Texas Residential Wireman license lookup — free

A Residential Wireman is licensed for a narrower scope than a full electrician — wiring single-family homes and duplexes rather than commercial or industrial work. It's a common license for electricians who focus entirely on residential construction and remodel work and don't need the broader journeyman scope. Homebuilders and remodelers rely on the license number to confirm the electrician on a job is actually authorized for that kind of work. Since the scope is narrower, so is the review — but the renewal rules are the same as any other individual TDLR electrician license.

Residential Wiremen renew annually and need 4 hours of continuing education each cycle. A late renewal costs 1.5 times the normal $20 fee within 90 days of expiration, and 2 times normal — $40 — from 91 days out to 18 months. Beyond 18 months and up to three years expired, TDLR only accepts a mailed Executive Director approval request at that doubled rate rather than an online renewal, and beyond three years the license can no longer be renewed at all — it's a new application from scratch. TDLR's sanctions for working electrical jobs on an expired license reach $1,000-$3,500 in fines and up to a year's suspension, the same schedule that applies across its electrician program.