Nevada to Utah: journeyman electrician license reciprocity
Nevada does not issue a statewide journeyman electrician license, so there is nothing to transfer. Here is Utah's standard path for out-of-state applicants.
Your origin state does not issue a statewide license at this level, so there is no license to transfer. The destination's standard out-of-state path is shown; expect to meet it in full.
Reference only, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the licensing board before you apply. Full disclaimer.
Out-of-state applicants without an equivalent license (standard route with out-of-state experience credit)
Your out-of-state credentials give no advantage. You meet the destination's requirements from scratch.
If the origin jurisdiction is shown in gray on DOPL's Endorsement to Utah map (no equivalent statewide journeyman license), the applicant must meet Utah's standard qualifications: completion of an approved electrical training program of at least 576 classroom hours plus 8,000 hours as a licensed apprentice, or 16,000 hours as a licensed apprentice. Hours earned outside Utah count, but must be documented on the Verification of Electrician Experience form together with official verification from the jurisdiction where the hours were obtained; local (city or county) licenses may be used to help document hours and exams. The applicant must then pass the Utah Journeyman Electrician Written Exam (75% minimum) and the Utah Electrician Practical Exam, both administered by Prov, and pay DOPL's $116 application fee. New Jersey licensees are asked to document passing exams equivalent to Utah's journeyman exams.
At a glance
- Trade exam
- Required
- Law / code exam
- Not required
- Out-of-state hours
- Count toward eligibility
What you must already have
- You must document at least 8,000 hours of qualifying work experience.8,000 hours as a licensed apprentice together with completion of an approved 576-hour training program taken over at least 48 months; otherwise 16,000 hours as a licensed apprentice. Up to 3,000 hours may be credited per 12-month period.
- Hours obtained outside Utah must be supported by official verification from the jurisdiction where they were obtained.
What you'll do to get licensed in Utah
- 1Application fee. Pay the application fee ($116). Non-refundable DOPL application-processing fee.
- 2Trade exam. Pass the destination's trade exam. Utah Journeyman Electrician Written Exam (75% minimum) and Utah Electrician Practical Exam, administered by Prov; exam fees are paid directly to Prov.
Published fees on this path total $116, excluding exam-vendor fees, bonds, and insurance.
What you'll need to buy or arrange
Exam preparation
Most boards contract PSI, Prov, or ICC for exams. Check which code edition the exam is written to before buying a prep course.
- Trade exam
How Utah licenses journeyman electricians
Utah journeyman electrician · “Journeyman Electrician”
Statewide license
Issued by Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL)
Utah issues a statewide Journeyman Electrician license through the Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) under the Utah Construction Trades Licensing Act (Utah Code 58-55) and Rule R156-55b. Utah has no signed state-to-state reciprocity agreements; instead it offers licensure by endorsement under Utah Code 58-1-302 to holders of licenses that DOPL has mapped as equivalent, provided the license has been held at least one year and is active and in good standing. Journeyman endorsement applicants are not required to take a Utah exam. Applicants from jurisdictions without an equivalent statewide license can still count verified out-of-state hours toward the standard route, which requires the Utah Journeyman Electrician Written Exam and the Utah Electrician Practical Exam.
Why Nevada has nothing to transfer
Nevada journeyman electrician
Licensed by cities and counties
Nevada has no statewide journeyman electrician license. The Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB) licenses electrical contractors under classification C-2 (NRS/NAC 624) and states that it does not issue licenses to individual journeymen, so an out-of-state journeyman license has nothing to transfer to at the state level and is not required for employment by a licensed C-2 contractor in most of the state. Journeyman cards are instead required by local building codes in the urban jurisdictions: Clark County, the City of Las Vegas, the City of Henderson and the City of Reno all require a master electrician, electrical qualified individual or journeyman electrician to be on site for permitted electrical work, and their journeyman credential is a Nevada Electrical Qualifications Card obtained by passing the ICC national G17 Journeyman Electrician (or G18 Residential Electrician) exam at 70% and applying to Electrical Safety Professionals (ESP), the third-party card administrator, with 2,000 documented hours of electrical work or apprenticeship (a requirement added January 1, 2024). No jurisdiction publishes a waiver of the ICC exam for an out-of-state license; Clark County recognizes only certificates from its accepted testing agency or from other Nevada political subdivisions within the county, and Reno lets holders of a reciprocal license from another city, county, state or country work for 12 months inside the city before obtaining the Reno certification. Cards are valid three years and renewed with ESP continuing education.
How local licensing works in Nevada
How local licensing works. NRS Chapter 624 licenses only contractors; a C-2 Electrical Contracting license is issued to a business and qualified by an individual with four years of journeyman-or-higher experience, and the NSCB's own FAQ says Nevada does not license individual journeymen. Whether a working electrician needs a personal credential is decided by each county's or city's building administrative code. The southern Nevada jurisdictions and Reno run a common program: exams are the ICC National Electrician exams (G17 Journeyman Electrician, G18 Residential Electrician, G16 Master Electrician) taken through Pearson VUE, and photo ID cards are issued by Electrical Safety Professionals (ESP), the Nevada non-profit that took over the Clark County ID card program on September 1, 2019.
Clark County (unincorporated Las Vegas valley, Laughlin, Mesquite area). Clark County Code §22.02.250 requires the contractor to have a master electrician or electrical qualified individual, or a journeyman electrician, present in a supervisory capacity whenever permitted electrical work is under way. §22.02.255 defines a journeyman as someone who has passed the journeyman examination accepted by the Building Official; §22.02.260 lists Journeyman Electrician (all electrical work), Journeyman Residential Electrician (one- and two-family dwellings), Journeyman Sign Electrician and Technician (low voltage) categories and requires certificates to be kept current with the county's accepted third-party testing agency. The only equivalency in the code is for a current certificate from an accepted independent testing agency or from a political subdivision of Nevada within Clark County; there is no provision for other states' licenses. Since 2019 the accepted exam is the ICC G17/G18 and the card comes from ESP.
