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Michigan licenses electricians at state level through the Electrical Administrative Board inside LARA's Bureau of Construction Codes. It licenses the individual by grade, apprentice through master, and licenses the contracting business separately as an electrical contractor. A contractor license needs a qualifying master electrician, and Detroit runs its own licensing under MCL 339.5733.
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Michigan licenses electrical work at state level. The licensing authority is the Electrical Administrative Board, which sits inside the Bureau of Construction Codes at the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. The board is not the same body that handles plumbing. LARA lists the Electrical Administrative Board and the State Plumbing Board as two separate boards on its Bureau of Construction Codes boards and commissions page. The governing law is Article 7 of the Skilled Trades Regulation Act, 2016 PA 407, at MCL 339.5701 to 339.5739. Section 705 continues the electrical administrative board created under former 1956 PA 217 and designates it as the board for the electrical article. The board has ten members: the state fire marshal or a representative, plus nine gubernatorial appointees who must include an electrical contractor, a master electrician working as a supervisor, an electrical journeyman, a municipal chief electrical inspector, a representative of an insurance inspection bureau, a representative of an electrical energy supply agency, a distributor representative, a manufacturer representative and a public member. The LARA director or a designee sits as a non voting member. Day to day work runs through the Bureau of Construction Codes Licensing Section, which processes applications, approves candidates to test, and issues and renews the licenses. Applications, renewals and permits are filed in the Accela portal that LARA operates. The Bureau of Construction Codes office is at 611 West Ottawa Street, First Floor Ottawa Building, Lansing, Michigan 48933, the address printed in the Part 8 electrical code rules.
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Article 7 creates two tiers, and a contractor needs both. On the individual side Michigan registers apprentice electricians and licenses electrical journeymen and master electricians. It also licenses two specialty individuals: the fire alarm specialty technician, with its own fire alarm specialty apprentice technician registration, and the sign specialist. On the business side the state issues an electrical contractor license, a fire alarm contractor license and a sign specialty contractor license. LARA sets out all of them on its electrical examination and licensing page. The split matters when you go to sell work. A master electrician license is a personal credential. It does not let you contract. MCL 339.5737(1) says a person shall not engage in the business of electrical contracting without an electrical contractor license from the board or from the appropriate municipality. MCL 339.5737(2) says an individual other than a licensee employed by and working under the direction of an electrical contractor license holder shall not undertake to execute electrical wiring. So the company holds the contractor license, a master electrician stands behind it, and the journeymen and registered apprentices do the installation. Fire alarm and sign work sit in their own lanes, with one exception published in statute: MCL 339.5727(2) states that a licensed electrical contractor is not required to have a sign specialty. A fire alarm system, by contrast, is carved out of the general electrical exemptions at MCL 339.5737(3)(o), so telecommunications work does not carry fire alarm work with it.
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MCL 339.5711 gives LARA two ways to issue an electrical contractor license. The applicant is either an individual who holds a master electrician license, or a business with at least one full time employee who is a master electrician, resides in Michigan, and is actively in charge of and responsible for Michigan electrical code compliance on every installation of electrical wiring and equipment. That employee is the qualifying master. MCL 339.5713(3) then closes the obvious loophole: one master electrician license cannot be used to qualify more than one electrical contractor license. LARA repeats the point in plain language on its electrical page, noting that a master electrician can only associate with one electrical contractor at a time. The same one to one rule is written into the fire alarm and sign specialty contractor licenses. Rule 151 of the Skilled Trades Regulation Rules, R 339.5151, sets out what happens when the arrangement ends. If a master electrician stops representing an electrical contractor, both the contractor and the master must notify the department immediately. The contractor license can be summarily suspended under MCL 339.5507 until the contractor designates another employee or officer who holds a master electrician license. LARA's renewal page puts the practical consequence bluntly: if the qualifying license lapses, the contractor license goes on hold until the master renews and the office is told, and a contractor license that is not current may affect your ability to pull permits.
