Changes you must report within 90 days: address, business name, personnel, qualifier, bond exemptions, judgments, workers' compensation, entity, and the five years after the license ends
In one paragraph
One statute, one number: any change to what CSLB has on file must be reported in writing within 90 days, and a change reported late takes effect only when the Board receives it, with discipline available for the delay. This lesson lists what 'any change' means for a small electrical contractor (the shop moved; you added a DBA; a partner or officer came or went; the qualifier changed; the RMO's ownership dropped below 10 percent; a judgment was entered; you hired and the exemption stopped being true), what form and fee each takes, which changes cannot be reported at all because they require a new license, and the one duty that outlives the license: keep a current address on file for five years after it expires, is suspended or is canceled, because the complaint window and the disclosure periods are still running.
The rule
Licensees shall notify the registrar in writing within 90 days of any change to information recorded under the license law, including business address, personnel, business name, the qualifier bond exemption and the multiple-license exemption; a late notice makes the change effective only on receipt at headquarters, and failure to notify within 90 days is a disciplinary cause (B&P 7083). The same 90 days governs a qualifier's disassociation (7068.2), a partner's death or disassociation (7076), and an unsatisfied final judgment (7071.17(b)). A change of entity, corporate registration number, sole owner or general partners cannot be reported; it requires a new license (CSLB; 7075.1). After expiration, suspension or cancellation, a current address of record must be maintained for five years (7083.1).
Why it matters
Almost every suspension in the previous lesson and every renewal failure in the one before it begins with mail sent to an address the contractor left. The address of record is the Board's only way to reach you, and the statute puts the burden of keeping it current on you, with a 90-day clock and a disciplinary cause behind it. The rest of the reportable changes follow the same logic: CSLB's record of your business is a legal fact, and when reality moves, the record has 90 days to catch up.