City of Las Vegas. The City of Las Vegas Administrative Code (2019 edition) §306 carries the same on-site supervision rule (master electrician or electrical qualified individual, or a journeyman electrician). The city uses the same ESP card as Clark County.
City of Henderson. ESP's program notice lists Henderson among the municipalities that require at least a journeyman electrical card for installing electrical systems; Henderson's own building pages could not be opened for this record, so its ordinance text is unverified.
City of Reno (Washoe County). Reno Municipal Code Title 14 prohibits electrical installations, alterations or additions unless done by a person holding a valid journeyman certificate, with exceptions for homeowners, licensed contractors under direct supervision arrangements, and contractors with reciprocal licenses from another city, county, state or country, who must obtain the Reno certification after 12 months of work in the city. The ICC G17 or G18 exam needs no pre-approval; the applicant then sends the score report to ESP for a card valid three years.
ESP card requirements (all of the above). Pass the ICC exam (70% journeyman, 75% master); since January 1, 2024 a new card also needs 2,000 documented hours of electrical work or apprenticeship; renewal every three years with 15 CEU hours for journeymen (30 for masters) including an 8-hour NEC update class; a card expired more than one year requires re-examination. ESP's card and exam fees are not published on the official jurisdiction pages and were not verified.
Out-of-state holders. None of these jurisdictions publish a reciprocity or endorsement path for a journeyman license from another state. Reno's 12-month grace period for reciprocal licenses is the only accommodation found. In practice an arriving journeyman takes the ICC G17 exam once and obtains the ESP card, which is honored by Clark County, Las Vegas, Henderson and Reno. Rural counties and Carson City were not surveyed.
- Clark County (Department of Building and Fire Prevention)
- City of Las Vegas (Department of Building and Safety)
- City of Henderson (per ESP program notice; ordinance not verified)
- City of Reno (Development Services)
Common questions
- Do I have to take the Utah journeyman electrician exam if I'm licensed in Nevada?
- Yes. Utah requires the trade exam on this path.
- What does it cost to get a Utah journeyman electrician license from Nevada?
- Published fees on this path total $116, not counting exam vendor fees or bonds.
- Do my Nevada work hours count in Utah?
- Yes. Documented out-of-state experience counts toward Utah's eligibility requirements.
- Does it work the other way, from Utah to Nevada?
- Not necessarily. Reciprocity is directed. Going from Utah to Nevada, the mechanism is not applicable.
Sources
- Utah DOPL - Electrical licensing home page · Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) · Agency Page · verified September 14, 2026dopl.utah.gov URLs redirect here. Lists license classifications and names Prov as the exam vendor.
- Utah DOPL - Electrical Exam Information · Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) · Agency Page · verified September 14, 2026Journeyman: Utah Journeyman Electrician Written Exam + Utah Electrician Practical Exam (6 modules). Master: Utah Master Electrician Law and Rule Exam + Utah Electrician Practical Exam. Exams administered by Prov; fee amounts are published by Prov, not on this page.
- Journeyman Electrician - Out of State Applicants Applying by Endorsement · Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) · Agency Page · verified September 14, 2026Directs applicants to the Journeyman Electrician Endorsement to Utah map and the Verification of Licensure form. States no examination requirement for journeyman endorsement applicants.
- Journeyman Electrician - Out of State Applicants Not Applying by Endorsement · Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) · Agency Page · verified September 14, 2026
- Utah Electrician Application (JE / RJE / ME / RME) with checklist and instructions · Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) · Form · verified September 14, 2026Form version v20260716. $116.00 non-refundable application-processing fee for all applicants. Endorsement checklist: official verification showing active licensure in good standing for at least one year from a jurisdiction designated as equivalent; master endorsement applicants must pass the Utah Master Electrician Law and Rule Examination at 75% or greater. Hours obtained outside Utah count with official verification from that jurisdiction.
- Endorsement to Utah: Journeyman Electrician (state-by-state equivalency map) · Utah Code 58-55; 58-1-302 · Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) · Other · verified September 14, 2026Map last updated 7/1/2020. Green = equivalent license (endorsement available if held at least one year, active, in good standing); yellow = additional documentation needed (NJ); gray = no equivalent statewide license.
- Licensure By Endorsement Verification Form (LE-58-V-App) · Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) · Form · verified September 14, 2026Completed by the origin state; records method of licensure (exam date and score, apprenticeship or hours) and disciplinary history.
- Utah Admin. Code R156-55b Electricians Licensing Act Rule - 2025 amendment text (Utah State Bulletin 2025-11, Filing 57162) · Utah Admin. Code R156-55b-302a, R156-55b-302b · Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) · Admin Rule · verified September 14, 2026Rule text as amended in 2025 (anticipated effective 7/22/2025). R156-55b-302a: journeyman = 576-hour program over at least 48 months plus 8,000 apprentice hours, or 16,000 apprentice hours; master = 8,000 journeyman hours (or 4,000 with AAS, or 2,000 apprentice hours with ABET EE degree). R156-55b-302b: journeyman passes Written Exam (75%) and Practical Exam; master passes Law and Rule Exam (75%). The eRules page at adminrules.utah.gov could not be retrieved.
Verified dates are when a person last opened each source and confirmed the facts above. Cite the board, not us.