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Apprentice electrician is a registration, not a license. MCL 339.5717(1) requires an individual employed as an apprentice electrician to register with the board within 30 days of being hired. Registration is issued on proof that the apprentice is participating in an apprenticeship training program approved by the board, and the board must approve any bona fide program that is equivalent to or exceeds the requirements imposed by the Office of Apprenticeship at the United States Department of Labor. LARA adds on its electrical page that the apprentice must be employed by a master electrician and an electrical contractor and must stay enrolled in related technical instruction throughout the apprenticeship. The jobsite ratio in MCL 339.5717(3) is one journeyman or master to no more than three registered apprentices, enforced on a jobsite basis. Electrical journeyman under MCL 339.5715 requires age 20 and 8,000 hours of experience gathered over at least four years in electrical construction, building maintenance, or electrical wiring and equipment, under the direct supervision of an individual licensed under the article. The statute also carries a military route: an honorably discharged service member who worked as an interior electrician can qualify on an affidavit covering 8,000 hours of entry level experience across ten listed knowledge areas, and LARA may grant partial credit if the hours fall short. Master electrician under MCL 339.5713 requires age 22, at least 12,000 hours obtained over six years or more, and a journeyman license held for at least two years. LARA states that a Michigan journeyman license means you do not have to re prove experience earned before that license was issued.
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Michigan contracts examinations to PSI. LARA's electrical page tells approved candidates to contact PSI directly to schedule, choose their own test center and date, and pay the examination fee directly to PSI. LARA's own page states the pass mark for the electrical journeyman, master electrician, fire alarm specialty technician and sign specialist examinations is 75 percent. The examinations are built on the 2023 National Electrical Code, the 2023 Michigan Electrical Code Rules Part 8, 1972 PA 230 and 2016 PA 407, and LARA warns that candidates must print the applicable administrative rules along with the NEC to have the complete code. Before you can sit, MCL 339.5709 requires you to establish the experience for your class of license to the board's satisfaction by submitting a notarized statement from current and past employers. Fire alarm specialty candidates must also establish the required certification level under National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies standards, or an equivalent accepted by the board. LARA's page recognises NICET level II or higher, or an Electronic Security Association Certified Fire Alarm Technician certification at level II or higher. Failing twice is costly. MCL 339.5713(2) and MCL 339.5715(3) both bar an applicant who fails the master or journeyman examination twice within two years from sitting again for at least one year, and after that year the applicant must show the board proof of completing an approved course in Michigan electrical code, electrical fundamentals or electrical theory. There is no examination for the electrical contractor license itself.
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The fees sit in MCL 339.5707 and are repeated by LARA on its renewal page. The examination fee for master electrician, electrical contractor, electrical journeyman, fire alarm contractor, fire alarm specialty technician, sign specialty contractor and sign specialist is $100.00 each. Initial license and renewal fees are $50.00 for a master electrician, $40.00 for an electrical journeyman, $15.00 for an apprentice electrician registration, $50.00 for a fire alarm specialty technician, $15.00 for a fire alarm specialty apprentice technician and $40.00 for a sign specialist. The electrical contractor and fire alarm contractor license runs on a three year cycle and the renewal fee is $300.00. A sign specialty contractor pays $200.00 for the same three year cycle. Under MCL 339.5707(8), a contractor applying outside the normal December 31 to March 1 renewal window has the three year fee computed on a yearly pro rata basis from the year of application to the end of the cycle. Late fees come from LARA's renewal page rather than the statute: $50.00 for a late journeyman, master, fire alarm specialty technician or sign specialist renewal, $50.00 for a late electrical, fire alarm or sign specialty contractor renewal, and $100.00 for a late apprentice or fire alarm specialty apprentice registration. Two administrative fees sit in the rules. R 339.5111 charges $30.00 for written verification of whether a person is licensed. R 339.5112 charges $10.00 for a name change with reprint, an address change with reprint, or a duplicate license, and nothing for a change with no reprint.
