Electrician License from Florida to Utah: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Does Utah accept a Florida electrician license?
There is no Florida state license to carry to Utah: Florida issues no statewide journeyman electrician license. Utah does license this work, so ask the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing whether it credits a local license or your documented experience; otherwise you qualify as a new applicant.
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Verdict
No state license to transfer
The issue on this move is the starting point: Florida issues no statewide journeyman or master electrician license, so there is no Florida state license for Utah to verify, endorse or reciprocate. Utah does license electricians, through the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing, and it licenses out-of-state electricians by endorsement — but that route starts from a state license. Ask the board, in writing, whether it credits a local Florida license or your documented hours; otherwise plan for its new-applicant route and exam. Utah waives its journeyman electrician exam for an out-of-state applicant qualifying by endorsement — i.e., holding a current, active license obtained by examination (minimum 75% score) in a state DOPL determines has substantially similar standards; applicants whose state does not qualify apply 'not by endorsement' and must sit the Utah exam. Master applicants must pass the Utah law-and-rules exam regardless.
What's different between Florida and Utah
Computed from both states' verified data rows, in both directions, and from the route every other origin gets into Utah. Exam notes are our summary of each board's published rules, with sources below.
- Route, each way
Florida to Utah (this page): No state license to transfer.
Utah to Florida (the reverse move): No state license to transfer.
Florida issues no statewide journeyman electrician license, so neither direction is a state-license transfer.
- Does coming from Florida matter?
Coming from Florida matters here: only 13 of 50 origins (the other 49 states and DC) get this result for a move into Utah.
The others get: licensure by endorsement (37).
- Fee and processing
Florida issues no statewide journeyman electrician license, so there is no Florida state license application fee or processing time to compare with Utah's.
- Experience hours
Utah's first-time-applicant standard is 8,000 hours of documented experience for the journeyman license; Florida sets none at state level because it issues no statewide journeyman electrician license.
- Exam rules on record
Utah and Florida carry different exam notes (our summaries, below); any state law or jurisprudence exam is listed with each state's requirements.
- Utah (this move): Utah waives its journeyman electrician exam for an out-of-state applicant qualifying by endorsement — i.e., holding a current, active license obtained by examination (minimum 75% score) in a state DOPL determines has substantially similar standards; applicants whose state does not qualify apply 'not by endorsement' and must sit the Utah exam. Master applicants must pass the Utah law-and-rules exam regardless
- Florida (the reverse move): Florida issues no statewide journeyman electrician license, so there is no state journeyman exam to waive or transfer; journeyman competency cards are issued locally by counties/municipalities. At the state level DBPR licenses electrical CONTRACTORS and offers license-by-endorsement for a certified contractor who passed a substantially equivalent exam, but that is a contractor credential, not journeyman
What changes, Florida → Utah
| Florida (current) | Utah (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| Experience hours | — | 8,000 |
| Application fee | No state journeyman license, so no state journeyman fee; local journeyman-card fees vary by county/municipality. DBPR contractor-endorsement fees are separate and apply only to the contractor license, not to a journeyman | DOPL's fee schedule lists the electrician license application fee (DOPL page content indicates roughly $110 initial, ~$78 renewal); the official fee-schedule PDF and DOPL application pages returned HTTP 403 to automated retrieval, so the exact current amount is not reproduced here — verify on the DOPL fee schedule |
| Processing time | Not applicable - Florida issues no statewide journeyman license | DOPL does not publish a fixed processing time for licensure by endorsement |
| Licensing authority | Florida Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board (DBPR ECLB) | Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing |
The destination column is what you must satisfy — Utah sets the rules for this move.
Step by step
- Review Utah's requirements on the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing website (linked below) — rules change.
- Ask the Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing whether it credits a local Florida license or your documented experience: Florida issues no statewide journeyman electrician license, so there is no state license to verify.
- Otherwise apply as a new applicant: meet Utah's education/experience requirements and pass the exams it requires.
- Submit the application with fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.
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Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
- Oregon BCD — signed Utah/Oregon Journeyman & Master reciprocal agreement (Utah endorsement terms: without exam, 75%+, current/active, 8,000 hrs) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Utah DOPL — Journeyman Electrician, Out-of-State Applicants Applying by Endorsement ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Utah DOPL — Division fee schedule ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Florida DBPR — Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board (Certified vs Registered contractor licensing) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Florida DBPR — Electrical Contractors FAQs (endorsement: substantially equivalent exam / 10-year option) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Florida Statutes Sec. 489.511 — Examinations; prerequisites; licensure by endorsement ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
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