Electrical Licensing Boards - Minnesota

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Minnesota Statewide NEC Adoption
2023 NEC effective July 1, 2023

Stay up to date with your state's Code activity by visiting the NEMA website, or NFPA. Please check with your State Board. Licensing requirements do change, and this site may not have been updated to reflect those changes.

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License Requirements

  • Minimum total is 48 months, including: -planning for the installation of wiring, apparatus, and equipment for light, heat, and power: minimum experience of zero months, maximum credit allowance of zero months; -laying out for the...
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Reciprocity

  • Minnesota participates in the Multi-State Reciprocal License Agreement and applicants may obtain a Minnesota journeyman electrician license without examination if they obtained their journeyman or master license by examination in any of the participating states.Applicants...
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  • Before anyone may schedule an examination date, the department must verify that individual applicants qualify for a license. Qualified applicants are notified by mail when verification is complete, and then are directed to the department's...
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Testing NEC Edition

  • 2023 effective July 17, 2023

Exam Details

  • 5.5 hours, 80 questions

Candidate Booklet

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Renewal

  • Journeyworker licenses expire every two years at the end of the month in which the license was originally issued.

License Requirements

  • Master Electrician (Class A) Minimum total is 60 months, including -planning for the installation of wiring, apparatus, and equipment for light, heat, and power: minimum experience of two months, maximum credit allowance of 12 months; -laying out...
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Reciprocity

  • Applicants may obtain a Minnesota master electrician license without examination if they obtained their master license by examination in any of the following states: Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska.

Exam Testing Company

  • Before anyone may schedule an examination date, the department must verify that individual applicants qualify for a license. Qualified applicants are notified by mail when verification is complete, and then are directed to the department's...
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Testing NEC Edition

  • 2023 effective July 17, 2023

Exam Details

  • 5.5 hours, 80 questions

Candidate Booklet

Recommended Study Resources

Renewal

  • Master electrician licenses expire on the last day of February of each odd-numbered year.

License Requirements

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Renewal

  • Electrical contractor licenses expire on the last day of February in even-numbered years.

Board

  • Minnesota Dept. of Labor and Industry Electrical Licensing and Inspection Unit 443 Lafayette Road N Saint Paul, MN 55155-4342

Board Phone

  • (651) 284-5026

Board Email

  • DLI.license@state.mn.us

Please note that the content provided on the following pages is for your information and convenience and may have been modified by the state since it was last updated here. It is the ultimate responsibility of each licensee to verify that they are meeting the requirements of their state for licensing and renewal, and for the edition of the NEC on which their test is based.

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