taos local rules checked November 10, 2026

Town of Taos: $35/yr business registration for each place of business inside Town limits (and for those under services contracts with the Town), renew with municipal clerk by March 16 ($10 late fee). Taos County: $35 business registration (+$10 late) under county ordinance for businesses in unincorporated county.

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Taos requirements

Town of Taos: $35/yr business registration for each place of business inside Town limits (and for those under services contracts with the Town), renew with municipal clerk by March 16 ($10 late fee). Taos County: $35 business registration (+$10 late) under county ordinance for businesses in unincorporated county.

Source link: ecode360.com · ecode360.com · taoscounty.org · checked November 10, 2026

Local business license

Depends

  • Name: Town of Taos Business Registration (Business Registration Act, Code Ch. 5.04, NMSA 3-38-3)
  • Applies when: CONDITIONAL
  • Office: Town of Taos municipal clerk
  • Fee: $35 annual registration; $10 late fee if not paid by March 16 (Code App. A.20, Ord. 23-03)
"There is imposed on each place of business conducted in this municipality and on those contractors, persons and businesses performing services under a contract for services or professional service contract for the town, a business registration fee"

Source: ecode360.com · checked November 10, 2026

Local contractor or handyman license

None found on official sources

  • Name: No town contractor license; state CID contractor licensing applies (state-level). Taos County separately requires a $35 business registration for businesses in unincorporated Taos County.
  • Trigger: Town registration applies to a place of business within Town limits, or a contractor under a services contract with the Town; out-of-town handymen working for private clients in Town are not named in Ch. 5.04
"BUSINESS REGISTRATION FEE: $35.00 LATE FEE: $10.00 ... IN ACCORDANCE WITH TAOS COUNTY ORDINANCE NO."

Source: taoscounty.org · checked November 2, 2026

County: Taos County

The New Mexico rule

Regulator: New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD), Construction Industries Division (CID); License applications are handled through PSI.

$7,200 a year
New Mexico earnings figure

60-13-3(B)(14): exempt is an individual who works on one undertaking or project at a time that, 'in the aggregate or singly, does not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) compensation a year' ('does not exceed', so AT OR BELOW $7,200), for casual, minor or inconsequential work 'such as handyman repairs'. Conditions: (a) the work is not part of a larger operation; (b) no advertising, sign or card suggesting the person is a contractor; (c) the person files an annual declaration with CID (the Handyman Certificate). The exemption never covers electrical wiring, plumbing or gas fitting.

What counts toward it: other: total compensation per YEAR (all handyman contracts combined, 'in the aggregate or singly'), not a per-job limit. The statute says 'compensation' and does not say whether materials count.

"an individual who works on one undertaking or project at a time that, in the aggregate or singly, does not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) compensation a year, the work being casual, minor or inconsequential, such as handyman repairs"

Source: rld.nm.gov · checked November 2, 2026

State registration

Handyman: an annual declaration filed with CID on its form (Handyman Certificate; 14.6.2.8 NMAC). Licensed contractors: a $10,000 corporate surety bond as proof of responsibility (60-13-49), plus classification exams and a qualifying party. Statute copy used is RLD's 2021 compilation.

Source: rld.nm.gov · rld.nm.gov · checked November 2, 2026

Insurance and bond

Licensed contractors: $10,000 bond (60-13-49(B)). Trade bureaus may also require a reasonable bond by regulation. Cities may not require an additional license bond from a CID-licensed contractor (60-13-51). Handyman exemption: no bond found.

Source: rld.nm.gov · checked November 2, 2026

Forming an LLC in New Mexico

State filing fee: $50.

Source: enterprise.sos.nm.gov · checked November 2, 2026

What to do, in order

  1. Read the New Mexico rule and confirm with New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD), Construction Industries Division (CID); License applications are handled through PSI..
  2. Line up the Taos items listed on this page.
  3. Get your insurance and rate in place before the first paid job.

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Rules change. This page shows what official sources said on the dates above. It is not legal advice.