To become a licensed land surveyor, you complete an education and experience route your board accepts, pass the FS and PS exams and, in 49 of 54 jurisdictions, a state exam, then apply to the board. A surveying bachelor's usually needs 2 to 4 years of experience after it, and 27 jurisdictions keep a route with no degree. The table lists each jurisdiction's title, board, routes, exams and source.
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| Jurisdiction | License title and board | Education and experience routes | Exams | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors | Surveying BS, or BSCE with 15 surveying hours: 4 years; related degree: 5; related science BS: 6. No degree only if licensed elsewhere before 12/31/2007. | FS, PS, ALSS exam | Code of Ala. 34-11-4; BELS Paths to LS Licensure |
| Alaska | Professional Land Surveyor. State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors | ABET or approved 4-year surveying degree: 4 years, 3 in responsible charge; with a graduate degree: 3; 4-year degree with approved surveying courses: 6. | FS, PS, AKLS exam | 12 AAC 36.065 |
| Arizona | Land Surveyor. State Board of Technical Registration | 72 months of education and experience, no degree required; an approved surveying curriculum counts up to 4 years. | FS, PS, Arizona exam | A.R.S. 32-122.01 |
| Arkansas | Professional Surveyor. State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors | ABET surveying or geomatics bachelor's, or bachelor's with 30 surveying hours: 3 years; approved surveying associate: 6. | FS, PS, Arkansas exam | 17 CAR 285-305 |
| California | Professional Land Surveyor. Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists | 6 years total; an approved surveying curriculum counts up to 4, or all 6 can be experience. Includes 1 year each of field and office training. | FS, PS, state exam, Laws and Rules exam | BPELSG, Professional Land Surveyor Application |
| Colorado | Professional Land Surveyor. State Board of Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors | ABET 4-year surveying degree: 2 years; other 4-year surveying degree: 4; approved 2-year surveying degree, or 4-year degree with surveying courses: 6. | FS, PS, COPLS exam | Colorado DPO, Land Surveyor and Intern Applications |
| Connecticut | Land Surveyor. State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors | 4-year surveying degree: 3 years; 4-year civil engineering degree: 4; 2-year surveying degree: 5; 2-year civil engineering degree: 6; no degree: 9. | FS, PS, JP exam | CT DCP, Land Surveyor Initial/Exam |
| Delaware | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Professional Land Surveyors | 8,000 intern hours after a 4-year surveying degree; after another accepted degree or surveying program plus 4,000 hours; or after 11,000 hours and Level IV technician certification. | FS, PS, Drainage and Jurisprudence exam | 24 Del. C. 2708 |
| District of Columbia | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Professional Engineering | EAC/ABET land surveying bachelor's, experience years not on the board page; endorsement: that degree plus 4 years; statute also allows combinations the board accepts. | FS, national principles and practice exam, DC exam | D.C. Code 47-2853.112 |
| Florida | Professional Surveyor and Mapper. Board of Professional Surveyors and Mappers | Surveying and mapping bachelor's: 4 years under a PSM; other bachelor's with 25 surveying semester hours: 6, 5 in responsible charge. | Board approved national exam with a Florida law and rules portion | Fla. Stat. 472.013 |
| Georgia | Professional Land Surveyor. Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Board | 18 semester hours of land surveying plus a bachelor's: 3 years; associate: 5; high school diploma: 8. All include at least 24 months of PLS apprenticeship. | FS, PS, Georgia laws and history exam | O.C.G.A. 43-15-13; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. 180-4-.02 |
| Guam | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Registration for Professional Engineers, Architects and Land Surveyors (PEALS) | 4-year surveying curriculum: 4 years; 2-year curriculum: 4 years to intern, then 4 more; non approved surveying curriculum: 8; no degree: 12. | FLS, PPLS, Guam Land Matters | 22 GCA 32113(b)(5) |