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Michigan runs three different renewal clocks. Apprentice electrician and fire alarm specialty apprentice technician registrations expire August 31 every year, under MCL 339.5707(5), and the apprentice must show a sponsoring employer for initial and renewal registration. Journeyman, master electrician, fire alarm specialty technician and sign specialist licenses expire December 31 every year under MCL 339.5707(6). Electrical, fire alarm and sign specialty contractor licenses expire December 31 every third year under MCL 339.5707(7), and must be renewed by March 1. A license not renewed after March 1 of the renewal year is void, and the contractor can only be relicensed by applying again and paying the license fee for the class. LARA opens renewal 90 days before expiration. Continuing education is not annual here. MCL 339.5713(4) and MCL 339.5715(4) make completion of a board approved course on any update or change in the state construction code a condition of renewing a master or journeyman license, within 12 months after that update or change, and the statute says the requirement applies only during or after years in which the code is updated or changed. LARA states the same thing on its renewal page: the code update course is required within one year of a new code being adopted, and that does not happen every year. Proof need not be uploaded unless you are audited, so keep the certificate. Apprentices are not required to take a code update course, and neither is the contractor license itself. Approved courses and providers run through CE Broker. R 339.5119 requires each certificate of completion to carry the department's course approval number, the sponsor's name and address, the issue date and the student's name and license number.
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Read Article 7 straight through and the absence is the finding. MCL 339.5711, the section that sets out what an electrical contractor license requires, asks for a master electrician and nothing else. It carries no liability insurance minimum, no surety bond and no financial statement. The only insurance requirement anywhere in the electrical article is in MCL 339.5727(1)(c), which requires a sign specialty contractor to provide evidence of public liability insurance coverage. That section names no dollar amount. The Skilled Trades Regulation Rules at R 339.5101 to R 339.5412 add no electrical insurance or bond rule either: Part 7 of those rules deals only with what happens when a qualifying master, fire alarm specialty technician or sign specialist stops representing a contractor. The statute does contemplate that municipalities may impose insurance, and then caps them. MCL 339.5733(2)(d) says a local ordinance shall not require the procurement of public liability insurance in excess of the coverage required under the article. So a city cannot use its own ordinance to demand more electrical liability cover than state law does. None of this means a Michigan electrical contractor should work uninsured. General liability, a commercial auto policy and workers compensation are what a general contractor, a property manager or a commercial customer will ask to see before you are added to a job, and permit and prequalification paperwork often requires certificates. It means only that the state license itself is not the thing forcing you to carry them.
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LARA states it in one line on its electrical examination and licensing page: Michigan does not hold reciprocity with any other state or country. There is no reciprocal state list to check and no endorsement route for a journeyman or master electrician licensed elsewhere. What LARA offers instead is a credential review. An out of state applicant must submit a copy of the license held in the other state or country, plus a copy of that jurisdiction's licensing requirement, and that requirement document has to give a detailed description of the hours, schooling and other conditions that had to be met to obtain the license there. LARA uses that to decide whether the applicant has met the Michigan experience standard and can be approved to sit for the Michigan examination. The examination itself is not waived by this route. There is one narrow exception inside the electrical article, and it is for signs only. MCL 339.5731(5) directs the board and the department to issue a sign specialty license without examination to an individual who is licensed, registered or otherwise regulated in another state, if the board determines the other state's standards meet or exceed the standards in the article. Separately, MCL 339.5223 provides a route to licensure or registration without examination for members of the armed forces, veterans and their dependents who meet its conditions, and LARA publishes a military examination waiver procedure through its licensing section. Those are the only two paths around the Michigan examination that the electrical article creates.
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The Michigan Electrical Code is Part 8 of the state construction code, rules R 408.30801 to R 408.30880, promulgated by LARA under the Stille DeRossett Hale Single State Construction Code Act, 1972 PA 230. Rule 801, at R 408.30801(1), adopts by reference the national electrical code 2023 second printing edition, including TIA 70-23-1 to 70-23-13, Errata 70-23-1 to 70-23-6 and Annex H, and excluding sections 80.2, 80.5, 80.15, 80.23, 80.27, 80.29, 80.31, 80.33, 80.35 and 90.6. The rule history line records the adoption as 2023 MR 22, effective March 12, 2024, and LARA's code books page gives the same effective date for the 2023 NEC. Rule 801 also adopts NFPA 110, standard for emergency and standby power systems, 2019 edition, and NFPA 111, standard on stored electrical energy emergency and standby power systems, 2019 edition. Rule 807 amends section 80.7 so that the rules are known as the Michigan Electrical Code, and Rule 801(2) provides that every reference to the national electrical code means the Michigan electrical code. That is the practical point for anyone testing or plan checking: the NEC alone is not the Michigan code. LARA tells examination candidates on its electrical page that they must also print the applicable administrative rules to have the complete code, and Rule 801 prices the reference standards at the time of adoption at $153.00 for the National Electrical Code, $149.00 for NFPA 110 and $149.00 for NFPA 111.
