The Board issues and maintains licenses for Surveyor Interns (SI) and Professional Surveyors (PS). All PS – and some SI – applications require Board Member review and the licensure decision to be made during the next Board meeting. Meetings are held in January, March, May, July, September, and November.
What follows is general information on how to obtain each type of surveying license. The Board has VERY precise education/experience requirements which are outlined in Article 8 D./E. Please review these carefully. For more information, visit Article 8 of the AR State Laws & Rules of the Board on our “Rules/Laws/Standards” webpage.
Qualifications (Article 8.D. of the Rules) – Apply for a License ONLINE, an applicant shall submit:
Once the Board verifies this information, a Surveyor Intern license may be issued.
For more information about the licensure process, including how to apply, fees, cutoff dates, & approval process, please visit Surveyor Intern (SI) – Licensure Overview.
Qualifications – The licensure you’re seeking determines your application type. The application types are Original, Comity, or Reinstatement.
Original licensure (Article 8.E.1.) – You’re seeking your first PS license and you take both the Principles & Practice of Surveying (PS) and AR State Specific Exams. There are specific education and experience requirements in the Rules, please read carefully. Apply for a License ONLINE, an applicant shall submit:
The NCEES PS exam is administered year-round, the State Specific, in April and October. The cutoff dates for the State Specific Exam is January 1 for the April exam, and July 1 for the October exam. Applicants should take note that all documentation must be received by the cutoff date. Applications completed after this date will be held for the next exam administration.
Approved applicants will receive PS and State Specific exam fee payment instructions. For the PS exam, you will be directed to www.NCEES.org where you will register, log-in, sign-up and pay. For the State Specific, you’ll receive “payment due-to-the-Board” instructions.
Exam grading takes about 6 – 8 weeks and results will be sent via emails from NCEES (PS exam) and the Board (AR State Specific). An examinee who passes both exams will be given a license number.
Reciprocity (Comity) licensure (Article 8.E.2 of the Rules) – You’re seeking licensure based upon a license in another jurisdiction. Apply for a License ONLINE, pay your $200.00 application fee, then meet the qualifications :
There are allowances regarding when you took the PS exam and when you earned your experience and also about waiving the FS exam.
If approved the State Specific Exam may be taken in the Boards’ office, at a time which is convenient to both you and Board Staff. Exam results take about 6 – 8 weeks and will be emailed to you. An applicant that passes the exam will be given a license number.
For more information about the licensure process, including how to apply, fees, cutoff dates, coordinating your NCEES Council Record with our application, & approval process, please visit Professional Surveyor (PS) – Licensure Overview.
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