Nevada Electrical Contractor License — Requirements, Fees & Exam

Nevada does not issue a statewide individual journeyman or master electrician license.

Quick answer

Nevada does not issue a statewide individual journeyman or master electrician license. The Nevada State Contractors Board licenses electrical contractors under Classification C-2: Electrical Contracting, qualified by an individual who passes the Business and Law (CMS) and trade exams. Individual electrician certification, where required, is handled by local jurisdictions.

The qualifying individual needs at least four full years as a journeyman, foreman, supervising employee or contractor in the classification within the 15 years before applying; accepted training may cover up to 3 of the 4 years.
Submit the application with a financial statement, the fee and a background investigation.
Pass the Business and Law (CMS) exam and the C-2 trade exam through PSI; three attempts are allowed per exam.
Post the surety bond or cash deposit set by the Board.
Employees of a licensed contractor should check their local building department for any individual certification.

Official cost: $300.00 nonrefundable application fee; under a declaration of shortage it is not charged in rural areas, which the Board says cover almost every county except Clark County and Washoe County. Surety bond or cash deposit set by the Board, from $1,000 to $500,000 ($200.00 administrative fee for a cash deposit). PSI exam fees are separate.
How long: If an exam is failed on the third attempt, the application becomes void and the applicant may reapply after a 30-day waiting period. Licenses expire 2 years after issue.
Where to apply: Apply to the Nevada State Contractors Board; exams are administered by PSI. For individual electrician rules, contact the county or city building department.

Source-verified

Requirements below are drawn from Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB) (official site) and last verified August 5, 2026. Boards change fees and rules often — confirm before acting.

At a glance

Nevada regulates electrical work at the state level through the Nevada State Contractors Board under NRS/NAC Chapter 624, but the state license is a contractor license (Classification C-2: Electrical Contracting, NAC 624.200), not an individual tradesperson license. The C-2 license is held by a business/contractor and must be qualified by a 'qualifying individual' who has at least four years of journeyman-level (or foreman/supervising-employee/contractor) experience in the classification and who passes the Business and Law (CMS) exam plus the trade exam through PSI. Nevada does not issue a statewide individual journeyman or master electrician license/certificate; individual electrician certification, where required, is handled by local jurisdictions.

C-2 Electrical Contracting (state contractor license)

Experience: The qualifying individual must have had, within the 15 years immediately before the application is filed, at least four full years of experience as a journeyman, foreman, supervising employee, or contractor… details below
Exam: Two exams, both administered by PSI: (1) the Business and Law / 'CMS' (Construction Management Survey) examination and (2) a trade examination specific to the classification… full text
Two exams, both administered by PSI: (1) the Business and Law / 'CMS' (Construction Management Survey) examination and (2) a trade examination specific to the classification. Business and Law exam is open book (Construction Business and Law Manual for Nevada); trade exams are closed book except certain code references. Three attempts are allowed per exam; the retake interval between attempts is set by the independent testing service, PSI (NAC 624.600(4)). If an exam is failed on the third attempt the application becomes void and the applicant may reapply after a 30-day waiting period.
Fee: $300.00 nonrefundable application fee, payable to 'Nevada State Contractors Board'

License by endorsement / provisional license for rural attainable housing (NRS 624.242, 624.243) — [Effective through December 31, 2029]

