How to look up a license in Michigan

Official license searches in Michigan

7 official searches from 7 boards cover the Michigan licenses on this site (some boards share one state search). 3 of the rows also link a complaint page.

What each search covers

A board's search lists only its own licenses:

• Michigan Board of Cosmetology: the 2 credentials it issues for cosmetologists, including Cosmetologist license and Cosmetology instructor license.
• Bureau of Professional Licensing: the Registered Professional Nurse license.
• Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services: the 2 credentials it issues for insurance agents, including Resident Producer (insurance producer/agent) license, issued by line of authority and Insurance Solicitor (resident or non-resident).
• Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Community and Health Systems: the 2 credentials it issues for nursing assistants, including Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) — certificate of registration as a nurse aide and Certified Medication Aide (CMA) — Michigan medication aide certification.
• Bureau of Construction Codes: the 12 credentials it issues for electricians and general contractors, including Electrical Journeyman, Apprentice Electrician (registration), Fire Alarm Specialty Technician, Sign Specialist, Master Electrician and Electrical Contractor and others.
• Corporations, Securities & Commercial Licensing Bureau: the 3 credentials it issues for security guards, including Security Guard, Security Guard Agency and Security Guard Agency Branch.
• Michigan Board of Massage Therapy: the Massage Therapist (license).
• Bureau of Professional Licensing: the 3 credentials it issues for real estate agents, including Real Estate Salesperson, Associate Real Estate Broker and Real Estate Broker (Individual).

Occupations without a state search here

• Plumbers: the Bureau of Construction Codes pages we cite do not link a public search; ask the board to confirm a license.

How to check a license

Search the board for the work you are hiring for, then check the status, the license type and the expiration date (what to check in the result).

The occupation pages explain what each license level allows: cosmetologists, registered nurses, insurance agents, nursing assistants, electricians, general contractors, security guards, massage therapists, real estate agents.