West Virginia — statewide
West Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office
In short
West Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office issues 1 permit we publish for West Virginia — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical Contractor Licenseonly if it applies to you | West Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office | Roughly $50 a year; confirm the current amount with the State Fire Marshal's Office | annual — expires 30 June | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Electrical Contractor License
Electrical work is licensed separately from West Virginia's general contractor system — by the State Fire Marshal's Office rather than the Contractor Licensing Board, for both journeyman and master electricians, expiring every 30 June. The fire marshal's own fee schedule could not be reached to confirm the figure directly, so the roughly $50 a year commonly cited is recorded here with that caveat rather than as a confirmed fact. Holding this electrician's license as a sole proprietor is what earns the reduced $20 rate on the separate contractor license above, rather than paying full price for overlapping electrical credentials.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- West Virginia — statewide
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
- Website
- wvfiremarshal.org
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- West Virginia Code of State Rules section 28-2-5 — the $90 annual contractor license feeWest Virginia Contractor Licensing Board · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other West Virginia statewide offices
- West Virginia Secretary of State, Business and Licensing Division
- West Virginia State Tax Division
- West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
- West Virginia Division of Labor
- West Virginia Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists
- West Virginia Board of Veterinary Medicine
- West Virginia Contractor Licensing Board
- West Virginia Department of Human Services
West Virginia jurisdictions
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