Plumbing license reciprocity by state · Pair verdict

Transfer a plumbing license from Illinois to Indiana

Your Illinois license, Indiana's rules. This page computes the pair the boards leave you to guess at — the full checker adds your license status and level.

No endorsement

No endorsement — exam route

The PLA FAQ states it plainly: 'Reciprocity is not available for journeyman and contractor plumbers. Instead, you must present an application and pay the fee. Then the application goes before the board. If board approved you must take the exam and pass.' Indiana accepts nobody by endorsement.

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

Rules as published by Indiana Plumbing Commission, Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (PLA), checked October 22, 2026. Confirm with the board before you apply.

Run this pair with your license status

The two states, side by side

Illinois (where you are licensed)

State ladder: apprentice → journeyman → master

Journeyman gate: 5,600 hours · Exam $175 · License $150

Illinois ladder page →

Indiana (where you want to work)

State ladder: apprentice → journeyman → master

Journeyman gate: not published hours · License $30

Indiana ladder page →

The Kit's transfer packet was built for this move

Included in the $49 PlumberLicenseCheck Kit

  • Verification letters to your home board, in the form destination boards request
  • The filing-order checklist for the endorsement or exam-route application
  • An hour-and-experience documentation pack that survives a board audit

See what's inside the Kit

One payment. Yours to keep. The checkers above stay free either way.