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The penalty ladder is in Article 6 of the Skilled Trades Regulation Act and it escalates fast. MCL 339.5601(1) bars a person from engaging in or attempting to engage in a regulated occupation, or using a title designated in the act, without a license issued by the department. MCL 339.5601(2) treats a person whose license is suspended, revoked or lapsed in the department's records as unlicensed. A first violation is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500.00 or up to 90 days in jail, or both. A second violation is a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000.00 or up to one year, or both. A third or later violation is a felony punishable by a fine of up to $25,000.00 or up to five years, or both. Courts must notify LARA when a conviction is entered. Restitution may be ordered on top. MCL 339.5601(7) also gives an affected person, including a competing licensee or a customer, the right to sue for an injunction, with actual costs and attorney fees if the injunction is obtained. On the administrative side, MCL 339.5603 lets the department limit, suspend, deny or revoke a license, censure, impose probation, order restitution, and assess an administrative fine of up to $10,000.00 against a licensee. MCL 339.5607 lists the conduct that triggers those penalties, including practicing false advertising at subdivision (f) and aiding or abetting another person's unlicensed practice at subdivision (l). MCL 339.5601(8) adds the stop construction order: where work is done contrary to a permit or the act, the enforcing agency gives notice, and a person who ignores a posted stop order can be enjoined in circuit court.
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Michigan's advertising rule for the skilled trades is short. R 339.5102(1) says an individual who does not hold a license issued under the act shall not advertise for work that requires a license, and R 339.5102(2) makes a violation of that rule false advertising under MCL 339.5607(f), which carries the penalties in MCL 339.5603, up to a $10,000.00 administrative fine for a licensee. Title use is controlled separately. MCL 339.5601(1) prohibits using a title designated in the act without holding the matching license, so calling your business an electrical contractor, or yourself a master electrician or an electrical journeyman, is itself the regulated act. Nothing in the Skilled Trades Regulation Rules or in Article 7 requires an electrical contractor to print the license number on vehicles, yard signs, written estimates or a website, which is a real difference from states that do impose that. Treat the number as a sales asset rather than a compliance box: it is what lets a customer confirm you in the state lookup in under a minute. What Michigan does require is proof on demand. MCL 339.5201(3) says that at the request of a building official, inspector or employee of an enforcing agency acting in an official capacity, an individual licensed under the act must present proof of licensure and a government issued photo identification. Carry both. Separately, LARA charges $30.00 under R 339.5111 for a written verification of licensure, which is the form of proof a general contractor or an owner sometimes asks for in a bid package.
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Detroit is the exception that a contractor working statewide has to plan around. LARA states on its electrical examination and licensing page that if you live in the City of Detroit, the city issues its own licenses and registrations locally, and directs applicants to contact the city. The authority for that is MCL 339.5733(1), which provides that Article 7 does not apply in the jurisdiction of a municipality that has adopted an ordinance doing four things: setting standards for examining and licensing master electricians, electrical and specialty contractors, electrical journeymen, sign specialists and fire alarm specialty technicians, and for registering apprentice electricians and fire alarm specialty apprentice technicians, that are at least as stringent as the state article; providing enforcement substantially similar to the act; providing civil and criminal penalties and a citation system for minor violations substantially similar to Article 5; and providing for inspection of electrical wiring and equipment. This is materially different from the plumbing side of the same act, so do not assume the two trades work the same way in a given city. MCL 339.5733(3) requires all municipalities to recognise a license or registration issued by the board, and to recognise a municipal license where the municipality's standards are at least as stringent as the board's. MCL 339.5735 lets a municipality that licenses under section 733 require by ordinance that contractors, masters, journeymen, fire alarm specialty technicians and sign specialists in its jurisdiction also apply to and be licensed by the state board.
