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Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor (Combined_PEL) License

Combined individual license; this survey records surveying examinations. Engineering examinations are applicant conditions because they belong to another profession.

Licensing authority: Connecticut State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors / Department of Consumer Protection · Application information

Initial licensure — Class 5
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Board class7 instruction
The current Combined_PEL page states for Class 7: "NO WAIVER OF PART 1". This Board implementation is retained alongside the statute and regulation permitting discretionary waiver.
Education
Approved four-year surveying curriculum with regional accreditation and at least 30 semester credits in surveying.
Engineering examinations
NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering and Professional Engineer examinations belong to another profession and are conditions only; apply the Board rules on qualification and waivers.
Engineering qualifications
Also satisfy the independent professional-engineering education and experience requirements; the DCP page lists accredited four-year degree plus four years, or engineering technology/foreign degree plus seven years, and its stated advanced-degree and foreign-experience credit rules.
Experience
Three additional years, approximately 50% property-line surveying divided equally between office and field; responsible decision-making work normally supervised by a licensed surveyor. Party-chief status alone is not necessarily sufficient.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four unrelated profession members, at least two licensed engineers and two licensed surveyors, including one attesting to engineering experience and one to surveying experience.
Initial licensure — Class 6(A)
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Board class7 instruction
The current Combined_PEL page states for Class 7: "NO WAIVER OF PART 1". This Board implementation is retained alongside the statute and regulation permitting discretionary waiver.
Education
Non-graduate; experience must approximate an approved surveying education.
Engineering examinations
NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering and Professional Engineer examinations belong to another profession and are conditions only; apply the Board rules on qualification and waivers.
Engineering qualifications
Also satisfy the independent professional-engineering education and experience requirements; the DCP page lists accredited four-year degree plus four years, or engineering technology/foreign degree plus seven years, and its stated advanced-degree and foreign-experience credit rules.
Experience
Nine years total, at least three in land surveying; at least three responsible decision-making years normally supervised by a licensed surveyor and three party-chief years; maximum two instrument-person years and one rod-person year.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four unrelated profession members, at least two licensed engineers and two licensed surveyors, including one attesting to engineering experience and one to surveying experience.
Initial licensure — Class 6(B), four year civil engineering degree
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Board class7 instruction
The current Combined_PEL page states for Class 7: "NO WAIVER OF PART 1". This Board implementation is retained alongside the statute and regulation permitting discretionary waiver.
Education
Four-year civil engineering degree; 30 semester credits of surveying may count as one year of party-chief experience.
Engineering examinations
NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering and Professional Engineer examinations belong to another profession and are conditions only; apply the Board rules on qualification and waivers.
Engineering qualifications
Also satisfy the independent professional-engineering education and experience requirements; the DCP page lists accredited four-year degree plus four years, or engineering technology/foreign degree plus seven years, and its stated advanced-degree and foreign-experience credit rules.
Experience
Four years: one party-chief year and three supervisory years as defined in RCSA 20-300-3(b)(2)(A)(i).
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four unrelated profession members, at least two licensed engineers and two licensed surveyors, including one attesting to engineering experience and one to surveying experience.
Initial licensure — Class 6(B), two year civil technology degree
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Board class7 instruction
The current Combined_PEL page states for Class 7: "NO WAIVER OF PART 1". This Board implementation is retained alongside the statute and regulation permitting discretionary waiver.
Education
Two-year civil technology degree; the DCP page labels this alternative a two-year civil engineering degree.
Engineering examinations
NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering and Professional Engineer examinations belong to another profession and are conditions only; apply the Board rules on qualification and waivers.
Engineering qualifications
Also satisfy the independent professional-engineering education and experience requirements; the DCP page lists accredited four-year degree plus four years, or engineering technology/foreign degree plus seven years, and its stated advanced-degree and foreign-experience credit rules.
Experience
Six years: three party-chief years (at most one instrument-person year may substitute) and three supervisory years.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four unrelated profession members, at least two licensed engineers and two licensed surveyors, including one attesting to engineering experience and one to surveying experience.
Initial licensure — Class 6(B), two year surveying degree
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Board class7 instruction
The current Combined_PEL page states for Class 7: "NO WAIVER OF PART 1". This Board implementation is retained alongside the statute and regulation permitting discretionary waiver.
Education
Two-year surveying degree.
