How do I verify a contractor license in Michigan?

You can search the official Michigan board portal by hand, or call TradesAPI's GET /verify endpoint with the state, license number, and trade to get back a normalized result — valid/invalid, status, expiration, and any disciplinary actions — in one request.

What contractor trades does Michigan license?

TradesAPI covers these Michigan trade types today: Electrical, General Contractor, Plumbing, Residential Builder.

Is Michigan contractor license data free to check?

The Michigan board's public portal is free to search manually. TradesAPI adds a single normalized API across all 50 states plus DC — every new API key includes 50 free verifications.

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How to verify a contractor license in Michigan

Check any Michigan contractor license — status, expiration, and disciplinary history — through one normalized API, or look it up by hand on the state board portal.

Michigan coverage: Operational · live status

What you can verify

Data source: LARA paid bulk list

Coverage: Residential Builder, M&A Contractor, Electrical, Plumbing, Mechanical

Trade types

ElectricalGeneral ContractorPlumbingResidential Builder

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

City-level licensing in Michigan

Some Michigan trades are licensed by the city, not the state board. We also cover municipal licensing in Detroit under the same normalized schema and the same /verify call.

One call. The whole picture.

The /verify response is identical in shape across every state, so your integration code never changes per jurisdiction:

GET /verify?state=MI&license=SAMPLE-12345&trade=electrical

{
  "valid": true,
  "name": "SAMPLE CONTRACTING LLC",
  "license_number": "SAMPLE-12345",
  "trade": "electrical",
  "expiration": "05/12/2027",
  "status": "Active",
  "state": "MI",
  "disciplinary_actions": [],
  "source_url": "https://aca-prod.accela.com/LARA/GeneralProperty/LicenseeDetail.aspx",
  "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 Michigan licenses programmatically

# Verify a Michigan contractor license with one API call
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  "https://www.tradesapi.com/verify?state=MI&license=SAMPLE-12345&trade=electrical"

The official Michigan board portal is at https://aca-prod.accela.com/LARA/GeneralProperty/LicenseeDetail.aspx — free to search by hand. TradesAPI wraps it (and every other state) in one API so you don't maintain 51 different scrapers.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I verify a contractor license in Michigan?: You can search the official Michigan board portal by hand, or call TradesAPI's GET /verify endpoint with the state, license number, and trade to get back a normalized result — valid/invalid, status, expiration, and any disciplinary actions — in one request.
What contractor trades does Michigan license?: TradesAPI covers these Michigan trade types today: Electrical, General Contractor, Plumbing, Residential Builder.
Is Michigan contractor license data free to check?: The Michigan board's public portal is free to search manually. TradesAPI adds a single normalized API across all 50 states plus DC — every new API key includes 50 free verifications.