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How do you look up an electrical license in Oregon?

Oregon’s Building Codes Division has a public search by individual name, business name or license number. Electrical work involves BCD trade licensing and the separate Construction Contractors Board.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.
Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.
Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

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Oregon electrician license?

Begin at the BCD license holder search. Its choices include "By individual name, business name or license no." The page distinguishes business contractor licenses from individual licenses and links the separate CCB search in its resources. Source: BCD search, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

BCD describes its licensing remit: "The division issues electrical, plumbing, boiler, elevator, and manufactured dwelling licenses for individuals and businesses." Source: BCD FAQs, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

For the electrical C class, BCD publishes: "Next renewal date for all C licenses: July 1, 2029​​​​" (BCD’s C-class renewal date). Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

Check contractor license in Oregon?

The public BCD form offers Business Name, Individual Name and License Number choices. Its instruction is "For a name search - use any part of the name you know." Choose the business option for the contracting business or the individual option for the electrician, then enter the name you have and press Search. Source: BCD public search form, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

The form also offers an option labelled "Include Expired and Inactive Licenses". Read any status field exactly as the record presents it. Source: BCD public search form, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

For an individual doing residential installations, the scope provision reads: "(5) Make any electrical installation on a single or multifamily dwelling unit not exceeding three floors above grade, as provided in ORS 479.630 (14), without a limited residential electrician’s license." (ORS 479.620(5), subject to ORS 479.540). Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly, read 1 November 2026.

Oregon: electrical contractor license lookup?

BCD’s contractor list identifies the C class this way: "(C) Allows a company to engage in the business of making electrical installations." Source: BCD contractor scope list, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

The state’s Business Xpress directory gives the C-class duration: "License renewal is every three years on July 1." Source: Business Xpress C-class entry, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon Business Xpress, read 1 November 2026.

Oregon contractor license check?

For electrical work, Oregon’s BCD homeowner guidance directs you to the CCB and the division’s trade licensing. Use the separate Oregon contractor lookup guide alongside this trade guide. A CCB search and a BCD search address different licensing layers. Source: BCD hiring guidance, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

Before signing, distinguish the CCB endorsement from the BCD class. The residential-specialty bond clause reads "(2) A residential specialty contractor shall: (a) Obtain a surety bond under ORS 701.068 in the amount of $20,000;" (ORS 701.081(2)(a)). This quoted amount belongs to the CCB residential-specialty endorsement; it is not presented here as a separate BCD bond for electrical work. Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly, read 1 November 2026.

For the written-contract rule, ORS 701.305(1) reads: "(1) A contractor may not perform work to construct, improve or repair a residential structure or zero-lot-line dwelling for a property owner without a written contract if the aggregate contract price exceeds $2,000. If the price of a contract was initially less than $2,000, but during the course of performance the contract exceeds that amount, the contractor shall mail or otherwise deliver a written contract to the property owner not later than five days after the contractor knows or should reasonably know that the contract price will exceed $2,000. Failure to have a written contract will not void the contract." Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly, read 1 November 2026.

For cancellation, read the conditions together. ORS 701.310(1)-(2) reads: "(1) A property owner who enters into an initial written contract for the construction, improvement or repair of a residential structure or zero-lot-line dwelling on real property owned by the property owner may cancel the contract by delivery of a written notice of cancellation anytime prior to 12 midnight at the end of the next business day. The notice of cancellation may be delivered in any written form or by any means that can readily be converted to written form, including, but not limited to, facsimile, electronic mail and regular mail. The notice must state the intention of the property owner to cancel the contract. (2) Subsection (1) of this section does not allow a property owner to cancel a contract: (a) If both parties agree that work is to begin before the cancellation period has expired; (b) After a contractor substantially begins the residential construction, improvement or repair; or (c) When an initial contract is being modified after expiration of the initial cancellation period." Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly, read 1 November 2026.

In Oregon, the business-license provision is ORS 479.620(1), with its opening qualification retained: "Subject to ORS 479.540, a person may not: (1) Without an electrical contractor’s license, engage in the business of making electrical installations, advertise as or otherwise purport to be licensed to make electrical installations or purport to be acting as a business that makes electrical installations." The quoted provision concerns the business of electrical installations. Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon Legislative Assembly, read 1 November 2026.

Electrician license in Oregon?

BCD separately describes the general journeyman scope: "(J) Scope: Make any electrical installation under the supervision, direction, and control of a general supervising electrician, unless doing work that requires the direction of a limited supervising electrician or doing work requiring no supervision." Source: BCD individual scope list, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

If the concern is code or licensing compliance, BCD’s filing instruction is "Complete and submit the online complaint form, or download the complaint form and send it to the division by email, fax or mail." Source: BCD complaint instructions, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

For a missing permit, the routing instruction is more specific: "Consumers should report businesses or trade workers that fail to obtain the necessary permits to their local building department, unless there are more alleged violations; in that case, file a complaint with the Building Codes Division." Source: BCD complaint instructions, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

The enforcement page explains its review: "The program reviews the issues presented and determines if further investigation from the Building Codes Division is warranted." Source: BCD enforcement, read 1 November 2026.

Source: Oregon BCD, read 1 November 2026.

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