Structural pest control licensing
Is your exterminator licensed in Iowa?
The certified applicator database offers several search routes; start with the applicator last name or the business name. Ask which certification category the technician holds and confirm it covers structural work rather than lawn, ornamental or agricultural application. Note what this platform is: Kelly Registration Systems is a PRIVATE COMPANY that works with 33 state departments of agriculture to mirror licensing data and take renewals online. Georgia's agriculture department says so explicitly on its own site — the search program is not controlled or managed by the department, which assumes no liability and makes no warranties about it. So treat a Kelly result as a convenience copy, not the authoritative register: it can lag the state's own records, and where a result is missing or looks wrong the state agency is the one to call.
- Who regulates it
- IDALS / Kelly
- Verification
- Online
- Check before paying
- The business license
The regulator
The credential to look for
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What to verify, in order
The business license, not just the technician
Most states license the company and certify the individual separately. A certified technician working for an unlicensed business is still an unlicensed job.
The category or phase covers structural work
Licenses are issued by category. An applicator certified for turf and ornamental has no business in your bedroom.
Status is active, not lapsed
Some state databases exclude cancelled licenses from results entirely, so a revoked company returns the same empty result as a typo. If you get nothing, phone the agency before assuming you mistyped.
Complaint and enforcement history
Where a state publishes disciplinary actions they are usually on the board site rather than inside the license search.
Link last confirmed: . State license portals migrate often and licenses lapse daily — treat anything older than a few months as a starting point, not an answer.
Always confirm on the state's own site. This page points at the official database; it does not mirror or cache license records. Status changes daily and only the issuing agency is authoritative.