Searching for a contractor or a licence number: consult the Licence holders' repertory.
Searching for a contractor or a licence number: consult the Licence holders' repertory.
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All companies take one of the following legal forms of organization: natural person, legal person, or partnership. In the context of obtaining a licence from the Régie du bâtiment du Québec, there are some special cases that can arise in determining whether or not a natural person can serve as guarantor for a company or apply for a licence on behalf of a partnership or legal person.
A natural person, whether or not they hold a licence, may apply for a licence on behalf of more than one partnership or legal person if they hold 50% interest in these partnerships or 50% of the voting shares of these legal persons, and have not waived the rights attached to their participation or shares.
Despite the foregoing:
A natural person who is the guarantor for a legal person holding a licence may apply for a licence on behalf of a legal person that is controlled by that legal person or by another legal person affiliated with that legal person.
A natural person who holds a contractor's licence may apply for a contractor's licence on behalf of a partnership or a legal person constituted for the purpose of carrying out construction work on a single construction project, for the same licence subclasses the person already holds, if they meet both of the following criteria:
A natural person may make such an application on behalf of more than one partnership or legal person thus constituted, provided that they meet the above conditions in respect of each partnership or legal person.
A natural person who is the guarantor for a partnership or legal person, who holds a contractor's licence and is a member of one or more partnerships, or a shareholder holding voting shares of one or more legal persons, constituted for the purpose of carrying out construction work on a single construction project may, for the licence subclasses held, apply for a contractor's licence on behalf of those partnerships or legal persons. That partnership or legal person must not have waived the rights attached to its participation or shares.