| Hawaii | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Professional Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects | 4-year degree in land surveying, geoscience, or civil or general engineering: 3 years; other 4-year degree or 2-year technology program: 7; no degree: 11. | FS, PS, Description Writings exam | HAR 16-115-75 |
| Idaho | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Licensure of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors | Approved 4-year surveying program, or related bachelor's with equal coursework: 4 years, 2 in boundary surveying. | FS, PS, Idaho exam | Idaho Code 54-1212 |
| Illinois | Professional Land Surveyor. Department of Financial and Professional Regulation | Bachelor's with 24 land surveying credit hours: 4 years in responsible charge. | FS, PS, Illinois jurisdictional exam | IDFPR, Qualifications for Licensure, PLS (035) |
| Indiana | Professional Surveyor. State Board of Registration for Professional Surveyors | Approved land surveying curriculum graduate; 8 years of education and experience combined. | FS, PS, Indiana exam (Part 2B) | Indiana PLA, Surveyors Licensing Information |
| Iowa | Professional Land Surveyor. Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board | College program of 2 years or more with math and basic science: 4 years of land surveying experience. | Fundamentals, proficiency and Iowa laws exams | Iowa Code 542B.14 |
| Kansas | Professional Surveyor. State Board of Technical Professions | ABET surveying degree: 4 years of progressive surveying; approved 2-year surveying program, accredited engineering degree or approved related science degree: 6, at least 4 in land surveying; 12 approved surveying semester hours: 8, at least 6 in surveying. | FS, PS, Kansas State Specific exam (two parts) | K.S.A. 74-7022; K.A.R. 66-9-5, 66-10-10 to 66-10-10c, 66-11-5; KSBTP, Surveyors |
| Kentucky | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors | Approved 4-year surveying degree: 3 years; other 4-year degree with 24 surveying hours, or civil, mining or agricultural engineering degree with 12: 4. At least 2 after graduation. | FS, PS; no Kentucky exam named | KRS 322.045 |
| Louisiana | Professional Land Surveyor. Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board | ABET geomatics bachelor's, or bachelor's with 30 approved surveying hours: 4 years, at least 2 under a PLS. | FS, PS, laws exam, board interview | La. R.S. 37:693; LAC 46:LXI.909 |
| Maine | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Licensure for Professional Land Surveyors | Bachelor's with the board core curriculum; associate with it plus 2 years; the curriculum plus 6; or no degree plus 7. Then 2 years as LSIT. | FS, PS, Maine exam | 32 M.R.S. §§ 18223, 18224 |
| Maryland | Professional Land Surveyor. Board for Professional Land Surveyors | 4-year land surveying degree: 2 years; physical or applied science degree, or 4-year degree with 30 surveying credits: 4; high school with 30 surveying credits: 6. | FS, PS, Law and Ethics exam, Road Grade and Storm Drain exam | Md. Code, Bus. Occ. & Prof. § 15-305; COMAR 09.13.07.02 |
| Massachusetts | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors | Surveying BS, or civil engineering BS with 18 surveying credits: 4 years; 60 semester hours with 18 in surveying: 6; no degree: 12, or 20 without the FS. | FS, PS with a Massachusetts part, oral exam | 250 CMR 3.04, Table II |
| Michigan | Professional Surveyor. Board of Professional Surveyors | ABET surveying bachelor's or evaluated equivalent: 4 years of supervised experience, or 3 with a post-bachelor's degree. | FS, PS, Michigan exam (Part IIB) | Mich. Admin. Code R 339.17201 to 339.17203 |
| Minnesota | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, Geoscience and Interior Design | 4-year land surveying degree plus set hours, at least 3,120 field and 1,920 office; bachelor's with 22 surveying credits: larger totals. 1 year after education. | FS, PS, MNLS exam | Minn. R. 1800.3505 |
| Mississippi | Professional Surveyor. Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors | BS or AS with approved surveying courses: 4 to 7 years by education; no degree: 12. Half the experience in boundary surveying. | FS, PS, Mississippi Section exam | Miss. PEPLS Rules 5.0 to 5.6 |
