How can I tell if my roofer is licensed in Minnesota?
Ask the roofer for their Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry license number, then verify it at the board's public lookup. The license must be Active, the class must include Residential Roofer / Residential Building Contractor, and there must be no open disciplinary actions. Groundcheck (earthmove.io/trust) does this in under 90 seconds and cross-checks court, OSHA, and BBB records simultaneously.
Confirming a roofer's license in Minnesota is a 3-step process. First, get the license number from the contractor — every legitimate roofer working in Minnesota should have one and should give it on request. If they refuse or hedge, walk away. Second, plug it into the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry public lookup at https://www.dli.mn.gov/business/residential-contractors. Third, verify three fields on the lookup result: license status (must read "Active"), expiration date (must be in the future), and disciplinary history (must be clean).
What classification matters: Residential Roofer / Residential Building Contractor. Minnesota roofers working under any other classification are not authorized for the installs and repairs residential and commercial roofing systems including shingles, metal, tile, and flat-roof membranes you're hiring them for. Confirm the license covers the type of work being performed.
Red flags that the license isn't legitimate or the roofer is misrepresenting: the license number doesn't return a result, the lookup returns a different name or business than you were given, the status is "Suspended" or "Inactive," the license is in another contractor's name (the roofer is using someone else's license — illegal in every state), or the disciplinary history shows multiple open complaints.
What if the roofer won't share their license number? In Minnesota, every licensed roofer is required to display the license number on all advertising, business cards, contracts, and vehicles. If they can't or won't provide it, they're either unlicensed or hiding something.
The fast path: run a free Groundcheck at earthmove.io/trust. Enter the contractor name and Minnesota as the state. Groundcheck queries Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, the Secretary of State, federal court records, OSHA inspection history, and BBB complaints, then returns a single sourced verdict. The contractor is never notified.
Detailed Minnesota roofer licensing rules: earthmove.io/trust/license/roofer/minnesota.
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