Plumbing license reciprocity by state · Pair verdict

Transfer a plumbing license from Ohio to Oregon

Your Ohio license, Oregon'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

BCD lists a reciprocal license agreement with Idaho and Montana only for the Journeyman Plumber license (BCD individual licenses page, accessed 2026-10-22). Reciprocal applicants must have tested in the state they are reciprocating from.

Oregon's journeyman gate, for the exam route: 7,700 hours with category minimums. One rule outranks the pair: a lapsed Ohio license endorses nowhere — reinstate at home first.

Rules as published by Building Codes Division (BCD), Department of Consumer and Business Services, checked October 22, 2026. Confirm with the board before you apply.

Run this pair with your license status

The two states, side by side

Ohio (where you are licensed)

Contractor-license state (no state journeyman license)

Journeyman gate: not published hours · Fees not published

Ohio ladder page →

Oregon (where you want to work)

State ladder: apprentice → journeyman → master

Journeyman gate: 7,700 hours · License $100

Oregon 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

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