Texas Journeyman Electrician license lookup — free

A Journeyman Electrician has finished an apprenticeship and can work electrical jobs without a Master Electrician standing over every task, though the work itself still runs under a licensed contractor. It's the workhorse license on most residential and commercial crews in Texas — the card a homeowner or GC expects to see before letting someone touch a panel. An expired one doesn't just risk a fine; TDLR treats performing electrical work on a lapsed license as an enforcement matter, not a paperwork oversight. Keeping the renewal current is a five-minute task next to that downside.

This license renews annually, and TDLR requires 4 hours of continuing education each cycle to keep it active. Let it lapse and the fee scales with how late you are — 1.5 times the normal $30 renewal fee inside 90 days, then double that from 91 days out to 18 months. Between 18 months and three years past expiration, renewal shifts from the online system to a mailed request to TDLR's Executive Director, still at the doubled rate; past three years, the license is gone and the electrician has to apply as a new applicant. TDLR's own enforcement schedule also treats performing electrical work on an expired license as a Class B violation — a $1,000 to $3,500 fine and/or up to a one-year suspension — so the renewal deadline matters for more than the fee.