Engineering examinations
NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering and Professional Engineer examinations belong to another profession and are conditions only; apply the Board rules on qualification and waivers.
Engineering qualifications
Also satisfy the independent professional-engineering education and experience requirements; the DCP page lists accredited four-year degree plus four years, or engineering technology/foreign degree plus seven years, and its stated advanced-degree and foreign-experience credit rules.
Experience
Five years: two party-chief years and three supervisory years.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four unrelated profession members, at least two licensed engineers and two licensed surveyors, including one attesting to engineering experience and one to surveying experience.
Initial licensure — Class 7
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Board class7 instruction
The current Combined_PEL page states for Class 7: "NO WAIVER OF PART 1". This Board implementation is retained alongside the statute and regulation permitting discretionary waiver.
Education
Graduate or non-graduate.
Engineering examinations
NCEES Fundamentals of Engineering and Professional Engineer examinations belong to another profession and are conditions only; apply the Board rules on qualification and waivers.
Engineering qualifications
Also satisfy the independent professional-engineering education and experience requirements; the DCP page lists accredited four-year degree plus four years, or engineering technology/foreign degree plus seven years, and its stated advanced-degree and foreign-experience credit rules.
Experience
Sixteen years of lawful surveying practice, at least ten land-surveying years in a responsible decision-making position normally supervised by a licensed surveyor; three party-chief years; maximum two instrument-person and one rod-person years.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four unrelated profession members, at least two licensed engineers and two licensed surveyors, including one attesting to engineering experience and one to surveying experience.
Waiver
CGS 20-302(3) permits discretionary waiver of the written examination for a qualifying sixteen-year record; RCSA Class 7 expressly permits waiver of the first part. The Board must decide the waiver; current examination references remain in the requirement tree.
Licensure by reciprocity — Class 8 (surveying)
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Engineering qualifications
Also hold a qualifying professional-engineering credential at Connecticut-equivalent standards; examinations belonging to professional engineering are conditions, not surveying leaves.
Equivalence
The prior licensing standards must not conflict with, and must be at least as high as, Connecticut requirements.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Fundamentals waiver
CGS 20-308(a) permits waiver of fundamentals for a qualifying surveyor-in-training certificate from another U.S. jurisdiction; waiver is an applicant condition.
License held
Current land-surveyor license in good standing in another U.S. jurisdiction under DCP instructions; CGS 20-308(a) and Class 8 also permit qualifying foreign-country credentials, subject to Connecticut-equivalent standards.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
Prior ncees scores
The DCP reciprocity page requires prior passage of both NCEES FS and PS. These currently offered examinations remain leaves even when passed before applying.
References
Combined applications require five references, including at least two licensed engineers and two licensed surveyors and attestations to each kind of experience.
Reinstatement after five years by new application
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Dcp instruction
The DCP implementation page directs reapplication after three years, although RCSA 20-300-11(c) places this requirement after five years.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Expiration
License not renewed within five years.
New application
File a new application under the current initial-licensure or reciprocity qualifications, including the applicable education and experience class. Any permitted waiver or credited passing score remains an applicant condition.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four profession members unrelated to the applicant, one from the experience record, and three licensed land surveyors; an applicant unable to satisfy this must submit an explanatory letter.
Reinstatement of lapsed license within five years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Dcp online limit
DCP states: "A license may be reinstated online provided a completed reinstatement application and all applicable fees are submitted not later than three (3) years after the date of expiration of the license."
Dcp reapplication instruction
DCP also states: "If your license has expired for more than three (3) years you must reapply." The five-year regulation governs this route; applicants must address the differing DCP instruction.
Documentation
Pay the renewal fees for each lapsed period and the current period; provide a notarized experience letter covering the period since the initial application.
Expiration
RCSA 20-300-11 preserves renewal rights for five years.
Lapsed practice
If documents were signed and sealed during lapse, DCP requires project names, locations and dates and may require a Board or administrator interview; this discussion is not identified as an examination.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reissuance after suspension or revocation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board discretion
CGS 20-307 permits reissue for reasons the Board deems sufficient, subject to regulations and the stated issuance charge; an applicant must satisfy the Board decision and any individual disciplinary order.
Previous license
A license has been suspended or revoked.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Annual renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
License held
Current individual license.
Renewal
Annual renewal and applicable fees under CGS 20-306(a)(1) and RCSA 20-300-11; armed-forces renewal deferral is governed by CGS 20-306(a)(3).

