Texas Maintenance Electrician license lookup — free

A Maintenance Electrician is licensed for maintenance-only electrical work at a single employer's plant or facility, rather than general contracting across multiple job sites. It's built for electricians who work in-house for one company — think a manufacturing plant or large facility with its own maintenance department — instead of bouncing between contractor jobs. Facility managers checking this license want to confirm their in-house electrician is actually authorized for the work, not just experienced. Because the scope is tied to a single employer, it's a license that's easy to lose track of if the facility doesn't have its own renewal reminders.

The license renews annually and calls for 4 hours of continuing education per cycle, in line with other individual TDLR electrician licenses. Renewing within 90 days of expiration costs 1.5 times the normal $20 fee, and 91 days to 18 months late doubles it to $40. From 18 months out to three years expired, TDLR only accepts a mailed Executive Director approval request at that same $40 rate rather than an online renewal; past three years, the license is gone and requires a brand-new application. TDLR's electrician enforcement schedule fines working on an expired license $1,000-$3,500 as a Class B violation, the same exposure every other individual license in the program carries.