| Missouri | Professional Land Surveyor. Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects | Bachelor's with 15 surveying hours: 4 years; 60 credit hours with 15 in surveying: 5; 15 surveying hours alone: 6. High school or GED required. | FS, PS, Missouri Specific Examination | RSMo 327.314 |
| Montana | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors | Land surveying bachelor's: 4 years; land surveying associate, or bachelor's with a surveying minor: 6. No-degree route closed October 1, 2022. | FS, PS, Montana exam | MCA 37-67-325 |
| Nebraska | Land Surveyor. State Board of Examiners for Land Surveyors | SIT first. 4-year surveying, engineering or approved degree: 2 years in a responsible position; no degree: 6 years. | FS, PS, Nebraska exam | Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-8,117 |
| Nevada | Professional Land Surveyor. State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors | Approved 4-year land surveying degree or equivalent: 4 years, 2 under direct PLS supervision. | FS, PS, Nevada law and procedures exam | NRS 625.270; NAC 625.310 |
| New Hampshire | Licensed Land Surveyor. Board of Licensure for Land Surveyors | 6 years of supervised experience, 2 in boundary work; college study in surveying, engineering or forestry counts up to 4. | FS, PS, Legal Aspects exam | N.H. Admin. R. Lan 302.03, 303.01 |
| New Jersey | Professional Land Surveyor. State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors | ABET land surveying bachelor's: 3 years in the U.S. under a PLS; an MS counts as 1 year, a doctorate as 2. | FS, PS; no state exam in the rule | N.J.A.C. 13:40-2.4 |
| New Mexico | Professional Surveyor. Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Professional Surveyors | Approved 4-year surveying degree: 4 years; related science degree with 18 surveying hours: 4 under 16.39.5.8(G) or 8 under (K). U.S. experience under a licensed surveyor. | FS, PS, New Mexico exam | 16.39.5.8 NMAC |
| New York | Licensed Land Surveyor. State Board for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology | Surveying bachelor's: 3 years; engineering or math bachelor's with 15 surveying credits: 4; surveying associate: 5.5; no degree: 8. | FS, PS, New York exam (Part 3) | NYSED Land Surveying License Requirements |
| North Carolina | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors | Surveying BS: 2 years under a PLS; surveying technology associate: 5; high school with apprenticeship: 7; high school: 9. | FS, PS, North Carolina exam | N.C. Gen. Stat. § 89C-13(b) |
| North Dakota | Professional Land Surveyor. State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors | ABET engineering or surveying bachelor's: 4 years; other engineering or surveying degree, or 2-year technology or surveying degree: 6; no degree: 8. | FS, PS, North Dakota laws exam | N.D.C.C. 43-19.1-16; N.D. Admin. Code 28-02.1-06-02 |
| Ohio | Professional Surveyor. State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors | ABET surveying degree, civil engineering degree with 16 surveying hours, any bachelor's with 30 surveying hours, or approved surveying program: 4 years of office and field work. | FS, PS, Ohio exam | Ohio Rev. Code 4733.11 |
| Oklahoma | Professional Surveyor. State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors | Approved 4-year surveying degree: 4 years; approved 2-year surveying degree, or 2-year or 4-year degree with the board core curriculum: 5. | FS, PS, Oklahoma Law and Surveying exam | 59 O.S. 475.12b |
| Oregon | Professional Land Surveyor. State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying | Approved 4-year land surveying or photogrammetric mapping degree: 4 years; coursework matrix from 50 credits and 4 years 10 months to 20 credits and 7 years 4 months. | FS, PS, Oregon exam | ORS 672.126 |
| Pennsylvania | Professional Land Surveyor. State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists | Civil engineering degree with 10+ surveying credits, surveying technology associate, or 6 years of experience leads to SIT; then 4 years after SIT. | FS, PS; no state exam named | Registration Law Sec. 4.3 |