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Restoration from retiree status
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Form attestation
Complete the identifying information, felony disclosure if applicable and certification of truthful information required by the DCP form.
Restoration
Submit the prescribed restoration form and current annual license fee.
Retirement status
Hold the retiree-status form of this individual license.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary written practice permission pending reciprocity
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board discretion
On request, the Board must find the application apparently in good order and authorize DCP to give written practice permission for a specified time while the application is pending.
Pending application
An otherwise qualifying reciprocity applicant has an application pending. This route records interim permission, not final issuance of the ordinary license.
Scope
Permission extends only to the profession or professions stated in the written authorization.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Land Surveyor

Individual license to practice land surveying.

Licensing authority: Connecticut State Board of Examiners for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors / Department of Consumer Protection · Application information

Initial licensure — Class 5
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Education
Approved four-year surveying curriculum with regional accreditation and at least 30 semester credits in surveying.
Experience
Three additional years, approximately 50% property-line surveying divided equally between office and field; responsible decision-making work normally supervised by a licensed surveyor. Party-chief status alone is not necessarily sufficient.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four profession members unrelated to the applicant, one from the experience record, and three licensed land surveyors; an applicant unable to satisfy this must submit an explanatory letter.
Initial licensure — Class 6(A)
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Education
Non-graduate; experience must approximate an approved surveying education.
Experience
Nine years total, at least three in land surveying; at least three responsible decision-making years normally supervised by a licensed surveyor and three party-chief years; maximum two instrument-person years and one rod-person year.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four profession members unrelated to the applicant, one from the experience record, and three licensed land surveyors; an applicant unable to satisfy this must submit an explanatory letter.
Initial licensure — Class 6(B), four year civil engineering degree
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Education
Four-year civil engineering degree; 30 semester credits of surveying may count as one year of party-chief experience.
Experience
Four years: one party-chief year and three supervisory years as defined in RCSA 20-300-3(b)(2)(A)(i).
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four profession members unrelated to the applicant, one from the experience record, and three licensed land surveyors; an applicant unable to satisfy this must submit an explanatory letter.
Initial licensure — Class 6(B), two year civil technology degree
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Education
Two-year civil technology degree; the DCP page labels this alternative a two-year civil engineering degree.
Experience
Six years: three party-chief years (at most one instrument-person year may substitute) and three supervisory years.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four profession members unrelated to the applicant, one from the experience record, and three licensed land surveyors; an applicant unable to satisfy this must submit an explanatory letter.
Initial licensure — Class 6(B), two year surveying degree
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Education
Two-year surveying degree.
Experience
Five years: two party-chief years and three supervisory years.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four profession members unrelated to the applicant, one from the experience record, and three licensed land surveyors; an applicant unable to satisfy this must submit an explanatory letter.
Initial licensure — Class 7
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Education
Graduate or non-graduate.
Experience
Sixteen years of lawful surveying practice, at least ten land-surveying years in a responsible decision-making position normally supervised by a licensed surveyor; three party-chief years; maximum two instrument-person and one rod-person years.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four profession members unrelated to the applicant, one from the experience record, and three licensed land surveyors; an applicant unable to satisfy this must submit an explanatory letter.
Waiver
CGS 20-302(3) permits discretionary waiver of the written examination for a qualifying sixteen-year record; RCSA Class 7 expressly permits waiver of the first part. The Board must decide the waiver; current examination references remain in the requirement tree.
Licensure by reciprocity — Class 8 (surveying)
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Equivalence
