Licensing in Michigan

[Easy Way Lawn Care]

Does anybody know if you need a license in Michigan to do lawn cutting. I have already formed an LLC last year, and of course I am fully insured. I also know you need a license for pesticides. I see alot of trucks in the summer running around saying licensed and insured I couldn't figure out what licensing they need to cut grass or if they just wrote that on their truck because it sounds more legitemate

[OCLC]

Where are you located in Michigan?? I'm sure you have to have some sort of license... You basically have to have a license to do anything. When I ran my painting business I ran it without a license or insurance, and nobody asked to see it or anything. But it was required for sure.

[Phil Nilsson]

What the states need if they don't already have it is licensing to plow snow ...

Here's a link to state licenses required:

http://www.constructionweblinks.com/Industry_Topics/Licensing__Industry_Topics/licensing__industry_topics.html

Phil

[justmjc]

In michigan, your licensed if you register with the county you work in, through the county clerks office. Cost, $10 to set up the business name. There are no real licenses for lawn maintenance, but landscaping, I believe there are. Also, you can register in lansing. Licensed, is a fancy way to say I'm legal and legit, imo.

If your appying chemicals, that's different.

[mooseyy]

Welcome aboard Easy Way Lawn Care.

No license is needed.

Whereabouts do u work. I work in the Birmingham & Bloomfield Hills areas.

[Easy Way Lawn Care]

Washtenaw County more specifically north of Ann Arbor

[nick11380]

When you say your fully insured. Whats all covered?

[Easy Way Lawn Care]

nick11380

I have all my equipment insured against theft, fire, etc. My mower is insured against the same and incase it were to fall off my trailer on the road and smash to pieces, or get hit by a car. My truck is insured full coverage. And I carry a 300,000 liability policy. Of course I am thinking of uping that coverage just in case.

[pointer_hunter]

Would the insurance cover anything that happened on the job site? Say your steering wheel fell off and you drove through the patio door. Would the "insured" on their sign mean that they are covered for that?

[perenlawn]

Here in OH... we are licensed by having a vendor license. You can't sell mulch, etc.. shrubs, trees, etc.. without a vendor's license so that you can provide sales tax. Also, some states require a nursery license for you to sell trees/shrubs that you have planted and dig up... (except if you buy them potted). States and counties can vary.

Also, we have insurance but we are covered more for incidences on the job site... if our mower plows into someone's automobile or the brake on the dumptruck lets go and the truck rolls into someone's house.. buidling.. etc... If an employee loses control of machinery and demolishes the side of their house/building, car... etc.. That is in addition to the regular insurance we have for theft, damage, vandalism, etc... If you have a broker, they should be advising a "standard" of coverage if they are familiar of handling other lawncare/landscaping businesses or the like.

[jdbx2010]

I work in Battle Creek , MI and you just need a dba or inc papers.Beck's lawn and home care