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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. The fee for a license to engage in the practice of barbering shall be forty dollars and for each renewal thereof the fee shall be forty dollars.
2. The fee for a license to conduct a barber shop shall be sixty dollars and for each renewal thereof the fee shall be sixty dollars.
3. The fee for taking a written or practical examination under this article shall be fifteen dollars.
4. The fee for the registration or the renewal of the registration of an apprentice shall be twenty dollars.
5. The fee for issuing a duplicate license in substitution for one lost, destroyed or mutilated shall be ten dollars.
6. The fee for changing a name on a license shall be thirty dollars.
7. The fee for changing the address on a license shall be ten dollars.
8. The fees hereinabove set forth shall be those for licenses issued for the license period of four years. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of section four hundred thirty-nine of this article, after April first, two thousand eleven, the secretary of state shall assign staggered expiration dates for outstanding licenses that have been previously renewed and such licenses shall thereafter expire four years from the assigned date unless renewed. The secretary of state shall assign dates to existing licenses in a manner which shall result in a term of not less than four years.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, General Business Law - GBS § 440. Fees - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/general-business-law/gbs-sect-440/
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