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Where a North Dakota master electrician license transfers

4 documented states waive the exam for North Dakota masters. 16 review by endorsement, 18 credit your hours, 1 give no credit.

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North Dakota master electrician · “Master Electrician

Statewide license

Verified September 15, 2026· 6 sources

Issued by North Dakota State Electrical Board (NDSEB)

North Dakota issues a statewide Master Electrician license through the North Dakota State Electrical Board (NDSEB). The license is held by the individual and is issued in one of three categories: contracting master (self-employed, must show liability insurance), master of record (responsible for a company's compliance, covered by the company's insurance) and non-contracting master (works under a contracting master or master of record). A new applicant must have one year of experience and at least 2,000 hours as a licensed journeyman under a contracting master or master of record; the exam application requires a minimum of 10,000 total hours (one year and 2,000 hours if the applicant is a North Dakota journeyman). The board-administered master exam has a one-hour closed-book and a 3.5-hour open-book section and requires 70%. The application fee is $50 and the license fee is $50 per year; master licenses expire April 30. Master-level reciprocity exists only with Iowa, Minnesota and South Dakota.

Exam waived

Every destination

Reciprocity 4Endorsement 16Experience credit 18No credit 1Not applicable 11
Every state's rule for a North Dakota license
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaExperience credit2026-09-15
AlaskaEndorsement2026-09-15
ArizonaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-14
ArkansasReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
CaliforniaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
ColoradoEndorsement2026-09-14
ConnecticutEndorsement2026-09-15
DelawareEndorsement2026-09-15
District of ColumbiaEndorsement2026-09-15
FloridaEndorsement2026-09-15
GeorgiaExperience credit2026-09-15
HawaiiExperience credit2026-09-15
IdahoEndorsement2026-09-14
IllinoisNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-14
IndianaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
IowaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
KansasNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
KentuckyExperience credit2026-09-15
LouisianaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
MaineEndorsement2026-09-15
MarylandExperience credit2026-09-15
MassachusettsExperience credit2026-09-15
MichiganExperience credit2026-09-15
MinnesotaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
MississippiNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
MissouriEndorsement2026-09-15
MontanaExperience credit2026-09-15
NebraskaEndorsement2026-09-15
NevadaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
New HampshireExperience credit2026-09-15
New JerseyExperience credit2026-09-15
New MexicoExperience credit2026-09-15
New YorkNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
North CarolinaExperience credit2026-09-15
OhioExperience credit2026-09-15
OklahomaEndorsement2026-09-15
OregonExperience credit2026-09-14
PennsylvaniaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
Rhode IslandExperience credit2026-09-15
South CarolinaExperience credit2026-09-15
South DakotaReciprocityexplicit agreement2026-09-15
TennesseeNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-15
TexasEndorsement2026-09-14
UtahEndorsementexplicit agreement2026-09-14
VermontEndorsement2026-09-15
VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-15
WashingtonNo credit2026-09-14
West VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-15
WisconsinExperience credit2026-09-15
WyomingExperience credit2026-09-15

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