The prior licensing standards must not conflict with, and must be at least as high as, Connecticut requirements.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Fundamentals waiver
CGS 20-308(a) permits waiver of fundamentals for a qualifying surveyor-in-training certificate from another U.S. jurisdiction; waiver is an applicant condition.
License held
Current land-surveyor license in good standing in another U.S. jurisdiction under DCP instructions; CGS 20-308(a) and Class 8 also permit qualifying foreign-country credentials, subject to Connecticut-equivalent standards.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
Prior ncees scores
The DCP reciprocity page requires prior passage of both NCEES FS and PS. These currently offered examinations remain leaves even when passed before applying.
References
Five references, four profession members unrelated to the applicant, one from the experience record, and three licensed land surveyors; an applicant unable to satisfy this must submit an explanatory letter.
Reinstatement after five years by new application
Approval
Board approval is required before the PS and Connecticut state examination registrations.
Dcp instruction
The DCP implementation page directs reapplication after three years, although RCSA 20-300-11(c) places this requirement after five years.
Experience credit
At most one year of credit per calendar year; part-time work receives at most 50% credit; military surveying is not automatically equivalent; commingled engineering and surveying experience must be itemized; identify the supervising surveyor and license number.
Expiration
License not renewed within five years.
New application
File a new application under the current initial-licensure or reciprocity qualifications, including the applicable education and experience class. Any permitted waiver or credited passing score remains an applicant condition.
Passing score credit
RCSA 20-300-5(g) grants ten-year credit for Part I and six-year credit for the specified other examination parts; these are score-credit periods, not examination-version dates.
Prior colonial score
The Colonial Section named by RCSA 20-300-3(b)(1) is not a current leaf: the NCEES official history records its last administration in fall 1992. A previously obtained Colonial score is prior evidence only.
References
Five references, four profession members unrelated to the applicant, one from the experience record, and three licensed land surveyors; an applicant unable to satisfy this must submit an explanatory letter.
Reinstatement of lapsed license within five years
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Dcp online limit
DCP states: "A license may be reinstated online provided a completed reinstatement application and all applicable fees are submitted not later than three (3) years after the date of expiration of the license."
Dcp reapplication instruction
DCP also states: "If your license has expired for more than three (3) years you must reapply." The five-year regulation governs this route; applicants must address the differing DCP instruction.
Documentation
Pay the renewal fees for each lapsed period and the current period; provide a notarized experience letter covering the period since the initial application.
Expiration
RCSA 20-300-11 preserves renewal rights for five years.
Lapsed practice
If documents were signed and sealed during lapse, DCP requires project names, locations and dates and may require a Board or administrator interview; this discussion is not identified as an examination.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Reissuance after suspension or revocation
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board discretion
CGS 20-307 permits reissue for reasons the Board deems sufficient, subject to regulations and the stated issuance charge; an applicant must satisfy the Board decision and any individual disciplinary order.
Previous license
A license has been suspended or revoked.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Annual renewal
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
License held
Current individual license.
Renewal
Annual renewal and applicable fees under CGS 20-306(a)(1) and RCSA 20-300-11; armed-forces renewal deferral is governed by CGS 20-306(a)(3).

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Restoration from retiree status
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Form attestation
Complete the identifying information, felony disclosure if applicable and certification of truthful information required by the DCP form.
Restoration
Submit the prescribed restoration form and current annual license fee.
Retirement status
Hold the retiree-status form of this individual license.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Temporary written practice permission pending reciprocity
No examination is required for this applicant pathway.
Board discretion
On request, the Board must find the application apparently in good order and authorize DCP to give written practice permission for a specified time while the application is pending.
Pending application
An otherwise qualifying reciprocity applicant has an application pending. This route records interim permission, not final issuance of the ordinary license.
Scope
Permission extends only to the profession or professions stated in the written authorization.

