Electrical Contractor Permit Requirements in Lewiston, ME

1. EIN (Employer Identification Number)

   Required if you have employees or operate as an LLC or corporation. Free from the IRS.

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   Free·Immediate (online application)

   Free

   Immediate (online application)

1. Maine Revenue Services — Sales Tax Registration

   Required for all businesses selling tangible personal property or taxable services in Maine. Maine charges a 5.5% state sales tax (food and lodging have different rates). Register with Maine Revenue Services online.

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   Free·Immediate (online)

   Free

   Immediate (online)

1. Maine Electricians' Examining Board - Master Electrician License

   Electrical work in Maine requires an individual licence from the Electricians' Examining Board (Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation). Maine licenses electricians as individuals - Helper, Apprentice, Journeyman-in-Training, Journeyman and Master - and has no separate electrical contractor business licence. A Master Electrician must pass the state examination and document the required qualifying experience.

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   $150 license fee plus a $21 State Police (SBI) background-check fee (about $171); $20 for Senior Master Electrician age 70 or older·License term is two years from the date of first licensure

   $150 license fee plus a $21 State Police (SBI) background-check fee (about $171); $20 for Senior Master Electrician age 70 or older

   License term is two years from the date of first licensure

2. City of Lewiston - Selective Business Licensing (City Clerk)

   Lewiston does not require a general business licence or registration, and licensing is run by the City Clerk's Department (207-513-3124), not the Finance Department. The Clerk licenses over 40 specific business types required by Maine statute or city ordinance - among them food service establishments, mobile units and roving diners, massage establishments and therapists, tattoo parlours, lodging houses, flea markets, pawnbrokers, peddlers, second-hand dealers, taxicab companies, junk collectors and adult businesses. Most other trades - cleaning, landscaping, handyman, photography, tutoring, pet sitting, notary, bookkeeping, real estate, insurance, plumbing, electrical and HVAC contracting - are not licensed by the City at all. Most licensed types require inspection by the Fire, Code (Health) or Police departments before issue.

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   Fees are published per category in the City's Business License Applications Fees, Penalties and Inspection and Approval Schedule - for example food service establishment $150-$575 by class and size, mobile unit / roving diner $100, massage establishment $110 application plus $195 licence, tattooing $110 plus $195, second-hand dealer $88, peddler $56 in state. Most businesses pay nothing because they are not a licensed category.·File the application at least seven days before you begin operating, and allow time for any required Fire, Code (Health) or Police inspection

   Fees are published per category in the City's Business License Applications Fees, Penalties and Inspection and Approval Schedule - for example food service establishment $150-$575 by class and size, mobile unit / roving diner $100, massage establishment $110 application plus $195 licence, tattooing $110 plus $195, second-hand dealer $88, peddler $56 in state. Most businesses pay nothing because they are not a licensed category.

   File the application at least seven days before you begin operating, and allow time for any required Fire, Code (Health) or Police inspection

3. Lewiston Electrical Permit (per project)

   An electrical permit must be obtained from the City of Lewiston Planning and Code Enforcement Department for each electrical project, and a final inspection is required on completion. Androscoggin County issues no electrical permits. The work itself must be done by an electrician licensed by the Maine Electricians' Examining Board.

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   Residential: $40 for receptacles, switches, fixtures, appliances, services, generators or heat pumps up to a 50 percent alteration; $70 for new one- and two-family construction, accessory structures or an alteration over 50 percent; $50 for mobile/modular homes and for pools, hot tubs and spas. Commercial minimum fee $50, then itemised - services $40 up to 200 amps and $80 for 300-600 amps, transformers and generators $30 each, HVAC units $20 each, outlet openings $1 each. Starting work early doubles the fee (City of Lewiston Electrical Permit Fee Schedule).·Submit the application to Planning and Code Enforcement (207-513-3125); staff quote the fee, review begins on payment, and the final inspection follows completion

   Residential: $40 for receptacles, switches, fixtures, appliances, services, generators or heat pumps up to a 50 percent alteration; $70 for new one- and two-family construction, accessory structures or an alteration over 50 percent; $50 for mobile/modular homes and for pools, hot tubs and spas. Commercial minimum fee $50, then itemised - services $40 up to 200 amps and $80 for 300-600 amps, transformers and generators $30 each, HVAC units $20 each, outlet openings $1 each. Starting work early doubles the fee (City of Lewiston Electrical Permit Fee Schedule).

   Submit the application to Planning and Code Enforcement (207-513-3125); staff quote the fee, review begins on payment, and the final inspection follows completion

Official Sources

• Maine Electricians Examining Board — Electrical Contractor License
• City of Lewiston Finance Department

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