| Puerto Rico | Agrimensor Licenciado (Licensed Land Surveyor). Junta Examinadora de Ingenieros y Agrimensores de Puerto Rico | 4-year surveying program: 2 years; with an MS in surveying: 1.5; with a doctorate: 1. | FS, PS, ethics, laws and procedures exam | Ley 173 de 1988, Arts. 3 and 11 |
| Rhode Island | Professional Land Surveyor. State Board of Registration for Professional Land Surveyors | 4-year survey degree: 4 years; 2-year survey degree, or 2-year or 4-year degree with the board core curriculum: 5; core curriculum and no degree: 7. | FS, PS, Rhode Island legal exam | R.I. Gen. Laws 5-8.1-9 |
| South Carolina | Professional Surveyor, Tier A or Tier B. Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors | Tier A: 4-year degree with 12 semester hours in each required discipline: 4 years. Tier B, after Tier A: 15 hours in surveying, mapping, hydraulics and hydrology: 4 years. | FS, PS, South Carolina exam; Tier B exam | S.C. Code 40-22-225; Regs. 49-201 |
| South Dakota | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Technical Professions | Surveying or related technical bachelor's with 24 surveying hours: 4 years; unrelated bachelor's or surveying associate with 24 hours: 7. 2 years after intern enrollment. | FS, PS, South Dakota exam | ARSD 20:38:30:03; 20:38:31:04 |
| Tennessee | Professional Land Surveyor. State Board of Examiners for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors | Surveying bachelor's: 2 years; other bachelor's with 24 or 36 surveying hours: 2; surveying associate: 6; high school with 18 surveying hours: 10. | FS, PS, Tennessee exam (TS) | Tenn. A&E board, Professional Land Surveyor page |
| Texas | Registered Professional Land Surveyor (RPLS). Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors | Surveying bachelor's; bachelor's with 32 surveying hours plus 1 year; surveying associate or 32 surveying hours plus 2; or high school plus 4. Then 2 years as SIT. | FS, PS, Texas State Specific Exam | TBPELS SIT and RPLS pages; 22 TAC 134.31 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Land Surveyor. Board of Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors | Accredited 4-year land surveying degree: 2 years; high school diploma: 8; 12 years of active practice. | FS and PS, after board approval | V.I. DLCA AELS requirements page |
| Utah | Professional Land Surveyor. Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors Licensing Board | Land surveying bachelor's: 4 years; land surveying associate: 6; high school diploma or equivalent: 10. | FS, PS, Utah exam | Utah Code 58-22-302(3) |
| Vermont | Land Surveyor. Board of Land Surveyors | ABET land surveying bachelor's: 24 month internship; ABET associate: 36 months; no degree: 72 months. | FS, PS, Vermont exam | 26 V.S.A. 2592 |
| Virginia | Land Surveyor. Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, Certified Interior Designers and Landscape Architects | EAC/ABET surveying degree: SIT, then 4 years in all; other degree, certificate or apprenticeship routes add 1 to 3 years before SIT; high school with algebra, geometry and trigonometry: 6 years to SIT. | FS, PS, Virginia exam, regulations exam | 18VAC10-20-300 and 18VAC10-20-310 |
| Washington | Professional Land Surveyor. State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors | Approved 4-year land surveying degree: 4 years; associate: 6; no degree: 8 years of progressive experience. | FS, PS, Washington exam, Law Review | RCW 18.43.040 |
| West Virginia | Professional Surveyor. Board of Professional Surveyors | Approved 4-year surveying degree: 2 years in responsible charge; any 4-year degree with 30 surveying hours, or approved 2-year degree: 4. | FS, PS, West Virginia exam | W. Va. Code 30-13A-8 |
| Wisconsin | Professional Land Surveyor. Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Registered Interior Designers | Approved surveying or related bachelor's: 2 years; associate: 4. The 10-year experience route closed after July 1, 2019. | FS, PS, Wisconsin exam | Wis. Stat. 443.06(2); Wis. Admin. Code A-E 6.02 |
| Wyoming | Professional Land Surveyor. Board of Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors | Education meeting Board Rules ch. 3, sec. 2(b) or (c): 4 years of surveying experience. | FS, PS, Wyoming exam | Wyoming Board, Surveyor Applications page |
What is a land surveyor license called in each state?
