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HVAC license requirements, state by state

The hours, the exam, the fees, and the realistic timeline, every state, verified against the issuing authority.

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Every requirement on this site is verified against the issuing state authority and dated. No AI summaries of summaries, the board's own rules, checked by hand.

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