Handyman License Requirements in Wauconda, IL
Wauconda Code Ch. 117 requires Contractor's Registration with the Community Development Department (109 Bangs St; CD@wauconda-il.gov; permit desk 847-526-9609) for any contractor doing work requiring a Village building/site permit: $75 (1 yr) / $125 (2 yr) / $150 (3 yr), calendar-year term, insurance certificate naming the Village; state-licensed roofing/plumbing/sprinkler register free.
Wauconda requirements
Wauconda Code Ch. 117 requires Contractor's Registration with the Community Development Department (109 Bangs St; CD@wauconda-il.gov; permit desk 847-526-9609) for any contractor doing work requiring a Village building/site permit: $75 (1 yr) / $125 (2 yr) / $150 (3 yr), calendar-year term, insurance certificate naming the Village; state-licensed roofing/plumbing/sprinkler register free.
Source link: wauconda-il.gov · wauconda-il.gov · wauconda-il.gov · checked November 2, 2026
Local business license
Our check could not confirm this from an official page, so we don't state it. Ask the city or county office.
Local contractor or handyman license
Required
- Name: Village of Wauconda Contractor's Registration (Municipal Code Chapter 117), effective Jan 1 2022
- Trigger: Any contractor (anyone hired by an owner) doing work for which a Village building or site development permit is required; owner-occupants exempt. Fee $75/1 yr, $125/2 yr, $150/3 yr (Jan 1-Dec 31, prorated); state-licensed roofers, plumbers, sprinkler contractors register with no fee. Insurance: workers comp $100k, liability $250k, property damage $100k/$300k aggregate, Village as certificate holder.
"Payment of the registration fee in the amount of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for one-year, one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for two-year; and, one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) for three-years"
Source: wauconda-il.gov · checked November 2, 2026
County: Lake County
The Illinois rule
Regulator: None for general contracting. Trades: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) - roofing contractors; Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) - plumbers/plumbing contractors. HRRA enforced via Consumer Fraud Act (Attorney General / private action).
No license threshold. HRRA Sec. 10: definition excludes 'maintenance, service, or repairs under $500'. Sec. 15: written contract/work order required 'Prior to initiating home repair or remodeling work for over $1,000'. Sec. 20: consumer-rights pamphlet for all contracts; signed acknowledgment only for contracts 'over $1,000' ('$1,000 or under' = pamphlet, no acknowledgment).
What counts toward it: other: no licensing threshold. HRRA contract rules: written contract required for work 'over $1,000' (total cost incl. parts and materials); 'home repair and remodeling' definition excludes 'maintenance, service, or repairs under $500'.
""Home repair and remodeling" means the fixing, replacing, altering, converting, modernizing, improving, or making of an addition to any real property primarily designed or used as a residence other than maintenance, service, or repairs under $500."
State registration
No state GC registration. Plumbing contractors register with IDPH under 225 ILCS 320. Roofing contractors licensed by IDFPR (no handyman/small-job carve-out verified).
Source: dph.illinois.gov · checked November 2, 2026
Forming an LLC in Illinois
State filing fee: $150.
Source: ilsos.gov · checked November 2, 2026
What to do, in order
- Read the Illinois rule and confirm with None for general contracting. Trades: Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) - roofing contractors; Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) - plumbers/plumbing contractors. HRRA enforced via Consumer Fraud Act (Attorney General / private action)..
- Line up the Wauconda items listed on this page.
- Get your insurance and rate in place before the first paid job.
Nearby places
Rules change. This page shows what official sources said on the dates above. It is not legal advice.
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