A contractor whose license has been expired for more than five years must:

Explanation

§7141(a) sets the window: an expired licence may be renewed at any time within five years of expiration on the prescribed form, with the renewal fee and, past the grace period, a delinquency fee — and the record still shows a break in licensing for the gap. Once those five years have run there is nothing left to renew, so the contractor files as a new applicant under §7065 and meets the requirements in force now, which is why (a) and (d) both fail: no fee reopens a window that has closed. (c) is at most half of the answer. A new application does normally mean examination, but §7065.1 can waive it where the qualifying individual was on a licensee's record in the same classification for five of the seven preceding years, so retaking the trade exam is neither the whole requirement nor invariably required. §7141.5 is the section people confuse with this one: it grants retroactive renewal only if the application is delivered or postmarked within 90 days of expiration.