Official no-examination sources

Effective from 2026-09-22.

Connecticut Land Surveyor Examination

Provider
PSI Services LLC
Format
Computer-administered, open book
Exam questions
40 scored questions; additional unscored experimental items may be administered
Time limit
130 minutes
Passing score
70%
Examination outline
  • Project Management
  • Research
  • Legal Principles and Reconciliation
  • Monumentation
  • Documentation and Land Information Systems
  • Standards
  • Land Planning and Design
Examination sources

Fundamentals of Surveying (FS) Exam

Provider
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES); administered year-round in testing windows at NCEES-approved Pearson test centers
Format
Computer-based test, closed book with an electronic reference (NCEES FS Reference Handbook and the specified standards); includes alternative item types (AITs) in addition to traditional multiple-choice questions; uses both SI and U.S. Customary units
Exam questions
110 questions
Time limit
6-hour appointment: nondisclosure agreement (2 minutes), tutorial (8 minutes), exam (5 hours and 20 minutes), scheduled break (25 minutes)
Passing score
Results reported as pass or fail; failing examinees receive a diagnostic report by major topic
Exam fee
$225 exam fee payable directly to NCEES
Examination outline
  • 1. Surveying Processes and Methods (16–24 of 110 questions)
    • A. Instrumentation (e.g., GNSS/GPS, levels, total stations, robotic total stations, scanners, UAS)
    • B. GNSS/GPS surveys (e.g., static, kinematic, OPUS, real-time networks)
    • C. Control surveys (e.g., horizontal, vertical, network design, accuracy standards)
    • D. Cadastral (e.g., Public Land Survey System [PLSS], boundary, metes and bounds, land title)
    • E. Topographic surveys
    • F. Construction surveys (e.g., layout, as-built, quantity)
    • G. Land development (e.g., subdivision design/platting, land use, environmental, flood plains, wetlands)
    • H. Field record keeping and documentation (e.g., procedures, field books, raw data files)
  • 2. Mapping Processes and Methods (14–21 of 110 questions)
    • A. Basic mapping concepts (e.g., scaling, symbols, features, legend, contours, cartography)
    • B. Types of maps (e.g., plan and profile, cross section, plat, record of survey, ALTA, topographic, planimetric)
    • C. CAD (e.g., 2-D, 3-D, building information modeling [BIM])
    • D. GIS (e.g., feature collection, map projections, coordinate systems, metadata, database design and management, spatial data analysis, GIS applications)
    • E. Digital terrain model (e.g., machine control, triangulated irregular network [TIN], digital surface model, digital elevation model)
    • F. Photogrammetry and remote sensing (e.g., close range, conventional, softcopy, ground control, quality control, flight planning, project planning, UAS, drone, LiDAR, satellite, digital image analysis and processing)
  • 3. Boundary Law and Real Property Principles (19–29 of 110 questions)
    • A. Public records and descriptions (e.g., land descriptions, mineral rights, ownership rights, weighting evidence)
    • B. Common law principles (e.g., controlling elements, unwritten rights, adverse possession)
    • C. Easements (e.g., granted, implied/prescriptive)
    • D. Simultaneous and sequential conveyances
    • E. Metes and bounds
    • F. PLSS
    • G. Water law (e.g., riparian, littoral rights, water marks/levels)
    • H. Sources of law (e.g., federal/state/local, administrative, common, citations, legal research)
    • I. Encumbrances (e.g., restrictive covenants, mortgages, liens)
    • J. Real property law (e.g., deeds, chains of title)
  • 4. Surveying Principles (13–20 of 110 questions)
    • A. Basic surveying (e.g., horizontal surveys, vertical surveys, understanding of historical methods and instruments, route surveying, magnetic declination)
    • B. Geodesy (e.g., spherical trigonometry, geometric, physical, geodetic coordinates, orthometric corrections, convergence, geodetic reductions, gravity modeling, geoid modeling)
    • C. Applied geodesy (e.g., datums and datum conversions, latitude/longitude, coordinate transformations, state plane coordinate system [SPCS], map projections, control networks, reduction of observations, deflection of vertical, satellite coordinate systems)
  • 5. Survey Computations and Computer Applications (17–26 of 110 questions)
    • A. Coordinate geometry
    • B. Traverse closure and adjustments
    • C. Leveling (e.g., differential, trigonometric, reciprocal, precise)
    • D. Least squares adjustments
    • E. Area
    • F. Horizontal curves
    • G. Vertical curves
    • H. Volume (e.g., mass diagrams, earthwork)
    • I. Spreadsheets
    • J. Slopes and grades
  • 6. Business Concepts (11–17 of 110 questions)
    • A. Project planning (e.g., resource management, scheduling, cost estimation, tracking)
    • B. Safety (e.g., signage, basic first aid, safety equipment)
    • C. Liabilities (e.g., negligence, employee behavior, errors and omissions)
    • D. Contracts (e.g., basic elements, scope of work, specifications)
    • E. Supervision (e.g., survey team leadership, personnel management)
    • F. Project documentation and record management
    • G. Ethics
    • H. Communication (e.g., written communication, oral communication, alternate forms of communication, conflict resolution)
  • 7. Applied Mathematics and Statistics (10–15 of 110 questions)
    • A. College mathematics (e.g., trigonometry, analytical geometry and calculus, linear algebra and matrix theory)
    • B. Probability and statistics (e.g., mean, median, mode, hypothesis testing, normal distribution, linear regression)
    • C. Measurement science (e.g., error analysis, error propagation, positional tolerance, positional accuracy, random/systematic/blunder errors, unit conversions)
    • D. Quantitative reasoning (e.g., critical thinking, data analysis and validation, blunder detection, data quality, redundancy)
Examination sources

