Paterson
City of Paterson Department of Community Development
In short
City of Paterson Department of Community Development issues 1 permit we publish for Paterson, last verified 2026-09-05. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Builders and Contractors Licenseonly if it applies to you | City of Paterson Department of Community Development | $100 initial license; $50 annual renewal; $100 to relicense after revocation. | annual — expires December 31; late renewal after January 31 requires a new application | 2026-09-05 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Builders and Contractors License
Ten license classes exist (General Contractor, Roofing and Siding, Demolition, Sign or Billboard, and others). Contractors already registered as New Jersey Home Improvement Contractors for residential work are exempt — this license targets non-residential/commercial contracting specifically. Chapter 153, read in full end to end, carries no bond, surety or other financial-security requirement anywhere in its text — only the $100 initial/$50 renewal fee, application procedure, and the character and business-responsibility standards described above.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Paterson
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- www.patersonnj.gov/
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- City of Paterson Code chapter 153 — Builders and ContractorsCity of Paterson (eCode360) · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-05
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