Maine License and Trade Fees

The 14 verified whole-dollar state fees Maine publishes — the Plumbers', Electricians' and Maine Fuel Board schedules plus the $21 background-check fee and the statutory $100 electrical permit/certificate cap. Maine licenses individuals, so there is no statewide contractor license fee and no state bond to price. Local permit fees and the ch. 128 door-to-door fee are not published here.

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01 State fees vs local fees vs the bond

STATE BOARD FEE (EEB / PEB / Fuel Board)≠LOCAL PERMIT FEE (city/town)≠NO STATE BOND

Electrical credential fees — the board's $150 license/renewal ($20 senior) + $21 background check, capped at $150 biennially by §1203-A; the permit/certificate service fee is separately capped at $100 by §1102-C(4). S-ME-EEB-MASTER
Plumbing credential fees — $200 master/journeyman, $100 trainee, $200 one-time journeyman-in-training + $21, capped at $350 biennially by §3501-B. S-ME-PEB-LICENSING
No bond to price — no board page or licensing chapter read imposes a bond. S-ME-OPOR-PROFESSIONS
No general-liability minimum — none is a licensing or renewal condition. S-ME-OPOR-PROFESSIONS
Permit fees are local — building permits are municipality-set (MUBEC) and plumbing permits are municipality-set subject to a state minimum (30-A §4215); LOCAL_AUTHORITY_REQUIRED.

02 Plumbers' Examining Board — 32 MRSA ch. 49 (cap $350, §3501-B)

Fee	Amount	Kind	Charged by	Source
Master plumber — license (and biennial renewal) Board page verbatim ($200.00; renew $200.00) + $21.00 criminal background check. 32 MRSA §3501-B caps any one plumbing fee at $350 biennially.	$200	license	Maine Plumbers' Examining Board	S-ME-PEB-LICENSING
Journeyman plumber — license (and biennial renewal) Board page verbatim ($200.00 + $21.00 background check).	$200	license	Maine Plumbers' Examining Board	S-ME-PEB-LICENSING
Journeyman-in-training plumber — one-time 4-year license (non-renewable) Board page verbatim ($200.00 + $21.00). Not renewable — the license expires after four years and the holder must move to the journeyman track.	$200	license	Maine Plumbers' Examining Board	S-ME-PEB-LICENSING
Trainee plumber — license (and biennial renewal) Board page verbatim ($100.00 + $21.00 background check).	$100	license	Maine Plumbers' Examining Board	S-ME-PEB-LICENSING
Criminal background check (SBI report) — every plumber, electrician and fuel application/renewal Board pages verbatim ($21.00). Listed once here; each credential row names it in notes.	$21	miscellaneous	Maine Plumbers' Examining Board	S-ME-PEB-LICENSING

03 Electricians' Examining Board — 32 MRSA ch. 17 (cap $150, §1203-A)

Fee	Amount	Kind	Charged by	Source
Master / Journeyman / Limited electrician — license Board page verbatim ($150.00; Senior over-70 $20.00) + $21.00 SBI report. 32 MRSA §1203-A caps any one electrical fee at $150 biennially.	$150	license	Maine Electricians' Examining Board	S-ME-EEB-MASTER
Master / Journeyman / Limited electrician — biennial renewal Board page verbatim ($150.00 renewal; $20.00 senior); CE requires a 15-hour current NEC course. Late fee $50; >90 days reinstatement $150 + $100 penalty.	$150	renewal	Maine Electricians' Examining Board	S-ME-EEB-MASTER
Electrical permit / single-family certificate + inspection service fee — statutory maximum (rule amount NOT_VERIFIED) STATUTORY CAP only: 32 MRSA §1102-C(4) and §1102-D(5) provide that no scheduled service fee may exceed $100. The board's actual rule-set permit fee schedule amounts were not read — NOT_VERIFIED.	$100	miscellaneous	Maine Electricians' Examining Board	S-ME-32-1102-C

The permit cap is statutory, not a schedule

The $100 row is the statutory maximum on a combined permit-plus-inspection service fee (§1102-C(4)) and on the single-family dwelling certificate-plus-inspection fee (§1102-D(5)); the board's actual rule-set amounts were not read — NOT_VERIFIED.

