Utah to Oregon: master electrician license reciprocity
Oregon has a reciprocity agreement with Utah: a Utah master electrician can get a Oregon license without retaking the trade exam.
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Reciprocal agreement with Utah (master / general supervising)
A signed state-to-state agreement. The trade exam is waived; you apply, prove your history, and pay the fee.
Oregon has a signed agreement with Utah covering master electricians. A qualifying Utah master electrician is issued the Oregon General Supervising Electrician (S) license without taking the Oregon exam. Under OAR 918-030-0045 the Utah master license must be current and active with no violations or conditions in the past three years, must have been obtained by passing the Utah exam with a score of 75 percent or better, and the applicant must have worked at least six months (1,000 hours) under it and not have failed the Oregon supervising exam in the past two years.
At a glance
- Trade exam
- Waived
- Law / code exam
- Not required
- Out-of-state hours
- Count toward eligibility
- Agreement
- Active
What you must already have
- Your Utah license must be active and in good standing.
- You must have no disciplinary action or unresolved complaints on your record.
- Your Utah license must have been obtained by examination, not by reciprocity or grandfathering.
- You must document at least 1,000 hours of qualifying work experience.
- Has not taken and failed the Oregon General Supervising Electrician exam within the past two years
What you'll do to get licensed in Oregon
- 1License fee. Pay the license or certificate fee ($100). Reciprocal General Supervising Electrician (S) license fee, submitted with the Reciprocal Electrical License Application (form 4794e); non-refundable.
Published fees on this path total $100, excluding exam-vendor fees, bonds, and insurance.
How Oregon licenses master electricians
Oregon master electrician · “General Supervising Electrician (S)”
Statewide license
Issued by Oregon Building Codes Division (Department of Consumer and Business Services)
Oregon does not use the title "master electrician"; its closest equivalent is the General Supervising Electrician (S) license, which authorizes the holder to design, plan and lay out electrical work, sign permits, and direct, supervise or control the installation or alteration of an electrical service. It is treated here as the master level. An applicant must hold or qualify for the Oregon General Journeyman license, document an additional 8,000 hours of journeyman-level experience, and pass the Oregon supervising exam. Oregon has signed supervising-level reciprocity agreements with Arkansas and Utah only; master electricians from other states go through the standard application and exam. Licenses renew every three years on October 1 with 24 hours of continuing education.
Common questions
- Do I have to take the Oregon master electrician exam if I'm licensed in Utah?
- No. The trade exam is waived on this path under the agreement with Utah.
- What does it cost to get a Oregon master electrician license from Utah?
- Published fees on this path total $100, not counting exam vendor fees or bonds.
- Do my Utah work hours count in Oregon?
- Yes. Documented out-of-state experience counts toward Oregon's eligibility requirements.
- Does it work the other way, from Oregon to Utah?
- Not necessarily. Reciprocity is directed. Going from Oregon to Utah, the mechanism is endorsement.
Sources
- Reciprocal Agreement - Utah Master and Oregon General Supervising Electrician · Oregon Building Codes Division (DCBS) · Agreement Document · verified September 14, 2026Signed agreement PDF linked from the BCD reciprocal page. Not readable in this session.
- Building Codes Division - Reciprocal licenses · Oregon Building Codes Division (DCBS) · Agency Page · verified September 14, 2026Lists reciprocal states per license type: General Journeyman (J): Arkansas, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Utah, Washington, Wyoming; General Supervising (S): Arkansas, Utah. States the apprenticeship/8,000-hour qualification and the Washington-specific apprenticeship condition.
- Reciprocal Electrical License Application (form 440-4794e) · Oregon Building Codes Division (DCBS) · Form · verified September 14, 2026Fillable PDF; text could not be extracted in this session, so fee amounts were taken from the Oregon License Directory pages instead.
- OAR 918-030-0045 - Application - Oregon Reciprocal License Requirements · OAR 918-030-0045 · Oregon Secretary of State · Admin Rule · verified September 14, 2026
- OAR chapter 918, division 282 - Electrical licensing · OAR 918-282-0140, 918-282-0170 · Oregon Secretary of State · Admin Rule · verified September 14, 2026918-282-0170 general journeyman experience categories (8,000 hours); 918-282-0140 general supervising electrician (licensed journeyman documents 8,000 additional journeyman hours).
- ORS chapter 479 - Protection of Buildings from Fire and Electrical Hazards · ORS 479.630, 479.632, 479.840 · Oregon Legislature · Statute · verified September 14, 2026479.630: general journeyman requires four years as apprentice or equivalent and a written exam; general supervising requires four years as general journeyman or equivalent and a written exam. 479.632: the board may refuse to examine an applicant whose out-of-state training or experience is not equivalent.
- Oregon License Directory - General Supervising Electrician (S) · Oregon Secretary of State / Building Codes Division · Agency Page · verified September 14, 2026Eligibility: Oregon journeyman license or journeyman qualifications plus 8,000 additional journeyman hours; exam 4 hours, 2 sections, 52 code + 12 calculation questions, open book; license fee $100. Page last updated 01/23/2026.
- Oregon License Directory - Reciprocal General Supervising Electrician (S) · Oregon Secretary of State / Building Codes Division · Agency Page · verified September 14, 2026License fee $100; no exam for reciprocal applicants; renewal every three years on October 1. Page last updated 02/11/2026.
Verified dates are when a person last opened each source and confirmed the facts above. Cite the board, not us.