California contractors whose bond or workers' comp just lapsed

Every week, hundreds of California contractors get a cancellation notice on their license bond or workers' comp policy. Unless they replace it by the effective date, the CSLB suspends the license and they cannot legally work. We compare the CSLB's public licence file twice a week and give you the list while there is still time to write the replacement.

1,423bond cancellations, week of Oct 13

630WC cancelled or expired

1,098notices still pending

$149per month, statewide

What the feed is

Bond cancelled: the surety filed a cancellation on the contractor's license bond. Most notices take effect weeks later, so the contractor still needs a new bond.
Workers' comp cancelled or expired: the insurer cancelled the policy, or it ran out with no renewal on file.
Suspended: the licence is already suspended (CSLB reason shown: bond, workers' comp, liability insurance and others).
Reinstated: the licence came back, so you can stop chasing it.

Each row has the licence number, business, trades, city, county, business phone, the surety or insurer, the effective date, a 90-day reinstatement date and a link to the contractor's official CSLB page. Statewide; filter by county in Excel or Google Sheets.

The 90-day clock

We add 90 days to every bond or workers' comp effective date and show it as Reinstate by. California generally lets a contractor cure a bond or workers' comp lapse, or a late renewal, retroactively within a limited window, and this date approximates it. Before the effective date the contractor keeps working if a replacement is filed; after it, the clock tells you how urgent the call is. It is a planning date, not legal advice: confirm the rule for the case with the CSLB.

Ten real events from the CSLB file of October 22, 2026

Phones are masked here and complete in the file. Pending means the cancellation date is still in the future.

Event	Business	Licence	Classes	City	County	Phone	Effective	Reinstate by	Surety / insurer / reason
Bond cancelled (pending)	FISHER GLASS INC	1071990	C17	Encinitas	San Diego	(*) *-4567	2026-12-21	2027-03-21	Travelers Casualty And Surety Company Of America
Bond cancelled (pending)	NATIONAL FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION INC	1127272	B	Twentynine Palms	San Bernardino	(*) *-4168	2026-11-20	2027-02-18	Western Surety Company
Bond cancelled (pending)	SQUATCHIES TREES LLC	1115744	D49	Arcata	Humboldt	(*) *-7479	2026-11-17	2027-02-15	Western Surety Company
Bond cancelled (pending)	CROWLEY PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTORS INC	1001343	B	Los Angeles	Los Angeles	(*) *-2958	2026-11-15	2027-02-13	American Contractors Indemnity Company
WC cancelled (pending)	S B S CORPORATION	742782	A, B	Camarillo	Ventura	(*) *-4363	2026-11-20	2027-02-18	State Compensation Insurance Fund
WC cancelled (pending)	V B E INC	936231	A	San Francisco	San Francisco	(*) *-1739	2026-11-19	2027-02-17	State Compensation Insurance Fund
WC cancelled (pending)	R P COATINGS INC	538214	D06, D12	Hayward	Alameda	(*) *-5940	2026-11-18	2027-02-16	State Compensation Insurance Fund
Suspended	APPLIED RESTORATION INC	1081367	B, C33	El Cajon	San Diego	(*) *-4701	2026-10-19	2027-01-17	Contr Bond Susp
Suspended	RIO POOLS AND SPA LLC	1087698	C53	Santa Ana	Orange	(*) *-6636	2026-10-19	2027-01-17	Contr Bond Susp
WC expired	OCELOT ROOFING	1013529	B, C27, C39	Hesperia	San Bernardino	(*) *-3311	2026-10-18	2027-01-16	State Compensation Insurance Fund

Swipe to see all columns. Bond cancellations that look like a surety moving its whole book (over 200 for one date) are flagged in the file and left out of this sample.

Disclosure. Rasengan LLC is a private company. We are not the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) or any government agency, and we are not an insurance agency or surety. Rows come from the CSLB's public License Master file, a California public record that anyone can look up for free on the CSLB website; we save you the comparing. A row can be a few days old; check the CSLB record link before you contact anyone, and never tell a contractor their licence was suspended or revoked without checking it. You are responsible for complying with CAN-SPAM, the TCPA, the National Do Not Call Registry and California telemarketing rules: identify yourself, offer an opt-out and honor it, and no autodialed or prerecorded calls or texts to cell phones without consent.

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