UBE SCORE PORTABILITY CHEAT SHEET

State / Minimum Passing UBE Score / Minimum Score for Admission on Transferred UBE Score / State Specific Component on Transfer? / Maximum Age of UBE Score
Alabama / 260 / 260 / Yes / 25 months
Alaska / 280 / 280 / No / 5 years
Arizona / 273 / 273 / Yes / 5 years
Colorado / 276 / 276 / No / 3 years/ 5 years (if combined with two years of law practice experience immediately preceding application)
District of Columbia / 266 / 266 / No / 5 years
Idaho / 280 / 280 / No / 37 months
Iowa / 266 / 266 / 2 years/ 5 years (if proves regularly engaged in the practice of law for at least two years of the last three years immediately preceding filing of application)
Kansas / 266 / 266 / No / 36 months
Minnesota / 260 / 260 / No / 36 months
Missouri / 260 / 260 / Yes / 24 months
Montana / 270 / 270 / Yes / 3 years
Nebraska / 270 / 270 / No / 5 years
New Hampshire / 270 / 270 / No / 3 years/ 5 years (if establishes that primarily engaged in active practice of law for at least two years in another jurisdiction in good standing throughout that entire period)
New Mexico / 260 / 260 / Yes** / 36 months
New York / 266 / 266 / Yes / 3 years
North Dakota / 260 / 260 / No / 2 years
South Carolina (2/2017) / * / * / * / *
Utah / 270 / 270 / No / 18 months/ 5 years (if can prove active practice in UBE jurisdiction full-time)
Vermont
(effective 4/2016) / 270 / 270 / No / 3 years/5 years (if actively engaged in the Practice of Law for at least 2 years in another jurisdiction in which the applicant was a member in good standing)
Washington / 270 / 270 / Yes / 40 months
Wyoming / 270 / 270 / No / 3 years

* South Carolina will begin utilizing the UBE starting with the February 2017 administration. The order from the Supreme Court of South Carolina reflects that details will be contained in amendments to be promulgated to South Carolina Appellate Court Rule 402.

**The NCBE website indicates that there is a state specific component in New Mexico. New Mexico does not appear to have a separate testing procedure on state law, but there is a required course in New Mexico law that must be completed prior to admission.