Contractor-license state (no state journeyman license)
Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC) runs plumbing licensing in Arizona. Below: the exact ladder, the transfer doors into Arizona from all 50 states, the renewal and lapse lines, and the master-of-record rule for opening a company — every figure from the board's own publications, checked October 22, 2026.
Contractor-license state (no state journeyman license) Checked in part Checked October 22, 2026
Checked in part. ROC license classifications, the Qualifying Party structure, the license-belongs-to-the-business rule, and the $1,000 handyman exemption were confirmed on roc.az.gov on 2026-10-22. The ROC fee schedule by classification, the late-renewal/reinstatement window, and any named trade-exam-waiver (reciprocity) states were NOT confirmed on a primary ROC page in this pass, so those figures are null.
| The ladder | Arizona |
|---|---|
| Journeyman credential | No state journeyman license |
| Total hours required | not published |
| Classroom hours | not published |
| Apprentice registration | No state registration system |
| Exam | Arizona Registrar of Contractors — Statutes and Rules Examination plus classification trade exam — The Qualifying Party must pass the Statutes and Rules (business management) examination and the applicable trade examination at 70%. Exam fees were not confirmed on a primary ROC page in this pass, so fee is null. |
| License fee | Not published |
| Renewal | Every 2 years |
| Continuing education | None published |
| Master credential | Qualifying Party — C-37 / R-37 / CR-37 Plumbing Contractor |
Registration, in the board’s terms: Arizona licenses contractors, not individual journeymen or apprentices. There is no state journeyman plumber credential and no state apprentice registration for plumbing workers; workers perform plumbing as employees of an ROC-licensed contractor.
Qualifying Party — C-37 / R-37 / CR-37 Plumbing Contractor: The license is issued to the business (sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, or corporation) if it has a regularly employed Qualifying Party with the necessary experience, knowledge, and skills (ROC, License Classifications). Classifications: C-37 Plumbing (commercial), R-37 Plumbing including Solar (residential, with R-37R subclasses), and CR-37 dual.
The license belongs to the business, not to the Qualifying Party (ROC). A contractor's bond is required in an amount set by the contemplated gross volume of work under the Arizona Administrative Code bond schedules; the handyman exemption is generally work under $1,000 in labor and materials with no permit required (ROC, citing A.R.S. 32-1121).
ROC licenses renew on a two-year (biennial) cycle. The late-renewal grace period and reinstatement terms were not confirmed on a primary ROC page in this pass.
Reinstatement: Not confirmed on a primary source as of 2026-10-22.
Past the line: Not confirmed on a primary source as of 2026-10-22.
Arizona endorses journeyman licenses from: none. No named reciprocity states were confirmed on a primary ROC page in this pass. Secondary sources claim a trade-exam waiver for licensees of California, Nevada, and Utah held five years, with plumbing often excluded — not verified against the ROC, so accepts is empty and the route is recorded as review.
| Licensed in | Door into Arizona | |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Alaska | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Arkansas | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| California | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Colorado | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Connecticut | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Delaware | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| District of Columbia | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Florida | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Georgia | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Hawaii | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Idaho | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Illinois | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Indiana | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Iowa | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Kansas | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Kentucky | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Louisiana | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Maine | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Maryland | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Massachusetts | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Michigan | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Minnesota | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Mississippi | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Missouri | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Montana | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Nebraska | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Nevada | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| New Hampshire | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| New Jersey | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| New Mexico | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| New York | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| North Carolina | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| North Dakota | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Ohio | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Oklahoma | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Oregon | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Pennsylvania | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Rhode Island | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| South Carolina | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| South Dakota | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Tennessee | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Texas | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Utah | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Vermont | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Virginia | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Washington | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| West Virginia | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Wisconsin | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
| Wyoming | No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route | Run the pair → |
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The seat: Qualifying Party. Any business contracting plumbing work must hold the ROC license, issued to the business entity, with a regularly employed Qualifying Party who has the experience for the classification; all persons listed on the license are responsible for the contracting activities of the business (ROC, License Classifications).
State ROC contractor licensing is the operative layer; Arizona has no state journeyman/apprentice plumbing license for a city system to replace.
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Rules as published by Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC) and the statutes it administers, checked October 22, 2026. Board: https://roc.az.gov/license-classifications
