Renewing a nail licence in Virginia
What Virginia Board for Barbers and Cosmetology (DPOR) publishes about renewing the licence, checked on September 9, 2026.
- How often
- A licence expires two years from the last day of the month in which it was issued (18VAC41-20-160). DPOR mails a renewal notice, but the regulation says in as many words that failing to receive it does not relieve the holder of the obligation to renew (18VAC41-20-170).
- Source: Virginia DPOR, Board for Barbers and Cosmetology Regulations and Statutes (PDF) · Checked September 9, 2026
- Fee
- The Nail Technician renewal fee is $105 from 1 September 2024 onward, up from $90 before that date, due with the renewal card before the expiry date. All fees are non-refundable and are not prorated (18VAC41-20-140, 18VAC41-20-150).
- Source: Virginia DPOR, Board for Barbers and Cosmetology Regulations and Statutes (PDF) · Checked September 9, 2026
- More than 30 days late
- Once 30 days pass after the expiry date, an ordinary renewal is no longer available: it becomes a reinstatement application carrying both the renewal fee and the reinstatement fee, $210 in total. The date DPOR receives the money is the date that counts, not the date it was sent (18VAC41-20-180).
- Source: Virginia DPOR, Board for Barbers and Cosmetology Regulations and Statutes (PDF) · Checked September 9, 2026
- The two-year cliff
- Two years past the expiry date, reinstatement is no longer possible. Going back to work means applying as a new applicant and meeting every current entry requirement, training and examination included (18VAC41-20-180.B).
- Source: Virginia DPOR, Board for Barbers and Cosmetology Regulations and Statutes (PDF) · Checked September 9, 2026
- Continuing education
- The Board's regulations at 18VAC41-20 set no continuing-education requirement for nail technicians anywhere in the chapter. Renewal in Virginia is a matter of paying on time, not of collecting hours.
- Source: Virginia DPOR, Board for Barbers and Cosmetology Regulations and Statutes (PDF) · Checked September 9, 2026
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