Plumbing license reciprocity by state · Pair verdict

Transfer a plumbing license from New York to Colorado

Your New York license, Colorado'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

Colorado issues licenses by endorsement where the applicant proves credentials/qualifications substantially equivalent to Colorado's requirements for licensure by examination. No named partner states or formal reciprocity agreements were found in the primary text reviewed, so accepts is empty.

Colorado's journeyman gate, for the exam route: 6,800 hours. One rule outranks the pair: a lapsed New York license endorses nowhere — reinstate at home first.

Rules as published by Colorado State Plumbing Board (Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Professions and Occupations), checked October 22, 2026. Confirm with the board before you apply.

Run this pair with your license status

The two states, side by side

New York (where you are licensed)

No state license — city/county licensing

Journeyman gate: not published hours · Fees not published

New York ladder page →

Colorado (where you want to work)

State ladder: apprentice → journeyman → master

Journeyman gate: 6,800 hours · Fees not published

Colorado 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.