Texas plumber insurance requirements

What Texas law and licensing authorities require of plumbers — insurance, bonds, and workers' compensation. 1 of 2 rows below carry a machine-verified quote from an official source; the rest say so honestly. Last checked 2026-09-05.

This page lists requirements published by official sources, with the exact wording and a check date on every verified row. It is not legal or insurance advice, and it does not cover city or county rules — always confirm with the linked official source.

License-tied insurance not machine-verifiable — check the official source	Texas licenses plumbing contractors at the state level, and state law ties insurance requirements to that license — but the licensing agency's insurance-requirements page and the official statute portal both failed machine fetching on build day (404 after a site restructure; the statute portal serves a JavaScript shell). We do not republish amounts from memory or blogs: get the current figures from the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners.
Workers' compensation verified 2026-09-05	NOT required for most private employers — Texas is the only big state where workers' compensation is elective for most private businesses. Source: Texas Department of Insurance — workers' compensation for employers exact wording on the official page “In Texas, private employers can choose to carry workers' compensation insurance coverage, but it is not required in most cases.”

License-tied insurance
not machine-verifiable — check the official source

Texas licenses plumbing contractors at the state level, and state law ties insurance requirements to that license — but the licensing agency's insurance-requirements page and the official statute portal both failed machine fetching on build day (404 after a site restructure; the statute portal serves a JavaScript shell). We do not republish amounts from memory or blogs: get the current figures from the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners.

Workers' compensation
verified 2026-09-05

NOT required for most private employers — Texas is the only big state where workers' compensation is elective for most private businesses.
Source: Texas Department of Insurance — workers' compensation for employers

exact wording on the official page

“In Texas, private employers can choose to carry workers' compensation insurance coverage, but it is not required in most cases.”

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Official sources for this page

Texas Department of Insurance — workers' compensation for employers

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