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Where a Nevada master plumber 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 plumber · “C-1 Plumbing and Heating Contractor (business license with qualified individual)

No individual license at this level

Verified September 16, 2026· 7 sources

Issued by Nevada State Contractors Board (contractor licensing only)

Nevada does not issue a master plumber license to individuals, and no county or city was found to issue a master-level plumbing card; Clark County recognizes a 'plumbing qualified individual', which is simply the person who qualifies a contractor's C-1 license with the State Board. The state-level credential is a classification C-1 Plumbing and Heating Contracting license from the Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB), issued to a sole proprietor, partnership, corporation or LLC and qualified by a named individual rather than held by the plumber personally. An out-of-state master plumber who only wants to work for an employer needs no Nevada license at all (apart from the local journeyman card in Clark County and Reno). To contract, the qualifying individual must show four years of experience as a journeyman, foreman, supervising employee or contractor within the past 15 years (NRS 624.260), pass the PSI-administered Nevada Business and Law exam and the C-1 trade exam within six months of filing (three attempts each), and the business must pay the $300 application fee and $600 biennial license fee, submit a financial statement, fingerprints and background check, and post a bond of $1,000 to $500,000 set by the Board, plus the Residential Recovery Fund assessment ($200 to $1,000) if it does residential work. Under licensure by endorsement (NAC 624.600 and 624.615) the C-1 trade exam and the experience certification are waived for a qualified individual who has held an active license, as the same qualified individual, with no discipline or pending action for the past four years in Arizona (CR-77 Plumbing Including Solar), California (C-36 Plumbing together with C-4 Boiler, Hot Water Heating and Steam Fitting) or Tennessee (CMC Full Mechanical Contractor); a Florida CF Plumbing Contractor gets experience credit but must pass the Nevada C-1 trade exam; the Business and Law exam is never waived. The NSCB equivalency charts contain no Utah chart and no C-1 row for Connecticut, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Mexico, Hawaii, Alabama or West Virginia.

Every destination

No credit 39Not applicable 11
Every state's rule for a Nevada license
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
AlaskaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
ArizonaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-16
ArkansasNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
CaliforniaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
ColoradoNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
ConnecticutNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
DelawareNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
District of ColumbiaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
FloridaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
GeorgiaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
HawaiiNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
IdahoNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
IllinoisNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
IndianaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
IowaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
KansasNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-16
KentuckyNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
LouisianaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
MaineNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
MarylandNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
MassachusettsNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
MichiganNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
MinnesotaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
MississippiNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-16
MissouriNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-16
MontanaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
NebraskaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-16
New HampshireNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
New JerseyNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
New MexicoNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
New YorkNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-16
North CarolinaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
North DakotaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
OhioNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
OklahomaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
OregonNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-16
PennsylvaniaNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-16
Rhode IslandNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
South CarolinaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
South DakotaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
TennesseeNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-16
TexasNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
UtahNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
VermontNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
VirginiaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
WashingtonNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-16
West VirginiaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
WisconsinNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
WyomingNot applicableno state license at this level2026-09-16

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