New York Mold Licensing Rules
Fully confirmed against primary sources, 5 Aug 2026 — no citation errors found. General information, not legal advice.
| Licensing agency | NYS Department of Labor — Mold Program (Labor Law Art. 32) |
|---|---|
| Who is licensed | Companies and individuals |
| When a licence is required | projects greater than 10 square feet (definitional — Labor Law §930(6)) (N.Y. Labor Law §930(6)) |
| Insurance requirement | Liability insurance of at least $50,000 (Labor Law §932(3)(d), (4)(d)) |
| Licence term | 2 years (Labor Law §934(1)) |
| Official licence lookup | https://data.ny.gov/d/ikqx-ispy |
The rule most consumers don't know
Labor Law §936(2) bars a licensee from performing both mold assessment and mold remediation on the same property — the statute's word is property, not project — and requires an independent written assessment before remediation begins.
In plain terms: the person who inspects your mold problem cannot be the person you pay to fix it. The assessor writes the protocol; an independent remediator executes it. This protects you from a contractor inventing work for themselves — and it is the law in every US jurisdiction that licenses mold work.
Worth knowing right now
New York publishes its mold contractor licences as an open dataset including expired licences — which is why RestoreLocal can show licence status changes in New York.
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