Arizona electrician license & renewal
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License fee
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Required hours
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Exam
The qualifying party takes the required statutes-and-rules and trade examinations; a score of at least 70% is required on each required examination. Trade-examination waivers are available under the rule.
Renewal
An application for renewal of any current contracting license addressed to the registrar, with a valid bond or cash deposit on file with the registrar, accompanied by the required fee and received by the registrar or deposited in the United States mail postage prepaid on or before the renewal date authorizes the licensee to operate as a contractor until actual issuance of the renewal license.
Before you begin
Agency guidance
Electrical contractor classifications are C-11 commercial, R-11 residential and CR-11 dual. CR-11 combines the commercial and residential electrical scopes.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
CR-11 ELECTRICAL This classification allows the scopes of work permitted by the commercial C-11 Electrical and residential R-11 Electrical licenses.Official source
Agency guidance
Base application/license/renewal fees under the biennial schedule: specialty commercial C class $100/$480/$480; specialty residential R class $80/$270/$270; specialty dual CR class $100/$380/$380. These amounts exclude the separately listed recovery-fund assessment.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
Specialty Commercial Contracting (Includes all C classifications) $100 $480 $480 … Specialty Residential Contracting (Includes all R classifications) $80 $270 $270 … SPECIALTY DUAL LICENSE CONTRACTING Class CR $100 $380 $380 … PARTICIPATION IN RECOVERY FUNDOfficial source
Agency guidance
The fee schedule uses biennial licenses and renewals, with a statutory exception for annual licenses.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
The following application fees, biennial license fees, biennial license renewal fees and fees for other services shall be applicable … The fee for an annual license granted pursuant to A.R.S. § 32-1123.01, as an exception to the biennial license renewal requirement, shall be one-half of the fee for the biennial license renewal.Official source
How to get this license
Use the agency’s requirements below to plan your next steps. Missing details stay marked.
Start with the licensing authority
Licensing board
Arizona Registrar of Contractors
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
A contractor's license may be issued only by act of the registrar of contractors.
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Check the qualifications
Age
A license may not be issued to a minor, a partnership with a minor partner, or a corporation with a minor corporate officer.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
A license may not be issued to a minor, to any partnership in which one of the partners is a minor or to any corporation in which a corporate officer is a minor.
Official sourceExperience
Qualifying party: normally four years of practical or management trade experience, including two within the last ten years; the registrar may reduce the requirement for a particular craft.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
Have a minimum of four years' practical or management trade experience, at least two of which must have been within the last ten years The registrar of contractors may reduce the four years' practical or management experience requirement
Official sourceEducation
Accredited technical training may replace up to two of the four required experience years.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
Technical training in an accredited college or university or in a manufacturer's accredited training program may be substituted for a portion of such experience, but in no case may credited technical training exceed two years of the required four years' experience.
Official sourceBond
A surety bond or cash deposit is required before initial licensing and must remain effective for renewal; amount depends on classification and work volume.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
Before granting an original contractor's license, the registrar shall require of the applicant a surety bond in a form acceptable to the registrar or a cash deposit as provided in this section. No contractor's license may be renewed unless the applicant's surety bond or cash deposit is in full force and effect. The bonds, or the cash deposit as provided in this section, shall be in the name of the licensee in amounts fixed by the registrar with the following schedules after giving due consideration to the volume of work and the classification contemplated by the applicant
Official sourceInsurance
Attest to workers' compensation compliance; where coverage is required, supply the policy number or proof of self-insurance.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
An attestation that the applicant has complied with the statutes and rules governing workers' compensation insurance. If the applicant is required by law to secure workers' compensation insurance pursuant to title 23, chapter 6, the attestation must contain the workers' compensation insurance policy number or be accompanied by proof of self-insurance.
Official sourceExam
The qualifying party takes the required statutes-and-rules and trade examinations; a score of at least 70% is required on each required examination. Trade-examination waivers are available under the rule.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
The term “statutes and rules examination” means the examination required in A.R.S. § 32-1122(E)(2) … The term “trade examination” means the examination required in A.R.S. § 32-1122(E)(2) … On each required examination, the qualifying party must receive a grade of at least 70%.
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Reciprocity
The Registrar may waive the trade examination if the qualifying party currently is, or within the preceding 5 years was, a qualifying party for a licensee in the same or a comparable classification in another state. This is a discretionary trade-examination waiver.
Verified 2026-10-24 — source and quotation
The Registrar may waive the trade examination requirement if records reflect that the qualifying party is currently or has previously been a qualifying party for a licensee in the other state in the same classification, or in a comparable classification, within the preceding five years.Official source
Official sources and verification (13)
Last verified 2026-10-24. Each quotation supports the corresponding published value.
A contractor's license may be issued only by act of the registrar of contractors.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
A license may not be issued to a minor, to any partnership in which one of the partners is a minor or to any corporation in which a corporate officer is a minor.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
Have a minimum of four years' practical or management trade experience, at least two of which must have been within the last ten years The registrar of contractors may reduce the four years' practical or management experience requirementOfficial source
Verified 2026-10-24
Technical training in an accredited college or university or in a manufacturer's accredited training program may be substituted for a portion of such experience, but in no case may credited technical training exceed two years of the required four years' experience.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
Before granting an original contractor's license, the registrar shall require of the applicant a surety bond in a form acceptable to the registrar or a cash deposit as provided in this section. No contractor's license may be renewed unless the applicant's surety bond or cash deposit is in full force and effect. The bonds, or the cash deposit as provided in this section, shall be in the name of the licensee in amounts fixed by the registrar with the following schedules after giving due consideration to the volume of work and the classification contemplated by the applicantOfficial source
Verified 2026-10-24
An attestation that the applicant has complied with the statutes and rules governing workers' compensation insurance. If the applicant is required by law to secure workers' compensation insurance pursuant to title 23, chapter 6, the attestation must contain the workers' compensation insurance policy number or be accompanied by proof of self-insurance.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
The term “statutes and rules examination” means the examination required in A.R.S. § 32-1122(E)(2) … The term “trade examination” means the examination required in A.R.S. § 32-1122(E)(2) … On each required examination, the qualifying party must receive a grade of at least 70%.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
An application for renewal of any current contracting license addressed to the registrar, with a valid bond or cash deposit on file with the registrar, accompanied by the required fee and received by the registrar or deposited in the United States mail postage prepaid on or before the renewal date authorizes the licensee to operate as a contractor until actual issuance of the renewal license.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
The Registrar may waive the trade examination requirement if records reflect that the qualifying party is currently or has previously been a qualifying party for a licensee in the other state in the same classification, or in a comparable classification, within the preceding five years.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
CR-11 ELECTRICAL This classification allows the scopes of work permitted by the commercial C-11 Electrical and residential R-11 Electrical licenses.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
Specialty Commercial Contracting (Includes all C classifications) $100 $480 $480 … Specialty Residential Contracting (Includes all R classifications) $80 $270 $270 … SPECIALTY DUAL LICENSE CONTRACTING Class CR $100 $380 $380 … PARTICIPATION IN RECOVERY FUNDOfficial source
Verified 2026-10-24
The following application fees, biennial license fees, biennial license renewal fees and fees for other services shall be applicable … The fee for an annual license granted pursuant to A.R.S. § 32-1123.01, as an exception to the biennial license renewal requirement, shall be one-half of the fee for the biennial license renewal.Official source
Verified 2026-10-24
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