# New Mexico Contractor License Lookup & Verify (NM CID) (`fried_calamaries/new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup`) Actor Search and verify New Mexico contractors by business name, license number, city, or ZIP — license #, status, address, city/zip, and expiry — from the official NM Construction Industries Division registry. - **URL**: https://apify.com/fried\_calamaries/new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup.md - **Developed by:** [ByteMe](https://apify.com/fried_calamaries) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.01 / license match This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## New Mexico Contractor License Lookup & Verify (NM CID) ### Pain points - The NM CID public lookup (PSI Exams) is one slow manual search at a time — and every search makes you pass a CAPTCHA. - It isn't built for compliance workflows, CRM enrichment, or bulk contractor vetting. - Checking license status and standing across many contractors by hand doesn't scale. ### What we solve - Search the NM Construction Industries Division contractor registry by business name, license number, city, or ZIP — one call, the CAPTCHA handled for you. - Returns the license number, status, business name, address, city/zip, and expiry date for every match. - Turn a business name into a full structured table of contractors, ready for a CRM or spreadsheet. ### Summary Search and verify New Mexico contractors straight from the official Construction Industries Division (CID) public registry. Enter a business name, a license number, a city, or a ZIP code and get back a structured table of matches — license number, status, business name, address, city/zip, and expiry date. The portal gates every search behind a CAPTCHA; this actor clears it for you (via an automated CAPTCHA-solving service, DeathByCaptcha), so a single search can return a whole page of contractors. Built for license verification, compliance checks, and turning a business name into a clean contractor list. ### Who it's for - GCs and hiring managers vetting New Mexico subcontractors - Insurance underwriters and lenders running KYC on contractors - Compliance teams and marketplaces verifying NM CID licenses - RevOps and BD teams building contractor lead lists ### How to use Set the input, run the actor, and collect results from the run's dataset (export to JSON/CSV/Excel, or pull via the Apify API). Example input: ```json { "businessName": "Smith", "maxResults": 20 } ```` See **Inputs** below for every available field. ### What you get One row per record: | Field | Description | |---|---| | `state` | Always 'NM' for this actor | | `license_number` | NM CID contractor license number | | `status` | License status (e.g. Active, Cancelled) | | `license_type` | Always 'Contractor' (NM CID's contractor company category) | | `business_name` | Licensed business/company name | | `address` | Principal place of business street address | | `city` | Business city | | `zip_code` | Business ZIP code | | `expiration_date` | License expiry date | | `matched_by` | Which input surfaced this match: license\_number, business\_name, city, or zip\_code | | `source_url` | The NM CID public license search portal (no direct per-record deep link is available) | Sample: ```json { "state": "NM", "license_number": "396966", "business_name": "ADAMS & SMITH, INC.", "person_name": null, "license_type": "Contractor", "status": "Active", "issue_date": null, "expiration_date": "12/31/2027", "city": "LINDON", "county": null, "address": "1380 W CENTER ST", "zip_code": "84042", "phone": null, "bond_amount": null, "bond_company": null, "insurance_company": null, "matched_by": "business_name", "source_url": "https://public.psiexams.com/search.jsp" } ``` ### Inputs | Field | Required | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `businessName` | no | string | `"Smith"` | Search by contractor business name (partial matches allowed, e.g. 'Smith'). Combine with other fields to narrow results. | | `licenseNumber` | no | string | — | Exact NM CID contractor license number. When set, returns that specific license. | | `city` | no | string | — | Filter results to a business city (e.g. 'Albuquerque'). | | `zipCode` | no | string | — | Filter results to a business ZIP code. | | `maxResults` | no | integer | `20` | Cap on the number of license matches returned in a single run. The portal returns 20 per page and this actor reads only the first page, so this is capped at 20. | ### Pricing (Pay Per Event) Two charges: a **per-search fee** (`search`, *$0.02/search*) that covers the live, gated lookup, plus a **per-match fee** (`license-match`, *$0.01/match*). Example: a search returning **20 license matches** ≈ **$0.22** ($0.02 search + 20 matches). A search with no matches is billed only the $0.02 search fee. Illustrative — final prices are set at publish time. This actor solves a CAPTCHA on every search (a real per-run cost, via DeathByCaptcha), so it charges a small per-search fee plus a per-match fee. Apify platform usage (compute) is billed separately per your plan. ### Use cases - License verification — confirm a New Mexico contractor's license number, status, and standing before hiring or onboarding. - List building — pull every contractor matching a business name into a structured table. - Compliance checks — pull authoritative NM CID data on demand for audits and due diligence. - Lender / insurer due diligence — verify a contractor's standing straight from the state registry. ### Why this actor - Straight from the official New Mexico Construction Industries Division public registry — authoritative, not a stale third-party copy. - Clears the portal's search CAPTCHA for you (via an automated CAPTCHA-solving service) — one search can return a whole page of contractors. - Search by business name, license number, city, or ZIP; results deduped by license #. - Per-search fee covers the live lookup; per-match fee only for real records returned. ### Limitations & updates Covers the New Mexico CID contractor registry only (the 'Contractor' company-license category on public.psiexams.com — not RLD's separate Boards and Commissions Division search, and not individual/personal licenses). Results reflect the live registry and change as it updates. A single run reads the first results page (20 records per page, the portal's own page size); searches matching more than 20 businesses return only the first 20 — narrow with a more specific business name, license number, city, or ZIP to see more relevant matches. Detail-only fields (county, phone, bond, insurance) are not in the list view and are returned null; there is no direct per-record deep link (the detail view is a JS-triggered action, not a URL), so source\_url points to the search portal itself. ### FAQ **Where does the data come from?