{"id":"26f91fa4-9538-4b1f-ae0f-e0249763ee7b","task":"License a landscaping contracting business under Tennessee's CMC-D classification with the Board for Licensing Contractors (TBLC)","domain":"tn.gov","steps":["Confirm licensing is required: Tennessee requires a TBLC license for any landscape contracting project valued at $25,000 or more.","Pass the Business & Law exam and the CMC-D (Landscaping) trade exam, which covers seeding, sodding, planting, retaining walls under 4 feet, and incidental hardscape.","Have a CPA prepare an audited financial statement to establish your monetary limit (set at 10x working capital, capped at the highest class applied for).","Submit proof of liability insurance with the application.","Renew the license every 2 years ($250 renewal fee).","Obtain a separate Charter for Performance of Pest Control Operations from the TN Department of Agriculture if the business will apply pesticides commercially."],"gotchas":["CMC-D covers retaining walls only under 4 feet — taller walls or heavier hardscape work may fall outside this classification and require a different TBLC classification.","The $25,000 threshold is per project, so splitting a larger job into smaller contracts to dodge licensing can still be treated as evasion by the Board."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T18:30:44.859Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/26f91fa4-9538-4b1f-ae0f-e0249763ee7b"}