Texas HVAC License Reciprocity & Transfer

What it takes to transfer an HVAC contractor license you already hold in another state into Texas. This page covers license transfer only — not how to get licensed from scratch.

Transferring an existing license into Texas

Texas's board sets the route, so it is the same for every origin state we have verified below.

Pathway: No reciprocity — a full application is required
Fees: $115
Minimum years licensed: 4
Exam: Required
Processing time: Processing time not published by the board

Fees are the state fees recorded for this route; see each origin's full requirements for the breakdown.

Source: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)

By origin state

From California → Texas

Full requirements

Standard Application Required — No Reciprocity; Out-of-State License Evaluated Case by Case

From Florida → Texas

Full requirements

Full Standard Application Required — No Reciprocity, No Abbreviated Out-of-State Path for This Classification

From Ohio → Texas

Full requirements

Standard Application Required — No Reciprocity; Out-of-State License Evaluated Case by Case

Open question for Ohio licenses

Texas classifies by equipment capacity (Class A any size; Class B up to 25 tons cooling / 1.5 million BTU/h heating), while Ohio's license is defined by type of work (commercial). Whether TDLR credits an Ohio commercial-only license, and toward which class, is not stated in TDLR's materials.

Not yet researched

We haven't published sourced requirements for transferring an HVAC contractor license into Texas from: New York. Rather than guess, we leave these out until we can cite the board directly — check with the Texas board in the meantime.