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Moving to Maine as a master plumber: every state's rule

Maine has reciprocity agreements with 0 states. Everyone else follows its standard out-of-state path: endorsement.

Maine master plumber · “Master Plumber

Statewide license

Verified September 16, 2026· 5 sources

Issued by Maine Plumbers' Examining Board (Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation, Department of Professional and Financial Regulation)

Maine issues a statewide Master Plumber license through the same Plumbers' Examining Board. By examination the applicant pays the §3501-B fee and shows either one year / 2,000 hours as a journeyman plumber or four years / 8,000 hours as a trainee plumber under a master (or the equivalent), then obtains a passing grade on the board-approved master's examination (32 M.R.S. §3501(2-A)). A Maine master may supervise trainee plumbers; the trainee license itself is issued without examination to a person employed by a licensed master. Out-of-state masters use the same statutory endorsement process as journeymen (32 M.R.S. §3501-C / 10 M.R.S. §8003-H) when the origin master requirements are substantially equivalent; otherwise they sit the Maine master exam with comparable hours credited. Board applications, fees, exam bulletin and CE rules were not reachable (PFR 404).

Every origin state

Endorsement 38No credit 12
Every state's path into Maine
StateMechanismNoteVerified
AlabamaEndorsement2026-09-16
AlaskaEndorsement2026-09-16
ArizonaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
ArkansasEndorsement2026-09-16
CaliforniaEndorsement2026-09-16
ColoradoEndorsement2026-09-16
ConnecticutEndorsement2026-09-16
DelawareEndorsement2026-09-16
District of ColumbiaEndorsement2026-09-16
FloridaEndorsement2026-09-16
GeorgiaEndorsement2026-09-16
HawaiiEndorsement2026-09-16
IdahoEndorsement2026-09-16
IllinoisEndorsement2026-09-16
IndianaEndorsement2026-09-16
IowaEndorsement2026-09-16
KansasNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
KentuckyEndorsement2026-09-16
LouisianaEndorsement2026-09-16
MarylandEndorsement2026-09-16
MassachusettsEndorsement2026-09-16
MichiganEndorsement2026-09-16
MinnesotaEndorsement2026-09-16
MississippiNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
MissouriNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
MontanaEndorsement2026-09-16
NebraskaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
NevadaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
New HampshireEndorsement2026-09-16
New JerseyEndorsement2026-09-16
New MexicoEndorsement2026-09-16
New YorkNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
North CarolinaEndorsement2026-09-16
North DakotaEndorsement2026-09-16
OhioEndorsement2026-09-16
OklahomaEndorsement2026-09-16
OregonNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
PennsylvaniaNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
Rhode IslandEndorsement2026-09-16
South CarolinaEndorsement2026-09-16
South DakotaEndorsement2026-09-16
TennesseeNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
TexasEndorsement2026-09-16
UtahEndorsement2026-09-16
VermontEndorsement2026-09-16
VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-16
WashingtonNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16
West VirginiaEndorsement2026-09-16
WisconsinEndorsement2026-09-16
WyomingNo creditno state license to transfer2026-09-16

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