Filing with the North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors
The board cannot get your money back. It can answer the question my contract never did, in writing, and that answer carries weight everywhere else you go.
Where this comes from
My project record
The North Carolina Licensing Board for General Contractors licenses and disciplines general contractors and investigates unlicensed contracting on projects at or above $40,000. I have asked it to confirm, in writing, the license status of L&G Building & Concrete for my project. Here is how a customer uses the board.
Check the threshold
The board accepts complaints against licensed contractors, and complaints about unlicensed contracting when the contract is $40,000 or more. A metal building with a slab is almost always over. Mine was $98,750.
Search the license first
Use the board’s license search for the company’s legal name, any other name on the paperwork and the owner’s name. Note what you find, including nothing. Your complaint should say what you searched.
Gather the contract and the payment trail
The board will want to see who contracted to do what, for how much, and who got paid. The contract, the Balance Breakdown, wire confirmations and invoices. The question of whether the company “undertook” the project turns on documents like these.
Include the permit facts
Who pulled the permit, what affidavit was signed, who requested inspections. If the county file shows the company’s staff calling inspections on an owner permit, say so and attach it.
File through the board’s complaints page
nclbgc.org/complaints has the form and instructions. The board’s phone number is (919) 571-4183 and its complaints address is complaints@nclbgc.org. Keep a copy of everything you send.
Know what happens next
The board can investigate, discipline a licensee, and seek court orders against unlicensed contracting. It does not award damages or order completion. What it gives you is a finding, and a finding from the board is the kind of document an attorney, a judge or the Attorney General’s office takes seriously.
Questions this raises
Does the licensing board handle concrete-only contractors?
A concrete contractor doing only concrete under $40,000 may fall outside the general contractor license requirement. On a combined building-and-slab contract the total controls, and the board generally treats work on the same property at the same time as one project.
Will filing with the board slow down my own lawsuit or settlement?
That is a question for a North Carolina construction attorney, and one to ask before you file either.
Why a customer wrote this
In February 2026 I signed a $98,750 contract with L&G Building & Concrete of Asheboro, North Carolina. By September I had a cracked slab, damaged plumbing and half a steel frame. This site documents it, with the contract, photos, texts and public records. The resources exist so the next buyer does not need to learn the same things the same way.
General information from one customer’s experience and research. Not legal, engineering or financial advice.