Idaho license and registration renewals

Every LicenseLedger guide for Idaho on one page: what each one covers and, where its guide gives them, when it expires or renews and the continuing education it asks for. Open a guide for how to renew.

• Idaho Electrician License Renewal (DOPL)

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Idaho electrical licenses are issued by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) for the Idaho Electrical Board. Master, journeyman and residential electrician licenses last three years and expire three years from your birthday. No continuing education is required to renew: the Legislature removed it when it approved the board's current rules in 2025. Electrical contractors show $300,000 of liability insurance, and workers' compensation where it applies, every time they renew. From October 30, 2026 DOPL moves the board's licenses that run shorter than two years to a two-year cycle.

  Renews every

  3 years for master, journeyman and residential electricians: the license expires three years from your birthday

  Continuing education

  None required: the Legislature removed the continuing education requirement when it approved the Electrical Board's current rules (IDAPA 24.39.10) in 2025

• Idaho Plumber License Renewal (DOPL)

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Idaho plumbers are licensed by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) for the State Plumbing Board with a certificate of competency: contractor, journeyman and the matching specialty classes. Certificates last three years. There's no master plumber license in Idaho, and DOPL says there are no continuing education requirements for plumbing. Contractors keep a $2,000 compliance bond in force for the whole certificate period and show it was renewed to renew. A certificate that lapses can be revived within two years without an exam by paying the full initial fee.

  Renews every

  3 years: certificates of competency are issued for three years. Check the expiration date on your certificate or DOPL's license search

  Continuing education

  None: DOPL states there are no continuing education requirements for plumbing

• Idaho HVAC License Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Idaho HVAC work takes a state certificate of competency, issued by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) for the Idaho Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Board: contractor, journeyman and apprentice, with specialty and limited heating specialty classes. DOPL's fee table lists a 3-year term for contractor and journeyman licenses, which renew online for $150 and $75. DOPL says there are no continuing education requirements for HVAC. Contractors and specialty contractors keep a $2,000 compliance bond in force for the whole certificate period. An expired certificate can be revived within one year from the first day of the certificate's final month by paying a revival fee on top of the renewal fee.

  Renews every

  3 years for contractor and journeyman licenses, specialty and limited heating specialty ones included, as DOPL's fee table lists them. Check the expiration date on your license or DOPL's license search

  Continuing education

  None: DOPL states there are no continuing education requirements for HVAC

• Idaho Contractor Registration Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Idaho contractors register with the Idaho Contractors Board, part of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL). DOPL has been moving contractor registrations from 1-year to 2-year terms since October 14, 2025, and the renewal fee is $60 for a year or $120 for two, for an individual or a business. Your expiration date is on your registration certificate, and you can renew online up to 60 days before it. Let it lapse and you pay the renewal fee plus a $40 reinstatement fee, and working without a current registration is a misdemeanor.

  Renews every

  1 or 2 years. DOPL has been moving registrations from 1-year to 2-year terms since October 14, 2025: a registration renewed then or later is generally valid for 2 years, while some 2025 renewals were for 1 year. Your expiration date is on the face of your certificate

  Continuing education

  None. Neither the Idaho Contractor Registration Act (Idaho Code 54-52) nor the board's rules (IDAPA 24.21.01) set a CE requirement