Experience: Chapter-wide routes that reach any classification, including C-2 and C-21… details below
Exam: The statute and the Board's current form differ; both are stated here… full text
The statute and the Board's current form differ; both are stated here. NRS 624.242 prescribes no Nevada examination, and NRS 624.240 [Effective through December 31, 2029] carves 624.242 and 624.243 out of the Board's general examination authority. NRS 624.243(2)(b) requires that the applicant "[s]uccessfully pass[] an examination prescribed by the Board relating to Nevada-specific construction standards or otherwise demonstrate[] knowledge and experience of Nevada-specific construction standards." The Board's Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026) is written more demandingly than NRS 624.242 for every rural applicant — Section 8, Examination Requirements: "A Business and Law (CMS) examination will be required. You will receive an Examination Eligibility form after the application is submitted and experience is verified"; "Examination fees are separate and will be paid directly to the Board's exam provider"; and the trade qualifier "must have taken and passed an examination that is: Administered by an independent testing service; Offered by an endorsing state and approved by the Board; or Accredited by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA)." The packet adds that the Candidate ID needed to sit the CMS exam is mailed to the entity's address, and that per NAC 624.600(4) the qualifiers have six months from submission to complete all testing. The Board's endorsement waiver reaches only "the trade examination requirement and/or the experience certification requirement" — not the CMS. NRS 624.242 is therefore not an exam-free route.
Fee: No fee. NRS 624.242(3): "The Board shall not charge any fee in connection with a contractor's license by endorsement issued pursuant to this section." NRS 624.243(3): "The Board shall not charge any fee in connection… full text
No fee. NRS 624.242(3): "The Board shall not charge any fee in connection with a contractor's license by endorsement issued pursuant to this section." NRS 624.243(3): "The Board shall not charge any fee in connection with a provisional contractor's license issued pursuant to this section." The Board's Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026) agrees: "There is no fee required for this application or future renewal applications." Examination fees are separate and paid directly to the Board's exam provider. The Board decides within 60 days. Both licenses expire December 31, 2029, and "[n]o declaration of shortage may be in effect for more than 3 years" (NRS 624.243(1)). Both sections were added by AB 540 (2025), ch. 432, Statutes of Nevada 2025, approved June 9, 2025, and both expire by limitation on December 31, 2029 (AB 540 sec. 53(4)); neither has an "[Effective January 1, 2030]" twin.

Issuing agency: Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB) Official site
How to apply: Official application page
Where to get licensed: For the state-level path, the Nevada State Contractors Board (nvcontractorsboard.com) — the C-2 Electrical Contracting license and its 'How to Become a Licensed Contractor' pages… full text
For the state-level path, the Nevada State Contractors Board (nvcontractorsboard.com) — the C-2 Electrical Contracting license and its 'How to Become a Licensed Contractor' pages. Because Nevada does not issue an individual statewide journeyman/master electrician card, a worker who is an employee of a licensed electrical contractor should check their local building/permitting authority (e.g., county or city building department) for any individual electrician certification requirement in that jurisdiction.
Renewal: Biennial. NRS 624.283(1), currently-operative version, headed "[Effective through December 31, 2029.]": "Except as otherwise provided in NRS 624.242 and 624.243, each license issued under the provisions of this chapter… full text
Biennial. NRS 624.283(1), currently-operative version, headed "[Effective through December 31, 2029.]": "Except as otherwise provided in NRS 624.242 and 624.243, each license issued under the provisions of this chapter expires 2 years after the date on which it is issued, except that the Board may by regulation prescribe shorter or longer periods and prorated fees to establish a system of staggered biennial renewals. Any license which is not renewed on or before the date for renewal is automatically suspended." The opening carve-out has real effect: a license issued under NRS 624.242 (license by endorsement for an attainable-housing project in a rural area) or NRS 624.243 (provisional license during a declared shortage) instead "expires on December 31, 2029," and the Board's Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026) repeats "This license expires on December 31, 2029." A second version of the same subsection is published alongside it and is not yet in force: NRS 624.283(1) "[Effective January 1, 2030.]" drops the carve-out and begins "Each license issued under the provisions of this chapter expires 2 years after the date on which it is issued…". Six sections of NRS chapter 624 — 624.240, 624.250, 624.253, 624.265, 624.281 and 624.283 — currently exist in paired "[Effective through December 31, 2029]" / "[Effective January 1, 2030]" versions inside one published page; the first of each pair is the version currently in force. While a declaration of shortage under NRS 624.243 is in effect, NRS 624.283(7) bars the Board from charging any fee for renewal or reinstatement to an applicant in a rural area (see the Fees section).
Verify a license: Official license lookup — Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB)

Every requirement in the agency's own words: Requirements in detail, below.

