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Texas air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license: renewal plan

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Texas air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

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Renewal cycle
12 months
Expiration rule
The expiration date on your official record
Renewal window
Not reviewed
Continuing education
8 hours per cycle
  • Texas state law and rules regulating licensee conduct1 h
  • Other approved continuing education toward the 8-hour total0 h
Each entry counts in one category only; no reviewed rule allows a course to satisfy two topics. No reviewed rule provides carryover, caps or exemptions for this credential, so none is applied.
Renewal fee
$65 with the completed contractor-license renewal application
After expiration
  • Late-renewal fee rises from 1.5 times to twice the normal fee
  • Late renewal by the reviewed route ends (18 months after expiration)
Renewal steps
  • Submit the completed contractor renewal application with the $65 fee, online or by form. Work is prohibited after expiration until the license is renewed.
Not calculated
  • Renewal window: No reviewed source states when TDLR opens renewal.
Reviewed instructions and sources (8)
Renewal cycle
12 monthsSource https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/acr/contractor-apply.htm · Retrieved 2026-09-03
Deadline
Complete all required continuing education before the contractor license expires; for late renewal, the coursework must fall within the year immediately before renewal.Source https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/acr/acrce.htm · Retrieved 2026-09-04
Continuing education
8 hoursSource https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/acr/acrce.htm · Retrieved 2026-09-04
Required topics
1 hour of Texas state law and rules regulating licensee conductSource https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/acr/acrce.htm · Retrieved 2026-09-04
Renewal fee
$65 with the completed contractor-license renewal application.Source https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/acr/contractor-renew.htm · Retrieved 2026-09-04
Late fee
Within 90 days after expiration, renewal is 1.5 times the normal fee; after 90 days but before 18 months, it is twice the normal fee.Source https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/acr/contractor-renew.htm · Retrieved 2026-09-04
If the license lapses
Work is prohibited after expiration. Renewal costs 1.5 times the normal fee within 90 days and twice the fee after 90 days but before 18 months.Source https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/acr/contractor-renew.htm · Retrieved 2026-09-04
Renewal steps
Complete eight hours of approved continuing education each year, then submit the completed contractor renewal application with the $65 fee, online or by form.Source https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/acr/contractor-renew.htm · Retrieved 2026-09-04
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