** The official New Mexico Construction Industries Division (CID) public contractor registry, hosted at public.psiexams.com. **What can I search by?** A business name, an exact license number, a city, and/or a ZIP code. Combine fields to narrow results; results are deduped by license number. **What fields do I get?** License number, status, business name, address, city, ZIP code, and expiry date — plus a link to the official NM CID search portal. **How am I charged?** Two charges: a small per-search fee that covers the live, CAPTCHA-gated lookup, plus a per-match fee for each license returned. A search with no matches is billed only the per-search fee. **Why is there a per-search fee when other lookup actors don't have one?** The NM CID portal gates every search behind a CAPTCHA, which this actor clears using an automated CAPTCHA-solving service (DeathByCaptcha) — a real per-run cost. The per-search fee covers that; because one search can return many contractors, the per-match cost stays low. **Is this personal data?** It's public professional-license data (business and license records as NM CID publishes them); we add no personal/PII enrichment. **How current is it?** It reflects the live NM CID registry at lookup time. ### Which actor to choose Part of the contractor-license verification suite — pick the one that fits your goal: - **Multi-State Contractor & Trade License Lookup** — You don't know the state, or want the same contractor checked across WA, OR, TX & CT in one run. - **California Contractor License Lookup & Verify (CSLB)** — You need a California contractor verified — by license number, business, or owner/personnel name (CSLB). - **Florida Contractor License Lookup & Verify (DBPR)** — You're verifying a Florida contractor or tradesperson — type, status, expiration, county (DBPR). - **South Carolina Contractor License Lookup & Verify (SC LLR)** — You're searching or verifying South Carolina contractors — by name, license, city, or classification (SC LLR). - **North Carolina Contractor License Lookup & Verify (NCLBGC)** — You're verifying a North Carolina general contractor — classification, status, expiration (NCLBGC). - **Nevada Contractor License Lookup & Verify (NSCB)** — You need a Nevada contractor's status, trade classifications, bond & principals (NSCB). - **Tennessee Contractor License Lookup & Verify (TN DOCI)** — You're verifying a Tennessee contractor or tradesperson — type, status, city & county (TN DOCI). # Actor input Schema ## `businessName` (type: `string`): Search by contractor business name (partial matches allowed, e.g. 'Smith'). Combine with other fields to narrow results. ## `licenseNumber` (type: `string`): Exact NM CID contractor license number. When set, returns that specific license. ## `city` (type: `string`): Filter results to a business city (e.g. 'Albuquerque'). ## `zipCode` (type: `string`): Filter results to a business ZIP code. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Cap on the number of license matches returned in a single run. The portal returns 20 per page and this actor reads only the first page, so this is capped at 20. ## Actor input object example ```json { "businessName": "Smith", "maxResults": 20 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `matches` (type: `string`): The matched licenses — number, status, business name, address, city/zip, and expiry date. # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "businessName": "Smith" }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("fried_calamaries/new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "businessName": "Smith" } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("fried_calamaries/new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "businessName": "Smith" }' | apify call fried_calamaries/new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fried_calamaries/new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "New Mexico Contractor License Lookup & Verify (NM CID)", "description": "Search and verify New Mexico contractors by business name, license number, city, or ZIP — license #, status, address, city/zip, and expiry — from the official NM Construction Industries Division registry.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "OFJYE2ufQoNTM8aGX" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/fried_calamaries~new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-fried_calamaries-new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/fried_calamaries~new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-fried_calamaries-new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/fried_calamaries~new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-fried_calamaries-new-mexico-contractor-license-lookup", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "businessName": { "title": "Business name", "type": "string", "description": "Search by contractor business name (partial matches allowed, e.g. 'Smith'). Combine with other fields to narrow results." }, "licenseNumber": { "title": "License number", "type": "string", "description": "Exact NM CID contractor license number. When set, returns that specific license." }, "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "Filter results to a business city (e.g. 'Albuquerque')." }, "zipCode": { "title": "ZIP code", "type": "string", "description": "Filter results to a business ZIP code." }, "maxResults": { "title": "Maximum results", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 20, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on the number of license matches returned in a single run. The portal returns 20 per page and this actor reads only the first page, so this is capped at 20.", "default": 20 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```