Legal basis

Reviewed regulatory changes affecting this page

August 27, 2026 (proposed — not in force) — Nevada's State Contractors Board is proposing to raise contractor license renewal fees by up to $150 a year - small-business responses close 4:00 p.m. September 3, 2026
No correction needed. The Nevada State Contractors Board is at the pre-rulemaking stage (small-business impact survey) on renewal-fee increases of up to $150 per year; NAC 624.130 is unchanged and our Nevada pages state the current fee. Re-read when a notice of adoption is posted.
Before: NAC 624.130 charges '$600 to issue or renew a license', a figure the board says has not been raised in more than 25 years, and licenses run two years under NRS 624.283(1).
After: The board has published an industry bulletin and survey stating that it 'is seeking input from small businesses regarding the potential economic impact of proposed amendments to NAC 624.130, which would affect contractor renewal fees' and that it 'is proposing to raise license renewal fees no more than $150.00 per year for each license.' Completed surveys are due 'no later than 4:00 p.m. on September 3, 2026', by email, mail or in person at the Las Vegas or Reno office, with the questionnaire hosted online. This is the economic-impact step the Administrative Procedure Act requires before rulemaking; no amended text has been published, no hearing has been noticed, and the fee in NAC 624.130 is unchanged.
Who this affects: Every holder of a Nevada contractor license, in any classification - electrical (C-2), mechanical, general building and the rest - since NAC 624.130's issue-or-renew fee is charged across all of them. If you run a small contracting business, the survey is your chance to be counted before the rule is drafted, and it closes at 4:00 p.m. on September 3, 2026. If you are budgeting a renewal, note that today's fee is unchanged and the board has published only a ceiling on the increase it is considering, not a new figure.
Primary source: Nevada State Contractors Board

Every entry above was read and verified by a person against the official instrument before it was published. Full record, with what changed and the primary source: the change log.

Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB) administers electrical contractor licensing in Nevada. Every figure below is verified against the board’s own official pages and dated. Who must personally hold a credential — the contractor, the business, or the individual worker — is set out under Requirements.

What it’s called

In Nevada the state credential is an electrical contractor license, not an individual electrician license. The Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB) licenses the electrical contractor. A search for a “Nevada electrician license” maps to that contractor license; an electrician working under a licensed contractor needs no separate state license. “Electrician license” and “journeyman electrician license” are common informal names for the contractor credential.