04 Maine Fuel Board — 32 MRSA ch. 139 (§18143)

Fee	Amount	Kind	Charged by	Source
Master oil burner / solid fuel technician — license (and biennial renewal) Fuel Board page verbatim ($200.00 + $21.00 background check).	$200	license	Maine Fuel Board	S-ME-FUEL-LICENSING
Journeyman oil burner / solid fuel technician — license (and biennial renewal) Fuel Board page verbatim ($100.00 + $21.00 background check).	$100	license	Maine Fuel Board	S-ME-FUEL-LICENSING
Apprentice oil burner / solid fuel technician — license (and biennial renewal) Fuel Board page verbatim ($40.00 + $21.00 background check).	$40	license	Maine Fuel Board	S-ME-FUEL-LICENSING
Propane and natural gas technician — license (and biennial renewal) Fuel Board page: propane/natural-gas applicants must first pass a Maine Fuel Board propane and gas examination (32 MRSA §18135(2)) with CETP certificates and an onboard transcript. Fee per Fuel Board category schedule (technician $100.00).	$100	license	Maine Fuel Board	S-ME-FUEL-BOARD
Propane and natural gas helper — license (and biennial renewal) Fuel Board page verbatim ($20.00 + $21.00 background check).	$20	license	Maine Fuel Board	S-ME-FUEL-LICENSING
Limited fuel license (tank installer / wood pellet / energy auditor) — license (and biennial renewal) Fuel Board page verbatim ($50.00 + $21.00 background check) for each limited category.	$50	license	Maine Fuel Board	S-ME-FUEL-LICENSING

05 Renewal cycles and late fees

Every Maine trade license runs a two-year term based on the first-licensure date. The 3 renewal rows below carry the late and reinstatement rules and the continuing-education condition (where one is published).

Credential

me:electrician_license

24-month cycle

Late / reinstatement

Two-year term based on first-licensure date; late fee $50 up to 90 days after expiration; any person renewing more than 90 days but not more than 2 years after expiration reinstates by paying the $150 license fee plus a $100 penalty; more than 2 years is subject to all new-applicant requirements (board page verbatim).

S-ME-EEB-MASTER

Continuing education

15-hour current National Electrical Code course as adopted by the board (board page verbatim). Chapter 120 adopts the 2026 NEC for installations from 2026-07-01.

Master, Journeyman, Limited and Journeyman-in-Training renew on this cycle; Senior (over-70) licensees renew at $20.00.

Credential

me:plumber_license

24-month cycle

Late / reinstatement

Biennial based on first-licensure date; late fee $50 up to 90 days after expiration; 90 days to 2 years renews at the fee ($200 master/journeyman, $100 trainee) plus a $100 penalty; more than 2 years is subject to all new-applicant requirements (board page verbatim). The Journeyman-in-Training license is a one-time 4-year NON-renewable license.

S-ME-PEB-LICENSING

Continuing education

No continuing education condition is published on the Plumbers' Board license pages read 2026-10-05 (verified absence on the page — NOT a statement that none exists by rule; board rules were not read).

Master, Journeyman and Trainee renew on this cycle; a master/journeyman may supervise at most 3 trainees (32 MRSA §3302(3)).

Credential

me:fuel_technician_license

24-month cycle

Late / reinstatement

Two-year term based on first-licensure date; late fee $50 after the expiration date; more than 90 days after expiration is subject to all new-applicant requirements (Fuel Board page verbatim). Apprentice licenses cannot be renewed without a supervising master on file.

S-ME-FUEL-LICENSING

Continuing education

No continuing education figure is published on the Fuel Board individual-licenses page read 2026-10-05 (NOT_VERIFIED — board rules not read).

Every fuel category runs the same two-year cadence; fees vary by category ($200/$100/$40/$50/$20).

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06 Withheld on purpose — never guessed

NOT VERIFIED — no number published

The electrical permit fee schedule — only the statutory $100 cap (§1102-C(4) / §1102-D(5)) was read; the board's rule-set amounts were not.
All municipal permit fees — building permits (MUBEC) and plumbing permits (30-A §4215) are municipality-set; no town fee schedule was opened.
The ch. 128 door-to-door license fee — §14510 was repealed (2013 c. 217 §K12) and no current fee was read.
A contractor license fee — there is no statewide contractor license, so there is no such fee.

07 Sources

S-ME-32-1102-Cstatute

Maine Legislature — Maine Revised Statutes (legislature.maine.gov)

32 MRSA §1102-C — Permit; inspection of electrical installations

https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/32/title32sec1102-C.html