No state license — city/county licensing
No state plumbing board — Kansas has no state plumbing license; cities and counties license plumbers under K.S.A. 12-1508 to 12-1510 runs plumbing licensing in Kansas. Below: the exact ladder, the transfer doors into Kansas 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.
No state license — city/county licensing Primary sources Checked October 22, 2026
No state plumber license. Kansas does not license plumbers at the state level — there is no state journeyman or master license to apply for. Licensing is done by cities and counties, and the local rules are the real rules where you work.
| The ladder | Kansas |
|---|---|
| Journeyman credential | Journeyman Plumber (local certificate of competency — no state license exists) |
| Total hours required | not published |
| Classroom hours | not published |
| Apprentice registration | No state registration system |
| Exam | ICC or IAPMO examinations designated by K.S.A. 12-1508 (administered locally) — The statute requires a uniform examination fee under the standard system, but there is no state fee schedule; fees are set locally/by the testing program. |
| License fee | Not published |
| Renewal | Every Local — set by the issuing city/county; the state statute imposes continuing education as a renewal condition under the standard system |
| Continuing education | At least 12 hours every 2 years or 6 hours per year, at least half of it code education, for renewal under the standard-exam system (K.S.A. 12-1509(a)(4)) |
| Master credential | Master Plumber (local certificate of competency) |
Registration, in the board’s terms: Kansas has no state apprentice registration; training is on-the-job locally, under a journeyman or master certificate holder in the issuing jurisdiction.
Master Plumber (local certificate of competency): Under K.S.A. 12-1509, a local master certificate requires a valid journeyman certificate held for a minimum of 2 years, or 4 years of field experience in the plumbing trade, plus passing the designated master examination at 75% or higher.
Cities/counties may instead run alternative local-only examinations under K.S.A. 12-1510; certificates from those exams are not portable to other jurisdictions except by reciprocal agreement.
There is no state license to lapse. Renewal, late renewal, and revival are handled by the issuing city or county.
Reinstatement: Local jurisdictions set their own late-renewal terms; under the state-standard system, continuing education is a statutory condition of renewal (K.S.A. 12-1509).
Past the line: Not applicable at state level — re-licensure after lapse is governed by the issuing jurisdiction's ordinance.
There is no Kansas state license to endorse into — licensing is local, and local boards weigh verified out-of-state experience case by case. No state reciprocity exists because there is no state license. Within Kansas, a certificate of competency based on the state-designated standard examination (K.S.A. 12-1508/12-1509) is valid in every other Kansas jurisdiction that licenses plumbers; local-only exam certificates (K.S.A. 12-1510) are not portable except by local reciprocal agreement.
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The seat: Locally licensed master plumber / plumbing contractor. Business licensing is local. For example, Johnson County's Contractor Licensing Division licenses plumbing contractors and requires the business to have passed a master plumber examination or employ an individual who has; the Wichita/Sedgwick County Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department (MABCD) issues plumbing contractor licenses alongside journeyman and master trade certificates.
Kansas has NO state plumbing license and no state plumbing board. Cities and counties license plumbers under K.S.A. 12-1508–12-1510, which set the standard examinations, the 75% passing score, and minimum experience for local journeyman and master certificates. Major local systems: Sedgwick County / City of Wichita — Metropolitan Area Building and Construction Department (MABCD), issuing journeyman/master trade certificates and plumbing contractor licenses; and Johnson County Contractor Licensing Division (Overland Park area), issuing plumbing contractor licenses.
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Rules as published by No state plumbing board — Kansas has no state plumbing license; cities and counties license plumbers under K.S.A. 12-1508 to 12-1510 and the statutes it administers, checked October 22, 2026. Board: https://kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/laws/012_000_0000_chapter/012_015_0000_article/012_015_0009_section/012_015_0009_k/
