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​ Now Live for Trades Credentials and Renewals!

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All initial, reinstatement, and renewal applications for a Trades credential must now be made through LicensE, your online, self-guided licensing platform.

• To apply for a license or renew your license, go to license.wi.gov.
  
• For those renewing in LicensE for the first time or looking for more information about LicensE, including exams, refer to the “Trades LicensE Information" document.
  
• Please review the LicensE Applicant User Guide for help. 
  
• If you are having trouble with anything, please submit a support ticket at this link.  Please provide complete contact information and a detailed description of the issue you are experiencing.
  

Per Wis. Admin. Code § SPS 305.635, no person may engage in or offer to engage in the activities of facilitating plan review, issuance of Wisconsin uniform building permits, or inspection of one- and two-family dwellings in a municipality where the Department has jurisdiction pursuant to Wis.​ Stat. § 101.651(3)(b), unless the person obtains a registration issued by the Department as a registered UDC Inspection Agency.

A person who is responsible for facilitating plan review, issuance of Wisconsin uniform building permits, and the inspections for one- and two-family dwellings as a registered UDC Inspection Agency shall be responsible for all of the following:

• Utilizing persons appropriately certified under Wis. Admin. Code § SPS 305.63 to review the plans, issue the permits, and conduct the inspections.
• Making the records relative to the plan review, issuance of permits, and inspections available to the Department, upon request.
• Providing inspection services for all inspections required under Wis. Admin. Code § SPS 320.10.
• Cooperating with the Department in any program monitoring, enforcement activities, and investigations.
• Following all procedures established by the Department for UDC enforcement by inspection agencies.
• Reporting to the Department in writing when the agency has been dismissed by the owner or builder.
• Making any records associated with their permit, plan review, and inspection activities available to the permit holder upon request.