InstaBidsHow do you check a plumbing license in Texas?
The Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners licenses plumbers in Texas and names four plumbing license types. Its license and registration search page offers a search by name, a search by license number and a search by city, among other search types.
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, License Types, read 17 October 2026.
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, license and registration search, read 17 October 2026.
The license lookup is yours to run on the state's site.
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Key facts
- The Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners licenses plumbers in Texas.
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, License Types, read 17 October 2026.
- The board names four plumbing license types: Tradesman Plumber-Limited, Journeyman Plumber, Master Plumber and Plumbing Inspector.
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, License Types, read 17 October 2026.
- The board's license and registration search page offers a search by license number, among other search types.
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, license and registration search, read 17 October 2026.
How do you look a plumber up with the board?
The board's license and registration search page, read 17 October 2026, offers several search types, and among them are a search by name, a search by license number and a search by city.
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, license and registration search, read 17 October 2026.
Its instruction is short: "Click on the type of search below to enter the search criteria."
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, license and registration search, read 17 October 2026.
Which plumbing licenses does the Texas board issue?
The board names four plumbing license types on its license types page.
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, License Types, read 17 October 2026.
That page, read 17 October 2026, says: "There are four types of plumbing licenses: Tradesman Plumber-Limited, Journeyman Plumber, Master Plumber, and Plumbing Inspector."
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, License Types, read 17 October 2026.
What endorsements and registrations does the board issue?
Beside the four license types, the same page lists three endorsements and four registrations.
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, License Types, read 17 October 2026.
It describes the board's own role this way: "The Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners is the state agency responsible for licensing plumbers in Texas and has the authority to issues licenses, endorsements, and registrations."
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, License Types, read 17 October 2026.
On endorsements the page says: "There are three types of endorsements: Medical Gas Piping Installation, Multipurpose Residential Fire Protection Sprinkler Specialist, and Water Supply Protection Specialist."
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, License Types, read 17 October 2026.
It adds: "An endorsement is a certification that you can add to a Journeyman, Master, or Plumbing Inspector License."
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, License Types, read 17 October 2026.
On registrations it says: "There are four types of registrations: Plumber’s Apprentice, Drain Cleaner-Restricted, Drain Cleaner, and Residential Utilities Installer."
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, License Types, read 17 October 2026.
What is a Responsible Master Plumber in Texas?
The board calls the Responsible Master Plumber, or RMP, a designation, and among the conditions its page, read 17 October 2026, lists for applying is that "you are currently licensed as a Master Plumber in Texas".
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, Responsible Master Plumber, read 17 October 2026.
On what the role covers, the same page says: "As the name suggests, a RMP is responsible for the general supervision and management of plumbing work performed under contracts secured under his or her license regardless of whether the individuals performing the work are employees or subcontractors."
Source: Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, Responsible Master Plumber, read 17 October 2026.
What should you ask a Texas plumber before work starts?
Ask which board record each person on your job holds and who the Responsible Master Plumber on your contract is, then look each one up with the board. These questions are practical suggestions, not board rules.
- Ask which plumbing license type the plumber holds, and get the number in writing.
- Ask who will do the work on site, and whether each of them holds a license or a registration.
- Ask who the Responsible Master Plumber is for the contract you are signing.
- On the board's search page, pick Search by License Number or Search by Name, and enter what you were given.
- Keep a note of each number you searched and the search type you used, with your contract.
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Source: InstaBids process and privacy, live-page excerpts, read 17 October 2026.
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Post your requestSources for the facts on this page
- Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, License Types, read 17 October 2026
- Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, Responsible Master Plumber, read 17 October 2026
- Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, license and registration search, read 17 October 2026
- InstaBids process and privacy, live-page excerpts reviewed 17 October 2026.