Principles and Practice of Surveying (PS) Exam

Provider
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES); administered year-round via computer-based testing at approved Pearson test centers
Format
Computer-based, closed book with an electronic reference (NCEES PS Reference Handbook and the specified standards); U.S. Customary units; questions require a variety of approaches and methodologies, including design, analysis, and application
Exam questions
100 questions
Time limit
7 hours, including a tutorial and an optional scheduled break
Passing score
Results reported as pass or fail; failing examinees receive a diagnostic report by major topic
Exam fee
$375 exam fee payable directly to NCEES
Examination outline
  • 1. Legal Principles (18–27 of 100 questions)
    • A. Principles of Evidence — 1. How to search for data and for physical evidence to evaluate data; 2. How to evaluate data; 3. Parol evidence; 4. Prescriptive rights; 5. Adverse possession; 6. Acquiescence; 7. Controlling elements; 8. Easement rights
    • B. Common Law Boundary Principles — 1. Historical and current common law principles; 2. Riparian and littoral rights; 3. Sovereign rights, including both navigable waters and eminent domain; 4. Sovereign land grants
    • C. Sequential and Simultaneous Conveyance Concepts — 1. Types of conveyances; 2. Junior/senior rights; 3. Record and physical evidence
    • D. Legal Descriptions for Real Property Transactions — 1. Preparation and interpretation of legal descriptions; 2. Controlling elements and how they impact the description; 3. Unwritten rights and how they impact the description; 4. Encumbrances and how they impact the description; 5. Easements and how they impact the description
    • E. Evidence for the Perpetuation of the U.S. PLSS
  • 2. Professional Survey Practices (22–33 of 100 questions)
    • A. Public/Private Record Sources — 1. Resources for private and public records; 2. Local public records indexing and filing system; 3. Local survey office records
    • B. Documentation, Supervision, and Clear Communication of Field Procedures — 1. Field surveying techniques; 2. Field surveying practices; 3. Data collection protocols
    • C. GPS/GNSS including satellite constellations, static GPS, RTK, PPP, and virtual networks
    • D. Surveying Principles and Computations — 1. Technical computations; 2. Applicable software
    • E. Monumentation Standards — 1. Applicable monumentation criteria; 2. Monument types
    • F. Land Development Solutions — 1. Regulatory land development criteria; 2. Construction criteria; 3. Land development implementation procedures
    • G. Survey Maps/Plats/Reports — 1. Technical communications by schematic, platting, and mapping processes and procedures; 2. Communication options
    • H. GIS — 1. GIS spatial databases and metadata; 2. Datums and projections related to GIS
  • 3. Standards and Specifications (8–12 of 100 questions)
    • A. BLM Manual of Surveying Instructions
    • B. ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Standards — 1. Current ALTA/NSPS Land Title Survey Standards; 2. State statutes regarding boundary surveys in conjunction with ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys
    • C. FEMA Requirements — 1. FEMA specifications and instructions; 2. Horizontal and vertical datums related to FEMA flood zones; 3. Current FEMA elevation certificate; 4. FEMA Flood Insurance Study
