# Licenses and permits

URL: /systems/legal-and-corporate/licenses-and-permits · Id: `capability:licenses-and-permits`

> Licenses and permits obtain and renew the business licenses and regulated authorities the Company needs where it operates.

Licenses and permits obtain and renew the business licenses and regulated authorities the [Company](/business/nouns/company) needs where it operates.

## Contract
| Clause | Terms |
| --- | --- |
| Starts | An obligation check per jurisdiction and [Offer](/business/nouns/offer), run before [Live](/business/lifecycle/states/live). |
| Gate | An Offer that needs a license stays off sale until the [Credential](/business/nouns/credential) is held ([Licensing](/systems/legal-and-corporate/floor/licensing)). |
| Signs | An officer signs each application. Owners give their own background checks where the license requires them. |
| [Renewal](/business/nouns/renewal) | Each license renews before it expires. |
| While held | Own where the license is per business; inherited where the Studio-held entity holds it. |

## Verbs
| Verb | Object | Event |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Credential.create](/business/nouns/credential/create) | [Credential](/business/nouns/credential) | `Credential.created` |
| [Credential.verify](/business/nouns/credential/verify) | [Credential](/business/nouns/credential) | [`Credential.verified`](/business/events/Credential.verified) |

## Interfaces
- [API](/code/api/reference)
- [SDK](/code/sdk/reference)
- [CLI](/code/cli/reference)
- [MCP](/code/mcp/reference)

## Example
A concert-ticket resale marketplace expands to a city that licenses resellers. The obligation check holds the new Offer off sale until the license is held, 19 days later.