License types & fees

Type	Experience	Exam	Fee
C-2 Electrical Contracting (state contractor license)	The qualifying individual must have had, within the 15 years immediately before the application is filed, at least four full years of experience as a journeyman, foreman, supervising employee, or contractor in the specific classification requested. Training in a program offered at an accredited college, university, or equivalent program accepted by the Board (documented by items such as apprenticeship certificates or college transcripts) may substitute for experience, but not more than 3 of the 4 years.	Two exams, both administered by PSI: (1) the Business and Law / 'CMS' (Construction Management Survey) examination and (2) a trade examination specific to the classification. Business and Law exam is open book (Construction Business and Law Manual for Nevada); trade exams are closed book except certain code references. Three attempts are allowed per exam; the retake interval between attempts is set by the independent testing service, PSI (NAC 624.600(4)). If an exam is failed on the third attempt the application becomes void and the applicant may reapply after a 30-day waiting period.	$300.00 nonrefundable application fee, payable to 'Nevada State Contractors Board'
License by endorsement / provisional license for rural attainable housing (NRS 624.242, 624.243) — [Effective through December 31, 2029]	Chapter-wide routes that reach any classification, including C-2 and C-21. NRS 624.242: the Board shall issue a contractor's license by endorsement to an applicant who submits proof of a contractual agreement to perform work on an attainable housing project in a rural area, holds a valid and unrestricted contractor's license in the District of Columbia or any state or territory whose qualifications the Board determines are substantially similar to Nevada's, has held that license for at least 4 consecutive years, has not been disciplined and has no disciplinary action pending, and submits fingerprints (or proof of a comparable background check) and the statement required by NRS 425.520. NRS 624.243 adds a provisional license available while the Director's declaration of shortage stands: the same structure, except the out-of-state license need only have been held 3 consecutive years and the applicant must "[s]uccessfully pass[] an examination prescribed by the Board relating to Nevada-specific construction standards or otherwise demonstrate[] knowledge and experience of Nevada-specific construction standards." NRS 624.256 (industrial insurance) and NRS 624.270 (bond) still apply to both. The holder "may only perform work relating to an attainable housing project in a rural area of the State" and "[s]hall not perform any other work in this State" without an ordinary Nevada license. The Board's form adds a condition the statute does not: the Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026) checklist requires a "Contractual agreement to perform work on an attainable housing project in a rural area including evidence that grant money from the Nevada Attainable Housing Account has been received." Without that grant-funded contract the route is unavailable whatever the classification. Classification is otherwise open on the form's own terms — Section 3 asks the applicant to name "the following License Classification OR Subclassification(s)" and points to "Nevada Administrative Code 624.140-624.585" for the full list. The form also states a work-experience test the statute does not: "You must have, within the 15 years immediately preceding the filing of this application, a minimum of 3 years work experience as a journeyman, foreman, supervision employee or contractor in the specific classification requested for the provisional license and a minimum of 4 years for license by endorsement" — whereas the statute's 4-year and 3-year tests are about how long the out-of-state license has been held (NRS 624.242(1)(c), 624.243(2)(d)). Both are stated here. The form fixes the bond at "the total cost of the project listed in the contractual agreement." Scope is not identical across the two sections: NRS 624.242(5) restricts the endorsement licensee to "an attainable housing project in a rural area of the State", while NRS 624.243(6)(a) is narrower — "in the rural area of the State described in the declaration" — and 624.243(6)(b) reaches only work "for which a contractor's license is required." The Board applies the narrower form on the application: "IMPORTANT: This provisional license will only allow work to be performed related to an attainable housing project in the rural area described in the declaration issued by the Director of the Department of Business and Industry."	The statute and the Board's current form differ; both are stated here. NRS 624.242 prescribes no Nevada examination, and NRS 624.240 [Effective through December 31, 2029] carves 624.242 and 624.243 out of the Board's general examination authority. NRS 624.243(2)(b) requires that the applicant "[s]uccessfully pass[] an examination prescribed by the Board relating to Nevada-specific construction standards or otherwise demonstrate[] knowledge and experience of Nevada-specific construction standards." The Board's Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026) is written more demandingly than NRS 624.242 for every rural applicant — Section 8, Examination Requirements: "A Business and Law (CMS) examination will be required. You will receive an Examination Eligibility form after the application is submitted and experience is verified"; "Examination fees are separate and will be paid directly to the Board's exam provider"; and the trade qualifier "must have taken and passed an examination that is: Administered by an independent testing service; Offered by an endorsing state and approved by the Board; or Accredited by the National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies (NASCLA)." The packet adds that the Candidate ID needed to sit the CMS exam is mailed to the entity's address, and that per NAC 624.600(4) the qualifiers have six months from submission to complete all testing. The Board's endorsement waiver reaches only "the trade examination requirement and/or the experience certification requirement" — not the CMS. NRS 624.242 is therefore not an exam-free route.	No fee. NRS 624.242(3): "The Board shall not charge any fee in connection with a contractor's license by endorsement issued pursuant to this section." NRS 624.243(3): "The Board shall not charge any fee in connection with a provisional contractor's license issued pursuant to this section." The Board's Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026) agrees: "There is no fee required for this application or future renewal applications." Examination fees are separate and paid directly to the Board's exam provider. The Board decides within 60 days. Both licenses expire December 31, 2029, and "[n]o declaration of shortage may be in effect for more than 3 years" (NRS 624.243(1)). Both sections were added by AB 540 (2025), ch. 432, Statutes of Nevada 2025, approved June 9, 2025, and both expire by limitation on December 31, 2029 (AB 540 sec. 53(4)); neither has an "[Effective January 1, 2030]" twin.

