Alabama Electrical Contractor Business & Law

Candidates who qualify through a NASCLA national trade exam or by reciprocity. If you take the state Alabama Electrical Contractor exam, its 30 business and law questions cover this, and you do not take the separate exam. The Board does not take an application for it; you register and pay Prov directly.

Forty questions in 2 hours, open book, and you need 75%. It covers business organization, risk management, contracts, financial management, payroll and employment taxes, labor law, safety, estimating and project management, plus Alabama licensing law and lien law.

The bulletin lists the NASCLA Contractors Guide to Business, Law and Project Management, 14th edition, and the 2014 Alabama Supplement to it, which Prov sells. It also says older and newer editions are always permitted. Permanent tabs and pen highlighting are fine; post-its and handwritten notes are not.

The business questions are written from the NASCLA guide, 13th edition. They leave out dollar thresholds, tax rates and other figures that change between editions. The Alabama licensing and lien questions come from the Electrical Contractors Act (Code of Ala. 34-36), the Board's rules in effect since February 14, 2026, and the lien statute (Code of Ala. 35-11-210 to 234).

The fee is $86, paid to Prov. You can retake it as many times as you need, 30 days apart, without new Board approval. Most candidates pass: 93% of attempts in 2024 and 98% in fiscal 2025 through May 14.

The bulletin says both NASCLA electrical exams Alabama accepts, the Electrical Contractor and the Journey-level Electrician, retire at the end of 2026, with details of their replacements promised for late December. The Business & Law exam is a separate Alabama exam.