Nevada Engineering Industry Licensing

Firm Registration

$50

If successful, contact person will be automatically emailed with the Certification of Registration. If there is a question with the application up to 2 months if board deliberation is required.

Domestic Applicants:

• Identify a Nevada licensed professional, who is a full-time employee, to be in responsible charge of the firm's engineering or land surveying activities. If the firm maintains multiple office locations in Nevada, a separate responsible individual must be appointed for each office location.
• Ensure that your business entity will meet ownership requirements.

Foreign Applicants:

• Identify a Nevada licensed professional, who is a full-time employee, to be in responsible charge of the firm's engineering or land surveying activities. If the firm maintains multiple office locations in Nevada, a separate responsible individual must be appointed for each office location.
• Ensure that your Nevada entity will meet ownership requirements.
• If a corporation, obtain certified copies of your articles of incorporation, and certified copies of all amendments to file during the foreign qualification process. These documents must be dated within 90 days of the time of submitting your foreign qualification documents.

Domestic Applicants:

1. If your firm name contains some form of the word "engineer", first file a Corporate Name Request with the State Board of Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors.
2. File entity formation documents with the Nevada Secretary of State.
3. File a Firm Registration Application with the State Board of Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors.

Foreign Applicants:

1. Determine whether or not your entity will need to foreign qualify in Nevada. If not required, skip to number 4.
2. If your firm name contains some form of the word "engineer", first file a Corporate Name Request with the State Board of Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors.
3. File foreign qualification documents with the Nevada Secretary of State.
4. File a Firm Registration Application with the State Board of Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors.

Foreign Qualification - YES, if transacting business in the state.
Ownership/ Entity:

• If your firm name contains some form of the word "engineer", first file a Corporate Name Request with the State Board of Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors.
• List the name of up to three owners, officers, or top-level managers of the firm

Qualified Party:

• Name and license number of the full-time Nevada licensed professional to be in responsible charge of the firm's engineering or land surveying activities. If the firm maintains multiple office locations in Nevada, a separate responsible individual must be appointed for each office location.

Online

$50

Annually within 30 days of the anniversary date of the original filing

• List of principals of the firm
• List of licensees in responsible charge of the firm's professional services
• List of branch office locations including licensee in responsible charge

$0

Within 30 days of the effective date of the change.

Notify the board in writing with any changes.