diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfe7475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+repos:
+    - repo: local
+      hooks:
+          - id: apache-license-header-check
+            name: apache license header check
+            entry: python3 scripts/apache_header_check.py
+            language: system
+            types: [python]
+            pass_filenames: true
+
diff --git a/func_tests/test_client.py b/func_tests/test_client.py
index 38ac26f..a450974 100644
--- a/func_tests/test_client.py
+++ b/func_tests/test_client.py
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
 from func_tests.vinyldns_context import vinyldns_test_context
 from vinyldns.batch_change import AddRecordChange, DeleteRecordSetChange, BatchChange, BatchChangeRequest, \
     DeleteRecordSet, AddRecord, BatchChangeSummary, ListBatchChangeSummaries
diff --git a/func_tests/utils.py b/func_tests/utils.py
index 7a7f69e..393e7ec 100644
--- a/func_tests/utils.py
+++ b/func_tests/utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
 import json
 import time
 import logging
diff --git a/func_tests/vinyldns_context.py b/func_tests/vinyldns_context.py
index a7c8d37..261fef9 100644
--- a/func_tests/vinyldns_context.py
+++ b/func_tests/vinyldns_context.py
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
 import sys
 sys.path.append('../')
 sys.path.append('./')
diff --git a/scripts/apache_header_check.py b/scripts/apache_header_check.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cde381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/apache_header_check.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import sys
+import tokenize
+
+license_to_check =  "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0"
+
+missing_license = False
+
+#checks if the license_to_check is in a comment in the files
+def is_string_in_comment(file_path, target_string):
+    with tokenize.open(file_path) as file:
+        # Loop through every token in the Python file
+        for token in tokenize.generate_tokens(file.readline):
+            # Check if the current token is a comment
+            if token.type == tokenize.COMMENT:
+                # Check if apache link string is inside that comment
+                if target_string in token.string:
+                    return True
+    return False
+
+#Iterate through the .py files passed by the .pre-commit-config.yaml file
+for filepath in sys.argv[1:]:
+    with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+
+        #if license is not in header print it out in the pre commit error
+        if not is_string_in_comment(filepath, license_to_check):
+            print(f"Error: Missing Apache License header in {filepath}")
+            missing_license = True
+
+if missing_license:
+    sys.exit(1)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/search_records_by_name.py b/scripts/search_records_by_name.py
index 661f8c1..2b2dfba 100644
--- a/scripts/search_records_by_name.py
+++ b/scripts/search_records_by_name.py
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
 import argparse
 import csv
 import logging
diff --git a/scripts/search_records_by_owner_group.py b/scripts/search_records_by_owner_group.py
index a93c905..9c8f5d6 100644
--- a/scripts/search_records_by_owner_group.py
+++ b/scripts/search_records_by_owner_group.py
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
 import argparse
 import csv
 import logging
diff --git a/scripts/update_record_owner.py b/scripts/update_record_owner.py
index ae56ccf..2a7c4c1 100644
--- a/scripts/update_record_owner.py
+++ b/scripts/update_record_owner.py
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
 import argparse
 import csv
 import logging
diff --git a/scripts/zone_dump.py b/scripts/zone_dump.py
index 9b1d8a1..3b84228 100644
--- a/scripts/zone_dump.py
+++ b/scripts/zone_dump.py
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
 import argparse
 import csv
 import logging