How to Verify a Texas Mold License

General information, not legal, medical, engineering or insurance advice.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) licenses mold assessment and mold remediation professionals and companies.^1,2 Checking a license takes a minute and is the most useful thing you can do before you sign a contract.

Look it up on TDLR

1. Go to TDLR License Search.
2. Search by name or license number. Choose the mold program if the search asks for one.
3. Check the license type, that the status is current, and the expiration date.
4. Make sure the name matches the person or company on your contract.

TDLR also publishes downloadable license files on its license data filespage. That is where this directory's listings come from.

What the license codes mean

• MAC: Mold Assessment Consultant (individual).
• ACO: Mold Assessment Company.
• MRC: Mold Remediation Contractor (individual).
• RCO: Mold Remediation Company.

Texas licenses run for two years.¹ A license that has expired or shows a status other than current shouldn't be relied on for your project.

Who doesn't need a license

TDLR says that in most cases visible mold of less than 25 contiguous square feet can be cleaned up by people who are not licensed, and that there are exemptions for buildings with fewer than 10 rental units, including houses.² The statute lists other exemptions too.¹ A licensed company working on a small job still has to follow the rules.

Paperwork to expect

• Consumer Mold Information Sheet. TDLR says the remediator (or other licensee overseeing the project) must give it to the client before mold-related work starts.^2,4
• The protocol and work plan. The assessment consultant's protocol, and the remediator's work plan based on it.
• Certificate of Mold Damage Remediation (MDR-1). TDLR says only a licensed remediator may give it, and it goes to the property owner even when someone else hired the remediator.^2,3

Report a problem

If you think someone is doing mold assessment or remediation without a required license, TDLR accepts complaints through its website.²

Sources

1. Texas Occupations Code, chapter 1958.
2. TDLR, Mold Assessors and Remediators FAQ.
3. Texas Department of Insurance, Certificate of Mold Damage Remediation (MDR-1).
4. TDLR, Consumer Mold Information Sheet.
5. TDLR, License Search.