Requirements, license levels, and the issuing authority, sourced from New Mexico's official board.
Authority confirmed from official CID page; class-specific requirements were not enumerated on the fetched page. EPA 608 required for refrigerants.
| Requirements | MM-98 generally requires roughly 4 years of qualifying experience (within the prior 10 years) under an MM-98 or equivalent, plus passing the required CID trade and business/law examinations. The official landing page confirms CID as the authority but does not enumerate MM-98 specifics; details are in CID's classifications/forms sections. |
| Reciprocity | None for civilian mechanical applicants. 14.6.4 NMAC (Journeyman Certification) contains no general reciprocity provision for mechanical journeyman applicants; the only out-of-state route in that part is 14.6.4.8(D), an expedited certification pathway for military members, veterans and their spouses who hold a current, valid and substantially equivalent out-of-state license, and that provision applies across the electrical, mechanical and plumbing trades. Outside that military provision a civilian holding an out-of-state mechanical license must meet New Mexico's standard experience and examination requirements through the ordinary Construction Industries Division application process. No reciprocity pathway is published for the MM-98 Mechanical Contractor classification or its MM sub-classifications. |
| Renewal | Fees are assessed annually and continuing education runs on a three-year cycle. NMAC 14.6.4.8(G)(1) provides that the Construction Industries Division mails each certificate holder a renewal notice at least 30 days prior to expiration, so expirations are individualised rather than falling on one statewide date; 14.6.4 NMAC does not state whether the certificate document itself carries a one-year or multi-year term, and a three-year term is stated only for the military-service-member expedited certificate path at §D(5). Continuing education: NMAC 14.6.4.8(H)(2) requires compliance once in every three-year period for the journeyman mechanical classifications (JSM sheet metal, JS sprinkler, JR refrigeration, MS-12J and MS-14J fire protection), and 14.6.4.8(H)(2)-(3) sets the requirement at 16 hours per three-year cycle of which a minimum of 8 hours must cover the current CID code enforced by each journeyman classification being renewed. Fees under NMAC 14.5.5: a mechanical journeyman certificate is $25 per year per classification held (the examination fee is also $25); the MM-98 unlimited mechanical contractor license is $100 per year or $200 for two years; other mechanical contractor classifications are $50 per year or $100 for two years; the initial or additional-classification application fee is $30. |
| Notes | Authority confirmed from official CID page; class-specific requirements were not enumerated on the fetched page. EPA 608 required for refrigerants. |
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