Welcome

The NBBLO was established in 1983 by former city attorneys, Paul Morris and Mark Arnold, of the Salt Lake City area. Their goal was to provide an educational forum for the interchange of relevant legal cases, efficiency tips and tricks, proven methods for revenue enhancement and other pertinent information. Our group supports state, county and local jurisdictions. We offer education of benefit to attorneys, accountants, administration, city clerks, licensing officials, and code enforcement officials. The NBBLO website offers members easy access to relevant information.  

Inderchange of Ideas

Regular activities include:

Member Support from New Hampshire
Thu, 21 Jan 2010
It is always nice to receive kudos from happy members but even more so at membership renewal time. Mr. Normand wrote:
"As a registered member of the National Bureau of Business Licensing Officials and attendee of past conferences, I found your conferences to be the most informative and beneficial to the field of business licensing. Throughout my fifteen years in this line of work, I have never been able to find a educational resource for our industry that comes close to those resources offered by NBBLO. This organization remains the lone source of not only current, but relevant information." City Clerk, Manchester, NH

Thank you Mr. Normand and thanks to all our members for your support!

Please feel free to contact us with any comments, questions or suggestions.

National Bureau of Business Licensing Officials

The National Bureau of Business Licensing Officials (NBBLO) was established to provide an education forum for the interchange of ideas among state and local business licensing officials. Presently, this is done through two basic means: an annual two day conference and a bi-annual update (newsletter form).

It is recognized that some licensing officials deal solely with revenue raising; other are exclusively regulatory officials, and many do both. Great effort is made to provide helpful material at the conferences and in the newsletter to all licensing officials.

Conferences

Our 26th Annual Conference will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 14th-18th 2010. The conferences are designed to provide substantive information regarding a variety of issues that affect local licensing officials from around the country, regardless of whether you are involved in regulatory issues, occupational taxation issues, or both.

Certification

Currently, national certification of licensing officials has two levels. The first is based on job experience and training. It is in place. The second, still under development, will require rigorous examination to demonstrate expertise in the licensing field. Both will require continual training to maintain the certification. It is planned to work hand-in-hand with state or area organizations to fulfill the training requirement. The purpose is to provide designations recognized by government employees and licenses that the individual has achieved a level of knowledge and training in business licensing that qualifies the person for the position and will prove beneficial in the performance of licensing functions.

Please feel free to contact us with any comments, questions or suggestions.