Contact Us
DirectionsMeetings are 1 to 3 p.m. at the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, 443 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul, MN, and virtually via Webex. Meeting dates and time are determined by the TAG leader.
Purpose: This TAG is assembled to build recommendations to update the process of delegating building code administration to municipalities. The goal of the TAG is to make recommendations that provide more flexibility for municipalities to administer the building code for different types of public buildings and state-licensed facilities.
The Contractor Recovery Fund provides financial compensation to Minnesota homeowners, residential lessees and homeowners associations (HOAs) who have experienced an actual and direct out-of-pocket loss resulting from fraudulent, deceptive or dishonest practices, conversion of funds or failure of performance by a licensed residential building contractor or residential remodeler.
Who may apply
You may be eligible to apply to the Contractor Recovery Fund if all the following are true:
You are a Minnesota homeowner, residential lessee or HOA.
Our agency helps protect the rights and the safety and health of workers. We educate employers and employees about their rights and responsibilities under Minnesota employment and safety and health laws. We also assist homeowners with building code concerns and complaints.
How to protect yourself against wage theft
Categories: Know your rights, File a complaint, wage claim, workers rights
We license and regulate construction work performed in Minnesota and investigate complaints to determine whether violations of the state laws and rules governing the construction industry have occurred. When violations are proven, we take enforcement actions that can include fines and license revocation. View the Plan for Assessing Penalties in Administrative Orders and Licensing Orders.
Complete the Residential Building Contractor or Remodeler License Application and Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Criminal Background Check forms.
Pay the license fee and Contractor Recovery Fund fee.
Ensure that your qualifying person’s Q registration is active. If it has been inactive for more than two years, he or she will have to retake the license exam.
Submit all required attachments.
Get started
Submit a monthly or quarterly permit surcharge report in iMS – the department's online permit and licensing platform.
View instructions for setting up an account in iMS to submit and view reports online.
Download a monthly reporting form if your municipality has a population of 20,000 or more.
Categories: Surcharge report, building permit, surcharge fees, payments
Information about solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, energy storage systems and related resources for installers and inspectors.
Electrical licensing, permits, inspection fees and code
NEW: Solar installers must be licensed as residential building contractor or remodeler
Categories: solar, photovoltaic, solar photovoltaic, information., Fuel Cell Systems, Interconnected Electric Power Production Sources, Energy Storage Systems, Direct Current Microgrids
DLI main phone numbers
Call: 651-284-5005 or 800-342-5354
Wage and hour questions?
Minimum wage, PTO, employment laws, earned safe and sick time, paychecks, termination, breaks, employee rights, overtime, family and medical leave (FMLA), etc.
Call: 651-284-5075 or 800-342-5354 and press 5
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