Electrician License Renewal Fees and How to Pay Them

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Electrician License Renewal Fees:

  1. Master Electrician $45.00
  2. Master Sign Electrician $45.00
  3. Journeyman Electrician $30.00
  4. Journeyman Sign Electrician $30.00
  5. Journeyman Lineman Electrician $30.00
  6. Residential Wireman $20.00
  7. Maintenance Electrician $20.00
  8. Electrical Contractor $110.00
  9. Electrical Sign Contractor $110.00
  10. Electrical Apprentice $20.00
  11. Electrical Sign Apprentice $20.00
  12. Residential Appliance Installer $30.00
  13. Residential Appliance Installer Contractor $110.00
  14. Journeyman Industrial Electrician $30.00

Late Renewal Fees:

  • (a) A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the license by paying a late renewal fee equal to 1 and 1/2 times the renewal fee required for the license as prescribed in the program rules.
  • (b) A person whose license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than 18 months may renew the license by paying a late renewal fee equal to two times the renewal fee required for the license as prescribed in the program rules.
  • (c) A person whose license has been expired for more than 18 months but less than three years may request that the executive director approve the license renewal by:
    • (1) submitting information sufficient to explain the need for the late renewal; and  
    • (2) paying to the department a renewal fee equal to two times the renewal fee required for the license as prescribed in the program rules.
  • (d) A person paying a late renewal fee is not required to pay the late renewal fee in addition to the renewal fee required for the license as prescribed in the program rules. The person is only required to pay the late renewal fee.

How to Renew Your License:

For each renewal, an electrical apprentice, electrical sign apprentice, journeyman electrician, master electrician, journeyman sign electrician, master sign electrician, residential wireman, journeyman lineman, maintenance electrician, or journeyman industrial electrician must complete four hours of continuing education in:

  1. the National Electrical Code, as adopted under Title 8, Occupations Code §1305.101, or the current version of the National Electrical Code, as approved by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA);
  2. state law and rules that regulate the conduct of licensees; and
  3. safety as defined in the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E.

You can find the four hours courses that meets TDLR’s requirements by clicking on the following links:

4 Hour Electrician Renewal CE

Electricista Texas Curso de Renovación

You can finish your TDLR process and payments either before or after taking the course, you can select the type of license you are renewing at:

https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/App_Online/default.asp?LicenseType=ELE

TDLR will take 24 to 48 hours to update their database for the payment and for our completion report.