Montana license renewals

Every LicenseLedger guide for Montana 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.

• Montana Electrician License Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Montana electrician and electrical contractor licenses are issued by the State Electrical Board and renew every two years: every license's renewal date is July 15 of an even-numbered year, so the next deadline is July 15, 2028. Renewal opens 60 days before. To renew, you need 16 hours of continuing education in the renewal cycle, at least 8 of them on NEC updates. Miss the date and you pay a late penalty equal to the renewal fee; after 45 days the license expires, and after two years it terminates and you have to get a new license.

  Renews every

  2 years: master, journeyman and residential electrician and electrical contractor licenses all renew by July 15 of an even-numbered year. Next: July 15, 2028

  Continuing education

  16 hours in each renewal cycle, at least 8 of them on NEC updates, from courses the department has approved. Another state's courses count if the department finds them substantially equivalent, with the course approval number, date and credit breakdown on the certificate

• Montana Plumber License Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Montana journeyman and master plumber licenses from the Board of Plumbers renew every year by September 1, so the next deadline is September 1, 2027. To renew, you need at least 4 hours of board-approved continuing education each year, unless you're a new licensee on your first renewal (moving up from journeyman to master doesn't count). The fee schedule sets the renewal fee at $160 for a journeyman and $200 for a master, but the board abated renewals due September 1, 2026 in full, so check the board for the current amount. Miss the date and you pay a late penalty equal to the full renewal fee; after 45 days the license expires, and after two years it terminates and you need a new license.

  Renews every

  1 year: journeyman and master plumber licenses and the medical gas endorsement renew by September 1 each year. Next: September 1, 2027

  Continuing education

  At least 4 hours of board-approved continuing education each year for journeyman and master plumbers. You only get credit for courses whose curriculum the board or the department approved in advance and to which the department assigned a course approval number. Each renewal asks you to affirm that you understand your duty to keep up with CE

• Montana Construction Contractor License Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  Since January 1, 2026, Montana construction contractors are licensed by the Montana Department of Labor & Industry instead of registered: registrations active on December 31, 2025 were converted to the new Construction Contractor License (CCL). The license renews every two years on the anniversary date of the license. Renewal opens 60 days before the expiration date, is done online, and costs $70, with no continuing education. Renew late and a $70 late fee is added to the renewal fee.

  Renews every

  Two years, on the anniversary date of your license. Check the expiration date on yours

  Continuing education

  None required