Indiana · Checked October 22, 2026
No state license. Indiana has no state roofing license and the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency does not regulate roofers. Roofing is governed locally: some cities license general contractors (Indianapolis is the big one) and require permits, while many places require little beyond a business registration. The statewide rules that do bite are consumer-contract rules — the Home Improvement Contracts Act, IC 24-5-11, including its ban on offering to pay or rebate an insurance deductible.
Checked in part. The load-bearing facts on this page (regime, threshold, exam) are sourced below, but one or more figures for Indiana could not be confirmed on a primary board or statute page in the October 22, 2026 pass. Anything unconfirmed is printed as “Not published” — never estimated. Confirm the open figures with the board before you file.
| Item | Indiana |
|---|---|
| Regime | No state roofing license — local licensing only |
| Exam | None. Indiana requires no exam or proof of experience for roofers at the state level. Indianapolis local licensing likewise does not rest on a trade exam in the sources reviewed. |
| Experience | No state experience requirement published |
| Application fee | Not applicable at state level |
| License / registration fee | Not applicable at state level |
| Total state cost | $0 in state roofing fees. Local example (secondary): Indianapolis general contractor licensing carries a $10,000 surety bond (premium reported about $175 for a 2-year term by a bond guide) plus city application fees — Not published as a verified city fee schedule in this dataset. — Do not publish a statewide total; none exists. Local fees must be checked with the city/county of the job. |
| Bond | No state bond. Local example: Indianapolis requires a $10,000 surety bond for its general contractor license under Indianapolis Code Chapter 875 (secondary bond-guide source). |
| Insurance minimums | No state-set liability minimum for roofers. Homeowners and GCs in practice demand general liability and workers' compensation certificates, and workers' compensation is required under Indiana employment law for employees, but the state sets no roofing-license insurance floor because there is no license. |
| Who qualifies | The applicant / business owner |
| Timeline | No state process. Local licensing (where it exists, e.g. Indianapolis) is an application + bond + fee process typically completed in days to a few weeks. |
| Renewal | No state renewal. Local licenses renew on the local cycle (Indianapolis general contractor licenses run on a multi-year/bond term cycle per city rules — verify with the Department of Business and Neighborhood Services). |
| Credential | Scope | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| No state class | both | No state roofing, residential or general contractor license exists for roofers. Local example: Indianapolis (Consolidated City, Marion County) general contractor license under Indianapolis Code Chapter 875, which covers general contract work including roofing performed as a general contractor. |
Indianapolis/Marion County is the major-metro layer: a city general contractor license (Chapter 875, $10,000 bond) to act as a general contractor, and a Department of Business and Neighborhood Services (BNS) building permit for a full roof replacement. Fort Wayne, South Bend and other cities set their own contractor registration/permit rules — a credential in one city does not carry to the next.
Advertising or promising to pay a deductible is banned. Citation: IC 24-5-11-10.5(a) (Home Improvement Contracts Act). A home improvement supplier shall not advertise, offer, or promise to pay or rebate any part of an insurance deductible to induce a person to enter a home improvement contract — expressly including granting an allowance/discount against the contract price and paying the insured or anyone else any compensation, gift, prize, bonus, coupon, credit or referral fee, including for displaying a sign. The same section gives insured consumers cancellation rights and bars acting as a public adjuster. Classified advertising_ban on the statute's advertise/offer/promise wording.
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