Transfer a plumbing license from Arkansas to Florida

A different door

No endorsement — experience credit toward the contractor route

Fla. Stat. 489.115(3): the Board shall certify by endorsement an applicant who meets Florida's certification requirements and has passed a substantially equivalent national, regional, state, or territorial examination and satisfied s. 489.111, or who holds a license from a state with substantially equivalent criteria or a reciprocal agreement with the Board. No named plumbing reciprocity states are listed in the statute, so accepts is empty; the route is endorsement, not automatic reciprocity.

Florida's journeyman gate, for the exam route: not published hours. One rule outranks the pair: a lapsed Arkansas license endorses nowhere — reinstate at home first.

Rules as published by Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (Department of Business and Professional Regulation), checked October 22, 2026. Confirm with the board before you apply.