Electrician License from Utah to Oregon: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Does Oregon accept a Utah electrician license?
Yes — Oregon has a reciprocity arrangement covering Utah license holders. Apply to the Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD) — Department of Consumer and Business Services under its reciprocity/endorsement track; it typically waives the journeyman exam and complete Oregon's remaining requirements.
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Reciprocity agreement
Utah is on Oregon's journeyman reciprocity list, which puts this move on the fast track: Oregon waives its journeyman exam for electricians who earned a qualifying Utah license by examination, held it at least a year, and meet the experience hours. Two conditions decide whether you actually qualify — your Utah license must have come from an exam, not a grandfather clause, and it must be current. The list is also revocable; the verification date on this page is when we last confirmed Utah on it, and the Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD) — Department of Consumer and Business Services is the live source.
What's different between Utah and Oregon
Computed from both states' verified data rows, in both directions, and from the route every other origin gets into Oregon. Exam notes are our summary of each board's published rules, with sources below.
- Route, each way
Utah to Oregon (this page): Reciprocity agreement.
Oregon to Utah (the reverse move): Licensure by endorsement.
The two directions differ: Utah and Oregon do not give each other's licensees the same route.
- Does coming from Utah matter?
Coming from Utah matters here: only 7 of 50 origins (the other 49 states and DC) get this result for a move into Oregon.
The others get: licensure by endorsement (30) and no state license to transfer (13).
- Reciprocity agreements
Oregon's reciprocity agreement list names 7 states (Arkansas, Idaho, Maine, Montana, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming), including Utah.
Utah's row names no reciprocity agreement states.
- Application fee
Oregon lists $100 for an out-of-state applicant; Utah has no verified fee figure on file, so the two cannot be compared here.
- Experience hours
Oregon's first-time-applicant standard is 8,000 hours of documented experience for the journeyman license; Utah's is 8,000.
The two standards are the same.
- Exam rules on record
Oregon and Utah carry different exam notes (our summaries, below); any state law or jurisprudence exam is listed with each state's requirements.
- Oregon (this move): Oregon waives its General Journeyman exam for applicants who hold an equivalent license from a reciprocal state and passed that state's exam with 75 percent or better; applicants from non-reciprocal states must qualify for and pass the Oregon exam
- Utah (the reverse 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
What changes, Utah → Oregon
| Utah (current) | Oregon (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| Experience hours | 8,000 | 8,000 |
| Application fee | 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 | $100 ($100 nonrefundable reciprocal electrical license application fee; same fee for General Journeyman (J) and General Supervising/Master (S)) |
| Processing time | DOPL does not publish a fixed processing time for licensure by endorsement | BCD does not publish a processing time for reciprocal license applications |
| Licensing authority | Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) — Electrician licensing | Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD) — Department of Consumer and Business Services |
The destination column is what you must satisfy — Oregon sets the rules for this move.
Step by step
- Confirm Oregon's current requirements on the Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD) — Department of Consumer and Business Services website (linked below) — rules change.
- Submit the reciprocity application to the Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD) — Department of Consumer and Business Services (application linked below).
- Arrange license verification from your current state.
- Hold an equivalent or higher electrical license from a reciprocal state, current and active with no violations or conditions within the past 3 years.
- Have qualified for and passed that state's licensing exam with a score of 75 percent or better.
- Have worked at least 1,000 hours (6 months) under the reciprocal-state license.
- Not have failed the Oregon licensing exam for that license type within the past 2 years.
- Submit a completed License Verification Form and Affidavit of Employment Experience.
- Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.
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Frequently asked questions
What could disqualify me even though Utah is on Oregon's list?
A Utah license you were grandfathered into rather than earning by exam, a license held less than a year, or falling short of the experience-hour minimum. Oregon's reciprocity is conditional, not automatic.
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
- Oregon BCD — Reciprocal licenses ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Oregon BCD — Reciprocal Electrical License Application (form 440-4794e: states, $100 fee, OAR 918-030-0045 qualifications) ↗ (accessed 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)
Reviewed by the License Reciprocity Editorial Team · verified against primary sources 2026-07-21
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