Professional Land Surveyor is the title in 33 of the 54 rows. Ten use Professional Surveyor, without the word land, six use plain Land Surveyor, and New Hampshire and New York use Licensed Land Surveyor.
Florida licenses a Professional Surveyor and Mapper, Texas a Registered Professional Land Surveyor (RPLS), and Puerto Rico an Agrimensor Licenciado. South Carolina splits its license into Tier A and Tier B. Each title comes from that jurisdiction's own law or board.
Boards differ too: 10 of the 54 also license architects, as in Alaska, Colorado and Tennessee. That path is covered in our guide to becoming a licensed architect.
What are the usual steps to a land surveyor license?
Where the rows set an order, it runs from education to the FS exam and intern status, then supervised experience, then the PS and any state exam, and finally the license application. The board then issues your license number.
- Qualify through a surveying degree, a related degree with surveying credits, or experience where allowed.
- Pass the FS and enroll as an intern. Maine, Nebraska, Tennessee and Virginia tie the FS to intern status.
- Log supervised experience, often with set field, office or boundary shares.
- Pass the PS and any state exam. Massachusetts requires its oral exam first, and South Dakota an Exam Reference Form.
- Apply with transcripts, experience verification and references; Wisconsin wants all exams passed within 4 years.
Do you need a degree to become a land surveyor?
Not everywhere. In 27 of the 54 rows, at least one open route skips the college degree, though 6 of those still require set surveying coursework. Another 24 rows list only routes that start with a degree or a college program.
Experience routes. Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Guam, Hawaii, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Washington have a route built on experience, sometimes after high school. It runs from 6 years in Arizona, California, Nebraska, New Hampshire and Vermont to 12 in Guam, Mississippi and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 20 on one Massachusetts route.
Coursework without a degree. Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, Oregon, Rhode Island and Tennessee accept set surveying coursework in place of a degree, from 15 semester hours and 6 years in Missouri to 18 hours and 10 years in Tennessee.
Closed or narrow routes. Colorado, Montana and Wisconsin have closed their experience routes. Alabama keeps a no-degree route only for surveyors licensed elsewhere before 12/31/2007, and Oklahoma's 60 credit hour route takes no intern applications after January 1, 2026. Wyoming leaves education to board rules, and the District of Columbia statute also accepts combinations its board approves. Kansas sets its routes by board rule, from 4 years of experience after an ABET surveying degree to 8 years with 12 semester hours of approved surveying coursework.
Which national exams do land surveyors take?
The FS exam on surveying fundamentals and the PS exam on principles and practice. Of the 54 rows, 51 name both, 32 of them as NCEES exams, and where the rows set an order, the FS comes first.
Florida's row names a board approved national exam with a Florida law and rules portion, and Iowa's a fundamentals exam and an exam on proficiency to practice. Kansas gives its two part state specific exam monthly at the board office in Topeka, and both parts must be passed before a license is issued. Kentucky and Nevada require an NCEES Record.
Which jurisdictions add a state exam?
Of the 54 rows, 50 name a state or territory exam on top of the national pair. The rows name none for Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Where the rows describe the content, it is mostly local law, standards and history, as in Alabama's ALSS exam and the Georgia laws and history exam, while Hawaii tests description writings. Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin give theirs open book.
California, Maryland and Virginia add a second state exam, and Washington a Law Review passed at 80 percent. Alaska, Connecticut, Maine and New Hampshire test in April and October.
What is a land surveyor intern or surveyor-in-training?