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Outside a municipality that licenses under MCL 339.5733(1), the local layer is registration rather than a second license. MCL 339.5733(4) allows a municipality that provides electrical inspection by local ordinance to require all electrical and specialty contractors, sign specialists, fire alarm specialty technicians and classes of electricians working in the municipality to register under that ordinance. MCL 339.5733(5) makes municipal registration requirements and fees reciprocal between municipalities and between municipalities and the board, and exempts licensed electrical journeymen, sign specialists and fire alarm specialty technicians from registering to work in municipalities under the board's jurisdiction. MCL 339.5733(2) also fences the local ordinance in. It may not require a license or permit for the classes of work exempted at MCL 339.5737(3)(c) to (f), may not require a permit for business or home monitoring systems or a low voltage electric fence, may not require a license or permit for security alarm system work, may not require public liability insurance above the coverage the article requires, and may not require an individual to register with the municipality to take part in an apprenticeship or training program. Grand Rapids runs exactly the registration model. The city's Development Center tells contractors that if you hold a State of Michigan license and want to apply for permits in Grand Rapids you must register it with the city, and it publishes separate forms to register, update and renew that registration. The city says to expect the updated registration card by mail within two weeks. Grand Rapids also publishes a public directory of registered contractors searchable by name, license type and registration status, and takes mechanical, electrical and plumbing trade permit applications through its permits page.
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Where LARA is the enforcing agency, the Bureau of Construction Codes Inspections Division issues the electrical permit, and permits are applied for through the Accela portal at aca-prod.accela.com or by mail, which LARA warns can delay processing. The permit itself is not optional. MCL 339.5731(1) provides that only an individual licensed under the article shall install electrical wiring, and that in a municipality where inspection service is provided a person shall obtain a permit from the board or the municipality with jurisdiction. There is one narrow carve out at MCL 339.5731(2): where a licensee installs wiring without compensation for a charitable organisation, the property owner may take out the permit, and that applies only to reconstruction, renovation or remodeling of one to four family dwellings. LARA's fee schedule effective April 1, 2024 sets a non refundable application fee of $75.00. Service fees run $10.00 through 200 amp, $15.00 over 200 through 600 amp, $20.00 over 600 through 800 amp, $25.00 over 800 through 1200 amp, $50.00 over 1200 through 1600 amp ground fault interrupter only, and $120.00 over 1600 amp. Circuits are $5.00 each. Lighting fixtures and outlets including receptacles and wired smoke detectors are $6.00 per 25. A dishwasher, microwave or garbage disposal is $5.00 each, a furnace or unit heater $5.00, baseboard electrical heating units $4.00, and power outlets for ranges and dryers $7.00. Sign fees are $10.00 per unit and $15.00 per letter, with neon at $20.00 per 25 feet. Rough or additional inspection is $75.00, final inspection $75.00, the certificate fee is $30.00, reopening an expired permit is $75.00 and the island inspection fee is $50.00.
LARA publishes a free public lookup. From the Bureau of Construction Codes home page the link is Find or Verify a BCC Licensed Professional or Business, and it opens the Accela licensee search at aca-prod.accela.com. Anyone can search it, which means your customers can, your competitors can, and anyone reading a review can. Three things are worth checking before a contract is signed. First, that the business holds a current electrical contractor license, not just that somebody at the business holds a master electrician license. MCL 339.5737(1) makes the contractor license the credential that permits the business of electrical contracting. Second, that the contractor license is not on hold. LARA's renewal page explains that a contractor license goes on hold when the qualifying master electrician, fire alarm specialty technician or sign specialist license lapses, and R 339.5151 allows summary suspension under MCL 339.5507 until a new qualifier is designated. Third, the expiration date, because contractor licenses run on a three year cycle ending December 31 and individual licenses run annually. LARA also publishes disciplinary action reports through its enforcement section, and takes complaints about a licensed professional or business there. A written verification letter is available from the department for $30.00 under R 339.5111 when a bid package asks for something more formal than a screenshot. For contractors, the practical move is to put the lookup result in front of the customer yourself, on the estimate, before they go looking.
