Texas Plumber License Reciprocity & Transfer

What it takes to transfer a plumbing 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: $95
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 State Board of Plumbing Examiners (TSBPE)

By origin state

From California → Texas

Full requirements

No Direct Path — California's C-36 Is a Contractor License, but Texas Licenses Only Individual Plumbers

From Florida → Texas

Full requirements

No Direct Path — Florida's State Plumbing License Is a Contractor License, but Texas Licenses Only Individual Plumbers

Researched, pending an official answer from the board

We researched these routes into Texas, but each turns on a legal question the official documents don't settle. We won't publish an answer until the board gives one.

From Ohio: Whether an Ohio OCILB Plumbing contractor license (commercial, issued through a contracting company) counts as the "state-issued ... Master plumbing license" TSBPE's Out-of-State Examination requires. (Question for the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners (TSBPE).)

Not yet researched

We haven't published sourced requirements for transferring a plumbing 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.