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Where a Nevada master electrician license transfers

Nevada does not issue a statewide master license, so other states have nothing to reciprocate with. Each row below is that state's standard out-of-state path, which you would meet in full.

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Nevada master electrician

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Verified September 15, 2026· 13 sources

Issued by Nevada State Contractors Board (contractor licensing only); master electrician cards issued at county/city level

Nevada does not issue a master electrician license. The state-level electrical credential is a classification C-2 Electrical Contracting license from the Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB), which is a business license issued to a sole proprietor, partnership, corporation or LLC and qualified by a named individual, not a license held by the electrician personally. A master-level personal card exists only at the local level: Clark County, the City of Las Vegas and the City of Reno recognize a 'Master Electrician' category, obtained by passing the ICC G16 Master Electrician exam at 75% and holding an ESP-issued Nevada Electrical Qualifications Card, and Clark County code allows a master electrician or electrical qualified individual to satisfy the contractor's on-site supervision duty. None of these jurisdictions publish reciprocity for an out-of-state master license. To contract independently, an arriving master electrician must obtain a C-2 license: the qualifying individual needs four years of experience as a journeyman, foreman, supervising employee or contractor within the past 15 years, must pass the PSI-administered Nevada Business and Law exam and the C-2 trade exam, and the business must pay the $300 application fee and $600 biennial license fee, submit a financial statement and background check, and post a bond of $1,000 to $500,000 set by the Board. Under licensure by endorsement (NAC 624.600 and 624.615) the C-2 trade exam and experience certification are waived for a qualified individual who has held an active electrical contractor license with no discipline for the past four years in Arizona (CR-11), California (C-10), Connecticut (E1), Louisiana (9 Electrical Work), North Carolina (Unlimited Electrical) or Tennessee (CE Electrical), while Florida (EC) and West Virginia (A Electrical) licensees get experience credit but must take the Nevada trade exam; the Business and Law exam is never waived.

How local licensing works in Nevada

State level. NRS 624 and NAC 624 create only contractor licenses. NAC 624.200 defines classification C-2 Electrical Contracting (C-2a Electrical Wiring, C-2b Integrated Ceilings, C-2c Fire Detection, C-2d Low Voltage Systems, C-2e Lines to Transmit Electricity, C-2f Residential Wiring, C-2g Photovoltaics). The license belongs to the business; the individual who qualifies it must have four years of journeyman-or-higher experience within 15 years (NRS 624.260(6)) and pass the Business and Law and trade exams unless the trade exam is waived under NAC 624.600 for an endorsing-state exam approved under NAC 624.615. Fees: $300 application, $600 to issue or renew (NAC 624.130), PSI exam fees, bond $1,000-$500,000 (NRS 624.270).

Clark County. Clark County Code §22.02.260 recognizes a Master Electrician (all aspects of electrical work) alongside the journeyman categories; a master or the contractor's qualified individual is responsible for supervision, inspection and code conformance of the contractor's permitted work, and a master found not to meet the NSCB qualified-individual standard is not recognized until re-examined. The exam is the ICC G16 Master Electrician (75% under the ESP program) and the card is issued by ESP with 30 CEU hours per three-year renewal, including an 8-hour NEC update. The code's only equivalency is for certificates from the accepted testing agency or other Nevada political subdivisions within Clark County.

City of Las Vegas and City of Henderson. Las Vegas Administrative Code §306 uses the same master electrician / qualified individual / journeyman supervision rule and the ESP card; Henderson is listed by ESP as requiring the card but its ordinance was not verified.

City of Reno. Reno's published journeyman program covers the ICC G17/G18 exams; the ESP presentation lists Reno as a participating jurisdiction for master cards as well, but Reno's own page does not describe a separate master card.

Out-of-state holders. No local jurisdiction publishes a waiver of the ICC master exam for an out-of-state master license. The practical route is to pass the ICC G16 exam and obtain the ESP card, or, if contracting, to apply for a C-2 license through NSCB, where the endorsement charts above may waive the trade exam.

Exam waived

Every destination

Reciprocity 1Endorsement 1No credit 38Not applicable 10
Every state's rule for a Nevada license
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
AlaskaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
ArizonaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-14
ArkansasNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
CaliforniaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
ColoradoNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
ConnecticutNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
DelawareReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
District of ColumbiaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
FloridaEndorsementexplicit agreement2026-09-15
GeorgiaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
HawaiiNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
IdahoNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
IllinoisNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-14
IndianaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
IowaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
KansasNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
KentuckyNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
LouisianaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
MaineNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
MarylandNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
MassachusettsNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
MichiganNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
MinnesotaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
MississippiNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
MissouriNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
MontanaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
NebraskaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
New HampshireNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
New JerseyNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
New MexicoNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
New YorkNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
North CarolinaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
North DakotaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
OhioNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
OklahomaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
OregonNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
PennsylvaniaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
Rhode IslandNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
South CarolinaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
South DakotaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
TennesseeNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
TexasNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
UtahNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
VermontNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
VirginiaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
WashingtonNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-14
West VirginiaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
WisconsinNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15
WyomingNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-15

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