Journeyman Sign Electrician: Renewal Fees, Expired Windows and CE

You can renew up to 36 months after the expiration date. For the first 18 months TDLR renews online. From 18 to 36 months you mail the forms, and the executive director must approve (Texas Occupations Code 51.401(c)). After 36 months the license cannot be renewed. Source: the TDLR renewal page for Journeyman Sign Electrician, read 20 Oct 2026.

The fee is $45, the late fee for a license expired 90 days or less. On time the fee is $30. Source: the TDLR renewal page for Journeyman Sign Electrician, read 20 Oct 2026.

The fee is $60, the fee for a license expired 91 days to 18 months. TDLR renews this window online. Source: the TDLR renewal page for Journeyman Sign Electrician, read 20 Oct 2026.

The fee is $60, which is 2 times the $30 renewal fee. You pay it by check or money order, mailed with the forms. The TDLR form says that fees are not refundable. Source: the TDLR renewal page for Journeyman Sign Electrician, read 20 Oct 2026.

You need 2 forms: the Request to Executive Director for Expired License Renewal (TDLR form LIC003) and the first 2 pages of the Journeyman Sign Electrician license application (ELC-LIC-015), at https://ierhub.com/forms/elc-lic-015. IERhub has a guide to the request form at https://ierhub.com/guides/expired-license-request. Source: the TDLR renewal page for Journeyman Sign Electrician, read 20 Oct 2026.

Mail them to TDLR, P.O. Box 12157, Austin, TX 78711-2157, with a check or money order for the $60 late fee. Source: the TDLR Request to Executive Director form, read 20 Oct 2026.

No. A person with an expired license may not do work that needs the license (Texas Occupations Code 51.401(a)). The license is valid again only after TDLR renews it. Source: Texas Occupations Code, section 51.401, read 20 Oct 2026.

Yes. For a late renewal, the 4 hours of CE must be complete within one year before the renewal date (16 TAC 73.25(d)). The IERhub 4 hour course is TDLR approved, Provider #2520, Course #32815 in English and Course #32973 in Spanish. Source: 16 TAC 73.25, read 20 Oct 2026.

TDLR does not renew it. Re-apply for a new license. The last day to renew by mail is 36 months after the expiration date. Source: the TDLR renewal page for Journeyman Sign Electrician, read 20 Oct 2026.

Yes. A Journeyman Sign Electrician license needs the first 2 pages of the license application together with the Request to Executive Director form. Only apprentice licenses need the request form alone. Source: the TDLR renewal page for Journeyman Sign Electrician, read 20 Oct 2026.

Yes. The renewal from 18 to 36 months happens on approval by the executive director (Texas Occupations Code 51.401(c)). The IERhub refund rule does not change on a refusal: you keep the refund right until you finish the course. Source: Texas Occupations Code, read 20 Oct 2026, and https://ierhub.com/refund.

No. TDLR publishes no Spanish edition of the Request to Executive Director form or of the Journeyman Electrician application, as read on 20 Oct 2026. Spanish editions exist only for the Apprentice Electrician, Electrical Sign Apprentice and Electrical Contractor applications. TDLR accepts the English form only, so IERhub publishes a Spanish guide to each English form. Source: the TDLR electrician forms page.

IERhub has no measured processing time, 0 days of data, so it does not publish a guess. Ask TDLR, or read the TDLR renewal page for this license type. IERhub last read that page on 20 Oct 2026.

Only if it expired 18 months ago or less. The online renewal is on the TDLR online renewal page. On 20 Oct 2026, TDLR showed a banner that all online applications were unavailable, and the mail path was not affected. Read the banner on the TDLR page before you start: the TDLR renewal page for this license type.

TDLR has a form for a name change. IERhub lists every TDLR electrician form, grouped by when you need it, at https://ierhub.com/forms. IERhub read the TDLR forms page on 20 Oct 2026.

TDLR lists a criminal history form on its electrician forms page. Send it when it applies to you. The form is at https://ierhub.com/forms. Source: the TDLR electrician forms page, read 20 Oct 2026.

TDLR has a Military Supplemental Application for a service member, a veteran, or a military spouse, form MIL-LIC-001. The form is at https://ierhub.com/forms/mil-lic-001-e. Source: the TDLR electrician forms page, read 20 Oct 2026.

Use the IERhub license lookup at https://ierhub.com/tools/license-lookup with your license number. IERhub gives the license state by expiration date on file, from the TDLR file of 21 Oct 2026. You can also use the TDLR license search.

After the expiration date, the fee rises on day 91 to $60. The path changes to mail at month 18, with a fee of $60. The license cannot be renewed after month 36. IERhub shows all 3 dates for your license number. Source: the TDLR renewal page for Journeyman Sign Electrician, read 20 Oct 2026.

IERhub is TDLR Provider #2520. The English course is Course #32815 and the Spanish course is Course #32973. Each course is 4 hours. Source: the IERhub course page.

After you finish the 4 hour course, IERhub reports the completion to TDLR. That report is not a renewal. You still renew your license with TDLR. Source: the IERhub course page.

On 21 Oct 2026, the TDLR license file held 261 active Journeyman Sign Electrician licenses, and 47 of them expire within 3 months. Source: the TDLR electrical license file, loaded by IERhub every day at 22:00 UTC.