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Licensing

Get Your License

Each type of license or certificate has different requirements and application procedures:

Engineers

Land Surveyors

On-site Designers and Inspectors

Firms

Renew Your License

Things to Know

License expires every 2 years on your birthday. You can renew 120 days before your license expires

For Consumers

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Look Up a License

Find out if an engineer, land surveyor, or firm has a valid license

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File a Complaint

Learn how to file a complaint against an engineer, land surveyor, or firm

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Disciplinary Actions

See a list of engineers & land surveyors disciplined for licensing violations

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Rulemaking Activity

See rules currently being developed by the Board

Frequently Asked Questions

The board's response to questions from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) regarding recording monument replacements and encroachments is available below.

Please note, this response CANNOT provide conclusive answers. Instead, it is intended to provide the Board's perspective as an external stakeholder. It should NOT be relied on by DNR as legal authority, and the opinions expressed here should not be used as a basis for legal advice to private citizens.

DNR Letter Recording Monument Replacements and Encroachments

Please find below a response to questions from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), regarding recording monument replacements and encroachments.

However, please note; this response CANNOT provide conclusive answers. Instead, it is intended to provide the Board's perspective as an external stakeholder. It should NOT be relied on by DNR as legal authority, and the opinions expressed here should not be used as a basis for legal advice to private citizens.

DNR Letter Recording Monument Replacements and Encroachments

Agricultural and Biological Engineering 

Architectural Engineering (licensed in WA as Building Systems Engineer) 

Chemical 

Civil 

Control Systems 

Electrical 

Environmental 

Fire Protection 

Industrial and Systems 

Mechanical 

Metallurgical and Materials 

Mining and Mineral Processing 

Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering 

Nuclear 

Petroleum 

Structural (requires current licensure as a WA PE before applying)

 

The SE license in our new system is viewed like an endorsement to your Washington Professional Engineer (PE) license. Log in to Secure Access Washington (SAW) and access our service, ‘Professional and Business Licensing’. If you do not see ‘Professional and Business Licensing’ on your list of services, you must add our service to your SAW account. Once at our service, select ‘Professional Licenses’ at the top of your screen. Click into your license number and select ‘manage endorsement’. Upload the first two pages of your Structural Engineer Registration Application. From the drop down, select none or n/a.