South Dakota license renewals

Every LicenseLedger guide for South Dakota 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.

• South Dakota Electrician License Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  South Dakota electrician licenses are issued by the State Electrical Commission and run for two years: every license expires at midnight on June 30 of an even-numbered year, so the next deadline is June 30, 2028. To renew, you need 16 hours of continuing education in the two years before, at least half of it on the National Electrical Code, and electrical contractors and Class B electricians keep a $10,000 undertaking and liability insurance on file. Miss the date and you have a year to reinstate the license before you'd have to test again.

  Renews every

  2 years: every license expires at midnight on June 30 of an even-numbered year. Next: June 30, 2028

  Continuing education

  16 hours every two years for electrical contractors, journeyman electricians, Class B electricians, electrical inspectors and apprentice electricians. At least half must be on the National Electrical Code; the rest can be code or listed topics such as circuit theory, blueprint reading, motors and transformers, controls or safety. Up to 8 hours can be commission pre-approved correspondence or interactive online courses

• South Dakota Plumber License Renewal

  Last reviewed October 2026

  South Dakota plumbing contractor and plumber licenses from the State Plumbing Commission expire every year on December 31, so the next deadline is December 31, 2026. To renew, plumbing contractors, plumbers, their restricted versions and third-year apprentice plumbers licensed by exam need 4 hours of continuing education completed during the year the license expires (for a 2027 license, in 2026), at least 2 of them on code, and the Commission won't process the renewal until it has proof. The renewal fee is $275 a year for a plumbing contractor and $105 for a plumber. The Commission says the one-month grace period is no longer in effect: renew by December 31, or you'll owe additional fees.

  Renews every

  1 year: plumbing contractor and plumber licenses expire on December 31 each year. Next: December 31, 2026

  Continuing education

  4 hours relating to the plumbing trade each year, at least 2 of them on code, for plumbing contractors, restricted plumbing contractors, plumbers, restricted plumbers and third-year apprentice plumbers licensed by exam. An hour is at least 50 minutes of classroom time