How do you check an electrical license in North Dakota?

Key facts

• North Dakota State Electrical Board

  Source: North Dakota State Electrical Board, home, read 5 November 2026.

• To search by Electrician, enter Last Name only and click Find

  Source: Board individual-electrician search, read 5 November 2026.

• Business Name

  Source: Board contractor search, read 5 November 2026.

How can you look up an electrician by name in North Dakota?

Use the board's individual-electrician search and enter the last name by itself. This is the person search, while the separate contractor form offers business fields. These are two different public starting points on the board's site.

Source: Board individual-electrician search, read 5 November 2026.
Source: Board contractor search, read 5 November 2026.

The board's instruction is: "To search by Electrician, enter Last Name only and click Find". Individual-electrician search, read 5 November 2026.

Source: Board individual-electrician search, read 5 November 2026.

1. Open the board's individual-electrician search.

   Source: Board individual-electrician search, read 5 November 2026.

2. Enter the last name in Last Name, without adding a first name.

   Source: Board individual-electrician search, read 5 November 2026.

3. Select Find.

   Source: Board individual-electrician search, read 5 November 2026.

Optional research with the board's Last Name field can sit beside your written InstaBids request as you describe the electrical work and questions.

How do you check an electrician license number in North Dakota?

Use the same individual search's number option instead of its last-name option. The board gives a specific instruction for that route; the quotation below preserves its digit count and its reference to registrations.

Source: Board individual-electrician search, read 5 November 2026.

The board says: "To search by License or Registration, Enter 4 or 5 digit number only and click Find". Number-search instructions, read 5 November 2026.

Source: Board individual-electrician search, read 5 November 2026.

Read the status exactly as the record shows it. This guide does not define status labels or describe result columns: its captured evidence is the empty search form, not a person's record.

If you use the board's number search yourself, keep those optional notes with the work description you prepare for your written InstaBids request.

How do you search for an electrical contractor in North Dakota?

Open the board's contractor search when you want the business search fields. Its empty form presents Last Name, Business Name and City, followed by a Find control; it is separate from the individual form's number option.

Source: Board contractor search, read 5 November 2026.
Source: Board individual-electrician search, read 5 November 2026.

The contractor form's fields read: "Last Name Business Name City". Contractor search, read 5 November 2026.

Source: Board contractor search, read 5 November 2026.

Choose the relevant field and select Find. Keep the distinction between the business field and the individual search when gathering your own notes; a business name belongs in the contractor form's Business Name field.

Source: Board contractor search, read 5 November 2026.

Your optional Business Name or City search can help organize questions beside your written InstaBids request without changing the scope you describe.

What is a Class B electrician in North Dakota?

Class B has a specific scope in the electrical chapter; the exact clause below distinguishes farmstead wiring from the residential clause. Use the quotation itself rather than treating the class name as a description of every kind of electrical project.

Source: Board contracting guidelines, read 5 November 2026.

The board's contracting guidelines, addressing section 43-09-20, read: "A class B electrician may not enter a contract, undertaking, or agreement for the installation of electrical wiring except for; farmstead electrical wiring or residential electrical wiring in one or two family dwellings located in a city with a population of two thousand five hundred or fewer." Board contracting guidelines, read 5 November 2026.

Source: Board contracting guidelines, read 5 November 2026.

Optional reading of the Class B scope can accompany your written InstaBids request as you describe the building and electrical tasks involved.

How do you report an electrician concern in North Dakota?

The board's contact page invites questions or concerns. Use that published route to ask the board about your concern; the captured invitation does not describe a formal complaint procedure or promise an investigation.

Source: Board contact page, read 5 November 2026.

Its invitation reads: "If you have a question or concern, please complete the required information or contact us directly. Thank you." Board contact page, read 5 November 2026.

Source: Board contact page, read 5 November 2026.

You can keep optional notes from the board's concern contact route beside your written InstaBids request while documenting the electrical tasks involved.

Where does InstaBids fit in?

One point about InstaBids follows. There is no cost to see a request or bid.

Sources for the facts on this page

• North Dakota State Electrical Board, home, read 5 November 2026
• Board individual-electrician search, read 5 November 2026
• Board contractor search, read 5 November 2026
• Board contracting guidelines, read 5 November 2026
• Board contact page, read 5 November 2026