Who does NOT need this license — exemptions

Nevada licenses electrical work through the C-2 Electrical Contracting contractor license (NRS chapter 624), so the exemptions are the chapter-wide contractor exemptions in NRS 624.031, which lists twelve classes to which the chapter does not apply. Government work is exempt: work performed exclusively by an authorized representative of the United States Government, the State of Nevada, or a Nevada city, county, irrigation district, reclamation district, or other municipal or political subdivision (NRS 624.031(1)), as is construction financed in whole or in part by the federal government and conducted on federal land (NRS 624.031(9)). Public utilities are exempt for work performed exclusively on construction, maintenance, and development work incidental to their business, under Public Utilities Commission regulation (NRS 624.031(4)). Owner-builders are exempt: an owner building or improving a residential structure for his or her own occupancy and not for sale or lease — but the owner must apply to the State Contractors Board for the exemption, and selling or leasing the structure within one year of completion creates a rebuttable presumption of intent to sell (NRS 624.031(5)). An owner of agricultural or farming property is likewise exempt when building or improving a structure on it for his or her own use or occupancy and not for sale or lease (NRS 624.031(10)). Nevada’s minor-work exemption is expressly unavailable for electrical work: repair or maintenance work worth less than $1,000 including labor and materials is generally exempt, but not if a building permit is required, not if the work ‘is of a type performed by a plumbing, electrical, refrigeration, heating or air-conditioning contractor,’ and not if it is part of a larger project of $500 or more (NRS 624.031(6)). The chapter also does not apply to the sale or installation of a finished product that does not become a permanent fixed part of the structure (NRS 624.031(7)), to work on personal property (NRS 624.031(8)), to officers of a court acting within the scope of office (NRS 624.031(3)), to certain 501(c)(3) organizations facilitating government-contracted repair or weatherization work performed by licensed contractors (NRS 624.031(2)), to construction oversight of volunteer labor by long-term disaster recovery groups (NRS 624.031(11)), or to real estate licensees who merely schedule repair or maintenance work of $10,000 or less on managed residential property when no building permit is required (NRS 624.031(12)). Counties and incorporated cities may still require an additional local contractor’s license (NRS 624.035). Nevada issues no statewide journeyman or master electrician card, so these exemptions concern who may contract for and perform electrical work without a C-2 license.

Fees

$300.00 nonrefundable application fee. A $200.00 administrative fee applies if a cash deposit is established with the Board in lieu of a surety bond (NAC 624.130). Exam fees are set and collected by PSI (amount not yet verified). Rural fee suspension: a declaration is in force, and where it reaches, it displaces the figures above. While a declaration of shortage issued by the Director of the Department of Business and Industry under NRS 624.243 is in effect: NRS 624.250(2)(b) — “the Board shall not charge any application fee in connection with obtaining or renewing any contractor’s license in a rural area until the declaration of shortage is no longer in effect”; NRS 624.250(4) — the same bar on “any license fee to an applicant in a rural area”; NRS 624.253(2) — no additional application and license fee for qualifying or classifying a licensee in additional classifications in a rural area; NRS 624.265(4) — no fingerprint-processing fee; NRS 624.281(4) — no expedited fee or cost reimbursement; NRS 624.283(7) — no “fee for renewal or reinstatement.” “Rural area” is defined identically at NRS 624.242(10)(b) and NRS 624.243(11)(d): “(1) Any county whose population is less than 100,000; (2) Any city in a county whose population is less than 100,000; or (3) Any city whose population is less than 60,000 in a county whose population is 100,000 or more.” The declaration has been issued — Board’s Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026): “The Director of the Department of Business and Industry issued a Declaration of Shortage of Skilled Labor or Licensed Contractors in Rural Areas Of Nevada… The declaration includes almost every county across the state with the exception of Clark County and Washoe County.” Two distinct things: the Board’s rural form is the separate attainable-housing credential — license by endorsement under NRS 624.242 and provisional license under NRS 624.243 — which may only be used for work relating to attainable housing in the area where a shortage is declared, carries its own no-fee rules (NRS 624.242(3), 624.243(3): “The Board shall not charge any fee”), and expires December 31, 2029; the fee bars in NRS 624.250, 624.253, 624.265, 624.281 and 624.283 quoted above are written more broadly and reach “any contractor’s license in a rural area.” No Board page reconciles the two, and the Board’s headline fee material states its fees without that qualification. Both are stated here. The declaration itself is unpublished. Everything above about the declaration’s existence, currency and county coverage rests on the Board’s description of it in the Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026); the Director’s declaration is not published on nvcontractorsboard.com, is absent from the NRS and the NAC, and carries no published issue date or expiry. The only outer bound is NRS 624.243(1): “No declaration of shortage may be in effect for more than 3 years.” The rural fee suspension is therefore sourced to the Board’s form, not to the declaration itself.

Exam

Business and Law (CMS) examination + classification-specific trade examination, both administered by PSI; three attempts each, application voids after three failures with a 30-day reapply wait (NAC 624.600).

