Verify A LicenseIn Oregon.

Anyone can put a license number on a business card or a website. Whether that license is real, active, and in good standing is a separate question — and in Oregon, it’s a genuinely quick thing to check yourself.

You can check any Oregon contractor’s license directly through the state’s official CCB license search. It takes about as long as reading this paragraph, and it’s the single easiest way to confirm a contractor is actually who and what they say they are before signing anything.

For the rest of what’s worth checking beyond just the license, see our full guide on hiring a general contractor.