  • 4. Business Practices (13–19 of 100 questions)
    • A. General Business Practices and Procedures — 1. Project planning and project management; 2. Deliverables; 3. Costs, budgets, and contracts; 4. Types of surveys; 5. Site features and conditions; 6. Scope of services; 7. Appropriate equipment and instruments
    • B. Risk Management Procedures — 1. Safety procedures; 2. QA/QC methods; 3. Risk management in contracts; 4. Insurance needs and requirements; 5. Potential liabilities
    • C. Professional Conduct
    • D. Communication with Clients, Staff, Related Professions, and the Public — 1. Different forms of communications; 2. Appropriate type of communication to convey concepts; 3. Related professions and their impact on client needs and deliverables
  • 5. Areas of Practice (24–36 of 100 questions)
    • A. ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys — 1. Legal documents, such as deeds, easements, and agreements; 2. Zoning information as applied to ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys; 3. Title insurance commitment letters and policies; 4. Underground features as applied to ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys
    • B. Control Networks and Geodetic Network Surveys — 1. Datums and reference frames relative to control networks; 2. Differences between local datums and geodetic datums; 3. Equipment appropriate for control surveys; 4. The Federal Geographic Data Committee Geospatial Positioning Accuracy Standards; 5. The National Geospatial Programs (NGP) Standards and Specifications—Digital Data Standards
    • C. Construction Surveys — 1. Construction plan reading; 2. Construction calculations including slopes, grades, and plan details; 3. Construction techniques and activities; 4. Horizontal and vertical positioning relative to a plan or datum
    • D. Boundary Surveys — 1. Physical boundary evidence; 2. Boundary reconciliations; 3. Historical measurement accuracy, equipment, and techniques; 4. Legal principles related to boundary surveys
    • E. Route Surveys for Alignments and Utilities — 1. Route alignment stationing practices; 2. Reading and interpreting roadway and utility plans
    • F. Topographic — 1. Topographic/planimetric mapping and control standards; 2. Interpretation, reconciliation, and adjustment of topographic survey data; 3. QA/QC procedures as applied to topographic surveys; 4. Ground, hydrographic, and remote sensing equipment; 5. The U.S. National Map Accuracy Standards as applied to topographic surveys; 6. Tools and techniques required to perform hydrographic, bathymetric, and remote sensing surveys; 7. Nomenclature related to utilities
    • G. Surveys to Establish New Parcels, Lots, or Units — 1. Types of subdivisions; 2. Platting; 3. Condominiums and associations; 4. Deed restrictions and restrictive covenants; 5. Zoning and subdivision ordinances
    • H. As-Built/Record Drawing Surveys — 1. As-built/record drawing calculations including slopes, grades, and plan details; 2. As-built/record drawing techniques and activities; 3. Horizontal and vertical as-built/record drawing positions relative to a plan or datum
    • I. Consultation Services — 1. Site topography and slope for development purposes; 2. Site access for development purposes; 3. Zoning standards related to new projects; 4. Floodplains as related to land development
Examination sources