Michigan license renewals

Every LicenseLedger guide for Michigan 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 its fees and how to renew.

• Michigan Residential Builder License Renewal (LARA)

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Michigan residential builder and maintenance & alteration (M&A) contractor licenses run for three years and expire May 31, though not every license renews in the same year. Renewal takes the $150 fee, your continuing education (21 hours in your first two cycles, 3 hours after that) and a statement that you have a current copy of the Michigan Residential Code. Miss May 31 and you can't work until it's renewed.

  Renews every

  3 years, by May 31. Not all residential builder licenses renew in the same year: check the expiration date on yours

  Continuing education

  21 hours if this is your first or second renewal cycle; 3 hours from your third cycle on

• Michigan Electrician License Renewal (LARA)

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Michigan journeyman and master electrician licenses expire every December 31; electrical contractor licenses, every third December 31. There are no yearly CE hours: journeymen and masters take a code update course only after Michigan adopts a new electrical code. Miss December 31 and you can't be on the job site without an active license.

  Renews every

  Journeyman and master electrician: every year, by December 31. Electrical contractor: every three years, by December 31

  Continuing education

  No yearly hours. Journeymen and masters complete a board-approved code update course within 12 months after Michigan adopts an updated code, which doesn't happen every year. The contractor license doesn't need one

• Michigan Plumber License Renewal (LARA)

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Michigan journey plumber licenses and apprentice registrations expire every April 30; master plumber and plumbing contractor licenses run three years and expire April 30 of their renewal year. There are no yearly CE hours: journey and master plumbers take a code update course only after Michigan updates its construction code. Miss April 30 and you can't be on the job site until the license is renewed.

  Renews every

  Journey plumber and apprentice registration: every year, by April 30. Master plumber and plumbing contractor: every three years, by April 30. Not all master plumbers and plumbing contractors renew in the same year: check the expiration date on yours

  Continuing education

  No yearly hours. Journey and master plumbers complete a board-approved code update course within 12 months after Michigan updates or changes its construction code, which doesn't happen every year. The plumbing contractor license and apprentice registrations don't need one

• Michigan Mechanical Contractor License Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Michigan licenses HVAC, refrigeration, hydronic, ductwork and other mechanical work through one state mechanical contractor's license from LARA's Bureau of Construction Codes, and cities can't add a license of their own. It runs three years and expires on August 31, though not every mechanical contractor renews in the same year. Renewal costs $300 and needs no code update course. A license not renewed by its expiration date lapses the next day and you can't practice after that date; after more than 3 years expired, LARA says you re-apply and re-test.

  Renews every

  Three years, by August 31. Not all mechanical contractor licenses expire in the same year: check the expiration date on yours

  Continuing education

  None: LARA doesn't require code update courses for a mechanical contractor license