Engineering Licensing Boards

This page was last fact-checked December 14, 2015

Professional engineers, professional land surveyors, and their firms must obtain licenses from the state engineering board. This directory will help you quickly find the engineering board in your state. If you need help filing your registration or renewal, we are happy to help.

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State	PE / LS Boards
Alabama	Alabama Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors PO Box 304451, Montgomery, AL 36130-4451 (334) 242-5568 Toll Free: (866) 461-7640 Fax: (334) 242-5105 http://www.bels.alabama.gov/
Alaska	Alaska State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors State of Alaska/DCCED, Div of CBPL, AELS Board, P.O. Box 110806, Junea, AK 99811-0806 (907) 465-2550 https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/professionallicensing/boardofarchitectsengineersandlandsurveyors.aspx
Arizona	Arizona State Board of Technical Registration (602) 364-4930 https://btr.az.gov/
Arkansas	Arkansas State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors 501 682-2824 Fax: 501 682-2827 https://www.pels.arkansas.gov/ pelsboard@arkansas.gov
California	California Board for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors 1-866-780-5370 or (916) 263-2222 Fax: (916) 263-2246 http://www.bpelsg.ca.gov/
Colorado
Connecticut	Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection - Occupational and Professional Licensing Division (860) 713-6100 http://www.portal.ct.gov/DCP/Agency-Administration/Division-Home-Pages/Occupational--Professional-Licensing-Division dcp.occupationalprofessional@ct.gov
Delaware	Delaware Association of Professional Engineers 302-323-4588 Fax: 302-323-4590 https://www.dape.org/ office@dape.org
District of Columbia
Florida	Florida Board of Professional Engineers (FBPE) (850) 521-0500 Fax: (850) 521-0521 https://www.fbpe.org/ BOARD@FBPE.ORG
Georgia	Georgia Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (478) 207-2440 http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/licensing/plb/22
Hawaii
Idaho	Idaho Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors (IPELS) 208-373-7210 Fax: 208-373-7213 http://www.ipels.idaho.gov/
Illinois	Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation 1 (888) 473-4858 http://www.idfpr.com/ fpr.prfgroup02@illinois.gov
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas	Kansas State Board of Technical Professions: Engineering, Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Land Surveying 785-296-3053 http://www.ksbtp.ks.gov/
Kentucky	Kentucky Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors 1 (800) 573-2680 or (502) 573-2680 Fax: (502) 573-6687 http://kyboels.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Louisiana	Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board 225-925-6291 Fax: 225-925-6292 http://www.lapels.com/
Maine
Maryland	Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation: Board for Professional Engineers (410) 230-6260 Fax: (410) 333-0021 http://www.dllr.state.md.us/license/pe/ pe@dllr.state.md.us
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota	Minnesota Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design (651) 296-2388, TTY: 1-800-627-3529 Fax: (651) 297-5310 http://mn.gov/aelslagid/
Mississippi	Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors 660 North Street, Suite 400, Jackson, MS 39202 601-359-6160 Fax: 601-359-6159 http://www.pepls.state.ms.us/pepls/web.nsf
Missouri	Missouri Board For Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects 573.751.0047 Fax: 573.751.8046 http://pr.mo.gov/apelsla.asp moapeplspla@pr.mo.gov
Montana	Montana Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors (406) 841-2360 http://bsd.dli.mt.gov/license/bsd_boards/pel_board/board_page.asp
Nebraska	Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architects P.O. Box 95165, Lincoln, NE 68509-5165 (402) 471-2021 Fax: (402) 471-0787 http://www.ea.nebraska.gov/
Nevada	Nevada State Board of Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors http://www.nvboe.org/
New Hampshire	New Hampshire Board of Professional Engineers 603-271-2219 Fax: 603-271-6990 https://www.oplc.nh.gov/engineers/ Donna.Lobdell@nh.gov
New Jersey	New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs - State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (973) 504-6460 http://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/pels/
New Mexico
New York	New York State Education Department: Office of the Professions - State Board for Engineering & Land Surveying http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/pels/
North Carolina	North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers & Surveyors 4601 Six Forks Rd., Suite 310, Raleigh, NC 27609 (919) 791-2000 Fax: (919) 791-2012 http://www.ncbels.org/
North Dakota	North Dakota State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors 723 West Memorial Highway, PO Box 1357, Bismarck, ND 58502-1357 701-258-0786 http://ndpelsboard.org/
Ohio	Ohio Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors U.S. Toll Free: (877) 644-6364 Columbus Metro: (614) 466-3651 http://www.peps.ohio.gov/ pes.board@pes.ohio.gov
Oklahoma	Oklahoma Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors 220 NE 28th Street, Suite 120, Oklahoma City, OK 73105 (405) 521-2874 Fax: (405) 523-2135 http://www.ok.gov/pels/
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	Rhode Island Division of Design Professionals (401) 462-9530 Fax: (401) 462-9532 http://www.bdp.state.ri.us/architects/
South Carolina	South Carolina Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors PO Box 11419, Columbia, SC 29211 (803) 896-4422 http://www.llr.state.sc.us/POL/Engineers/ Contact.ENGLS@llr.sc.gov
South Dakota	South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation: Board of Technical Professions 2525 W. Main St., Suite 211, Rapid City, SD 57702 (605) 394-2510 Fax: (605) 394-2509 http://dlr.sd.gov/bdcomm/btp/ sdbtp@state.sd.us
Tennessee	Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance: Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners 615-741-3221, 1-800-256-5758 Fax: 615-532-9410 http://www.tn.gov/commerce/section/architects-engineers ce.aeboard@tn.gov
Texas	Texas Board of Professional Engineers 512-440-7723 Fax: 512-440-0417 http://engineers.texas.gov/index.htm info@engineers.texas.gov
Utah
Vermont
Virginia	Virginia Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects Licensing: (804) 367-8506 Fax: (866) 465-6206 http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/APELS/ apelscidla@dpor.virginia.gov
Washington	Washington Department of Licensing - Business and Professions Division Department of Licensing, PO Box 9034, Olympia, WA 98507-9034 Fax: 360-586-1596 http://www.dol.wa.gov/business/
West Virginia	West Virginia Board of Registration for Professional Engineers (304) 558-3554 Fax: (304) 558-6232 http://www.wvpebd.org/Home/tabid/434/Default.aspx info@wvpebd.org
Wisconsin	Wisconsin Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers and Professional Land Surveyors P.O. Box 8935, Madison, WI 53708-8935 608-266-2112 http://dsps.wi.gov/Home
Wyoming	Wyoming Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors 307-777-6155/6156 Fax: 307-777-3403 https://sites.google.com/a/wyo.gov/wybpepls/home wyopepls@wyo.gov