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How to verify a contractor license in Las Vegas, Nevada

Check any Las Vegas contractor license — status and expiration — through one normalized API, or look it up by hand on the city licensing portal. Las Vegas licenses trades at the city level, not just the Nevada state board.

What you can verify

Data source: Official Las Vegas licensing portal

Jurisdiction: Las Vegas (municipal), Nevada

Trade types

Las Vegas also supports name search — when you only have a contractor's name, the /search endpoint returns every matching license with full metadata.

Looking for the Nevada state board instead? See the Nevada contractor license guide.

One call. State and city licenses, same schema.

The /verify response is identical in shape whether the license is issued by a state board or a city — add the city parameter and your integration code stays the same:

{
  "valid": true,
  "name": "SAMPLE CONTRACTING LLC",
  "license_number": "SAMPLE-12345",
  "trade": "general",
  "expiration": "05/12/2027",
  "status": "Active",
  "state": "NV",
  "disciplinary_actions": [],
  "source_url": "https://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Business/Business-Licenses/License-Search",
  "cached": false,
  "checked_at": "2026-06-22T05:14:00Z"
}

Example response showing the normalized schema. Wire it up against deterministic fixtures in the sandbox — no credit cost.

Verify Las Vegas licenses programmatically

# Verify a Las Vegas contractor license with one API call
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://www.tradesapi.com/verify?state=NV&city=lasvegas&license=SAMPLE-12345&trade=general"

The official Las Vegas licensing portal is at https://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Business/Business-Licenses/License-Search — free to search by hand. TradesAPI wraps it in the same /verify call you use for every state, so city and state licenses come back in one normalized schema.

Frequently asked questions

Does Las Vegas issue its own contractor licenses?

Yes. Las Vegas licenses certain trades at the city level rather than (or in addition to) the Nevada state board. TradesAPI verifies Las Vegas municipal licenses through the same GET /verify endpoint, passing city=lasvegas alongside the state.

How do I verify a Las Vegas contractor license?

Call TradesAPI's GET /verify with state=NV, city=lasvegas, and the license number to get a normalized result — valid/invalid, status, and expiration — in one request, or search the city portal by hand.

What Las Vegas trades can I verify?

TradesAPI covers these Las Vegas trade types today: General Contractor.