It is the credential you hold while logging experience, earned by passing the FS where the rows link the two. Of the 54 rows, 46 name one: 24 use an intern title, 20 an in-training title, and Florida and South Dakota give both forms.
Land Surveyor Intern and Surveyor Intern lead with 10 rows each. The rows for Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Utah, Vermont and Wisconsin name no intern title.
In 9 rows the intern stage comes before the license: Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia. Delaware counts 8,000 intern hours, and Maine and Texas 2 years.
What else do boards ask for besides exams?
References are the most common extra. They appear in 34 rows, and 21 set the number at five, with at least three from licensed or registered professionals.
Louisiana and Rhode Island hold board interviews, and Massachusetts an oral exam. Georgia wants 4 survey drawings, South Carolina 3 signed plats, Tennessee 2 plats with descriptions, and Vermont a portfolio of 3 to 6 surveys.
Maine and Texas run criminal history checks, Texas with fingerprints. Nevada, New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands set a minimum age of 21. Mississippi, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands set residency rules, while California's row sets none. North Dakota wants 12 months of cadastral or PLSS work, and Puerto Rico active CIAPR membership to practice.
What should you order once you are licensed?
A land surveyor seal made to your jurisdiction's rules, ordered after the board issues your license number. Most jurisdictions print that number on the seal face, so wait for it before you order.
Our guide to land surveyor seal requirements by state sets out what each face must show, its size and devices, and the North Dakota seal guide says to wait for the number. Supply your name exactly as your board records it.
Nebraska is the exception: its board issues the seal devices. For plats or reports sealed electronically, see our page on electronic seals and digital signatures.
How does firm practice affect a land surveyor license?
Your license covers you as an individual. Whether your firm also needs a certificate of authorization, a registration or its own seal is a separate rule, listed for surveying firms in all 54 jurisdictions on our firm seal and certificate of authorization page.
Check the firm rule before a company name goes on a plat, and order any firm seal with your own.
How do renewal and continuing education work?
Of the 54 rows, 43 set a 2 year renewal cycle. The most common continuing education figure is 30 PDH, hours, units or credits per 2 years, found in 20 rows.
Connecticut, Georgia, North Carolina and the U.S. Virgin Islands renew yearly, as does Texas until licenses expiring in December 2026 or later move to 2 years. Arizona and New York renew every 3 years. Maine sets the lowest figure, 8 hours per 2 years, and 11 rows give no hour figure.
In many jurisdictions a lapsed license also bars sealing, as our state seal requirements show.
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to become a licensed land surveyor?
Add the experience your route requires to the time spent on any degree: 2 to 4 years after a surveying bachelor's in most rows, or 6 to 20 years without one. Delaware and Minnesota count hours instead of years.
Does a land surveyor license transfer to another state?
Each license comes from one board, so a second state means a second application. The District of Columbia endorses an EAC/ABET degree with 4 years, Texas accepts an out-of-state RPLS license in place of its SIT, and Wyoming adds a law and ethics exam for comity applicants.
Can a civil engineering degree lead to a land surveyor license?
Yes, in several rows, usually with surveying credits added: 15 hours in Alabama, 12 in Kentucky, 16 in Ohio and 18 in Massachusetts, each with 4 years of experience. Connecticut takes a 4-year civil engineering degree with 4 years, and Hawaii with 3.
What is the difference between an LSIT and a PLS?
The LSIT, or surveyor intern, holds an in-training credential while logging experience. The PLS holds the license, issued after the PS, any state exam and the application, and the seal is made for that license.
Do any states test land surveyors on drainage design?
Yes. Maryland requires 18 months of minor engineering experience and a Road Grade and Storm Drain exam. South Carolina's Tier B license adds subdivision storm drainage and erosion control plans, with its own exam after Tier A, and Delaware's state exam covers drainage and jurisprudence.
Once your license number is issued, choose a seal made to your state's rules from our land surveyor stamps and seals collection.





































