**NO PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT A COMPLETED APPLICATION**
ONLINE RENEWAL NOW OPEN
All licenses MUST be renewed by December 31, 2024.
**Remember if you own a salon or are an independent licensee you MUST renew BOTH your Master(Individual license renewal button above) license AND your salon or independent licensee(Salon license renewal button above) license. This will be TWO separate transactions.**
Please allow 3-4 weeks for license processing and mailing. You can use the license lookup feature to see if your license has been renewed for 2025.
Renew Online:
To renew online: Please utilize "License Lookup" if you do not know your license number. You may renew online using your credit, debit card or e-check, however, there will be a small convenience fee if you choose to renew online.
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** To renew online, our office needs your last 4 digits of your SSN in our database in order to complete the search of your license. If you are unable to complete the Search by License/SSN, please call our office at 701-224-9800 to make sure we have your complete information.
**Please note that name changes cannot be made online. Please call the Board office at 701-224-9800 to make a change.
Renew By Mail:
To renew by mail: Please complete and return the renewal application form with the appropriate renewal fee.
You may pay by check or money order, payable to "ND State Board of Cosmetology".
Applications and payments must be mailed to:
ND State Board of Cosmetology
4719 Shelburne St, Suite 1
Bismarck, ND 58503.
Renew In Person:
To renew in person: Please complete the renewal application form prior to stopping in.
You may pay by credit card, cash,
check or money order, payable to "ND STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY".
Include a $50 late fee for EACH license being renewed if paid or postmarked after December 31, 2024.
Need a duplicate license? Duplicate license request must be mailed in along with the $10 fee. Please click here for the form.
For Instructor Licensees
Continuing Education Credits
It is required to have a signed certificate of completion from presenters for any educational classes or seminars in order to receive continuing education credits. The Board of Cosmetology will only accept board-approved continuing education.
For Board approved Continuing Education classes/seminars, please click here Continuing Education.
*Please allow 3-4 weeks for renewal license processing. If you do NOT receive your license within 4 weeks of payment, please contact the board office.
Salon Owners & Independent Licensees:
You must make a separate transaction to renew you salon license: Visit the Salon Renewal page to renew that license.
Troubleshoot Online Renewals:
Individual License:
Error: License not found. Try again or please call us at 701-224-9800 for assistance.
Make sure you have the correct license number (if you recently obtained your master license, your license number changed) You can utilize license look up to find your number. Once you find your number you will need to restart the renewal process.
Make sure you do not have an extra space at the end of your license number, the system will not find you if there is an extra space.
The Board may not have your social security number on file and you will need to contact the board office to update your information to be able to utilize online renewal.
Make sure you are only entering the license numbers, NO letters.
Error: You cannot renew online. Please contact us to renew your license.
Please call our office at 701-224-9800 or email bocinfo@nd.govfor assistance.
Salon/Independent Licensee (Booth Rental) License:
Error: NO Results
Try searching by salon number, make sure you do not have an extra space at the end of your license number.
Try to search by partial salon name: type: Suc for ‘Salon Success’
Try closing your browser and starting over
Payments:
Error: Address
The payment system does not recognize special characters such as # or /. IF these are in your address, manually remove them: Use Apt or Unit instead of #, if your address in 721 ½ use 721.5 etc.
Error: Email
You will need to enter an email address to process. You can use a fake email address, but you will not receive a receipt.
Miscellaneous:
· Please double check your mailing address while renewing to make sure we have the most current. Update as needed.
· If you need to update your name: Renew today, then contact board office to update.
MAILING PAPER RENEWALS:
ALL MAILED IN RENEWAL MUST BEPOSTMARKED DECEMBER 31, 2024, OR BEFORE. NO EXCEPTIONS. Keep in mind that just because you drop it in the post office box on December 31, it may not get post marked until AFTER that date. This is not an excuse and the Board can only accept what is postmarked on the envelope.
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Please allow 3-4 weeks for license processing and mailing. You can use the license lookup feature to see if your license has been renewed for 2025.