Renewal & continuing education

Biennial. NRS 624.283(1), currently-operative version, headed “[Effective through December 31, 2029.]”: “Except as otherwise provided in NRS 624.242 and 624.243, each license issued under the provisions of this chapter expires 2 years after the date on which it is issued, except that the Board may by regulation prescribe shorter or longer periods and prorated fees to establish a system of staggered biennial renewals. Any license which is not renewed on or before the date for renewal is automatically suspended.” The opening carve-out has real effect: a license issued under NRS 624.242 (license by endorsement for an attainable-housing project in a rural area) or NRS 624.243 (provisional license during a declared shortage) instead “expires on December 31, 2029,” and the Board’s Rural License Application (Revised 07/2026) repeats “This license expires on December 31, 2029.” A second version of the same subsection is published alongside it and is not yet in force: NRS 624.283(1) “[Effective January 1, 2030.]” drops the carve-out and begins “Each license issued under the provisions of this chapter expires 2 years after the date on which it is issued…”. Six sections of NRS chapter 624 — 624.240, 624.250, 624.253, 624.265, 624.281 and 624.283 — currently exist in paired “[Effective through December 31, 2029]” / “[Effective January 1, 2030]” versions inside one published page; the first of each pair is the version currently in force. While a declaration of shortage under NRS 624.243 is in effect, NRS 624.283(7) bars the Board from charging any fee for renewal or reinstatement to an applicant in a rural area (see the Fees section).

How to apply

Applications are handled by Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB). Start at the official application page .

Verify a license in Nevada

Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB) publishes a public license search , searchable by License Number, Company Name or Principal or Qualified Individual. It covers Nevada state contractor licenses - the single state-level credential covering both electrical and HVAC contracting, and the qualified individual named on a license.

Results come from the operator’s own system, through the search above. LicensingAtlas does not hold license records and cannot confirm any individual’s status — the date on this page refers to the requirements described above, not to anyone’s credential.

On exam day (PSI)

ID to bring: One valid, unexpired photo ID in the legal name used to register: state driver's license or ID card, US passport, US military ID, US alien registration card or Canadian government ID. Without it the candidate cannot test and the fee is not refunded.
You may bring: The C-2 Electrical trade exam is open book: the National Electrical Code or NEC Handbook, 2017, and NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm Code (or its handbook), 2010 or 2013. Ugly's Electrical References, 29 CFR Part 1926 (OSHA), the National Electrical Safety Code and the Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook are not allowed. References may be highlighted, underlined and indexed beforehand but not written in; permanent tabs only, no Post-It notes.
Not allowed: Electronic devices of any type, bulky outerwear including hoodies, hats not worn for religious reasons, purses, notebooks, wallets, pens, food and drinks go in secure storage. No smoking, eating or drinking in the examination center. Only silent, non-programmable calculators are allowed.
Arrival: Arrive at least 30 minutes before the appointment; late arrivals may not be admitted and forfeit the registration fee.
Results: The score is given immediately after the exam, with a diagnostic report for a failing result; the score report can be printed from the online account. The C-2 exam is 80 items with a minimum passing score of 56 and 4 hours allowed.
Retakes: A candidate who fails must wait 2 weeks from the date of failure before retesting.

Source: PSI Candidate Information Bulletin, State of Nevada Contractors 'C' Classification Examinations (updated 3/25/2026); PSI Candidate Information Bulletin, State of Nevada Contractors 'C' Classification Examinations (updated 3/25/2026) - C-2 Electrical Contractor

Requirements in detail

Trade experience: At least 4 full years as a journeyman, foreman, supervising employee, or contractor in the specific classification, within the 15 years before filing (Board-accepted college/university/equivalent training may cover up to 3 years)
Examinations: Pass the Business and Law (CMS) exam and the trade examination for the classification, via PSI
Financial statement: A financial statement is required regardless of the size of the monetary limit requested
Surety bond: A surety bond or cash deposit set by the Board, ranging from $1,000 to $500,000 based on license type, monetary limit, and financial responsibility
Background: Background investigation and demonstration of financial responsibility and good character

Frequently asked questions

Who issues electrician licenses in Nevada?

Nevada State Contractors Board (NSCB) issues electrician licenses in Nevada. You apply through the board’s official application page (linked above).

How much does an electrician license cost in Nevada?

What exam do you need to pass for an electrician license in Nevada?

How often do you renew an electrician license in Nevada?

Biennial — a license expires two years after the date it is issued (NRS 624.283); the Board may set staggered biennial renewals.

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