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These are common details other guides publish about Michigan, but we could not verify them from the agency source. Confirm them directly before relying on them.
Yes. The Electrical Administrative Board, inside the Bureau of Construction Codes at the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, licenses electricians under Article 7 of the Skilled Trades Regulation Act, 2016 PA 407, MCL 339.5701 to 339.5739. The board is separate from the State Plumbing Board. Michigan licenses the individual by grade and licenses the contracting business separately.
To run the business, yes. MCL 339.5737(1) says a person shall not engage in the business of electrical contracting without an electrical contractor license. MCL 339.5711 issues that contractor license either to an individual who holds a master electrician license, or to a business with a full time employee who is a Michigan resident master electrician actively responsible for code compliance.
MCL 339.5715 requires 8,000 hours over at least four years, related to electrical construction, building maintenance, or electrical wiring and equipment, under the direct supervision of an individual licensed under the article. You must be at least 20 years old. An honorably discharged interior electrician from the armed forces can qualify by affidavit instead.
MCL 339.5713 requires age 22, at least 12,000 hours of qualifying experience obtained over six years or more, and an electrical journeyman license held for at least two years. LARA states that if you hold a Michigan journeyman license you do not need to prove experience earned before that license was issued.
LARA's electrical licensing page states the pass mark is 75 percent for the electrical journeyman, master electrician, fire alarm specialty technician and sign specialist examinations. PSI administers them. Fail twice within two years and MCL 339.5713(2) or MCL 339.5715(3) bars you for a year, after which you must show proof of an approved code, fundamentals or theory course.
MCL 339.5707 sets a $100.00 examination fee for each class. Initial and renewal fees are $50.00 for a master electrician, $40.00 for a journeyman, $15.00 for an apprentice registration, $50.00 for a fire alarm specialty technician and $40.00 for a sign specialist. An electrical contractor license is $300.00 for a three year cycle.
Apprentice registrations expire August 31 each year. Journeyman, master, fire alarm specialty technician and sign specialist licenses expire December 31 each year. Electrical, fire alarm and sign specialty contractor licenses expire December 31 every third year and must be renewed by March 1, after which the license is void and you must apply again.
It is not annual. MCL 339.5713(4) and MCL 339.5715(4) make a board approved course on any update or change to the state construction code a condition of renewing a master or journeyman license, due within 12 months of that change, and only in or after years when the code changes. LARA confirms the course is not required every year. Courses are found through CE Broker.
No. LARA states on its electrical licensing page that Michigan does not hold reciprocity with any other state or country. An out of state applicant submits a copy of the license held and a copy of that jurisdiction's licensing requirement showing hours, schooling and conditions, and is then reviewed for approval to sit the Michigan examination.
Article 7 sets no liability insurance minimum and no bond for an electrical contractor license. MCL 339.5711 asks only for a qualifying master electrician. The single insurance requirement in the article is at MCL 339.5727(1)(c), which makes a sign specialty contractor show evidence of public liability insurance, without naming an amount. Customers and general contractors will still ask for certificates.
Under MCL 339.5601, a first offence is a misdemeanor with a fine up to $500.00 or 90 days in jail, a second is a misdemeanor with up to $1,000.00 or a year, and a third or later is a felony with up to $25,000.00 or five years. MCL 339.5603 adds administrative fines up to $10,000.00 against a licensee, plus suspension or revocation.
Detroit issues its own electrical licenses and registrations locally, as LARA states on its electrical licensing page. MCL 339.5733(1) allows that where a municipality adopts an ordinance at least as stringent as the state article with similar enforcement, penalties and inspection. MCL 339.5733(3) requires municipalities to recognise board issued licenses, and MCL 339.5735 lets such a municipality also require state licensure.
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