Transfer Your CPA / Accounting License to Nevada: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)

Nevada is one of the boards that does not simply hand a substantially-equivalent CPA its license. The Nevada State Board of Accountancy evaluates you individually — frequently through an experience test counted in years of recent practice — so read its route below before assuming the automatic path applies. What you keep either way: your CPA Exam passage transfers, and your existing license is the basis of the review, not a fresh start.

Under NRS 628.310 the Board may grant a certificate by reciprocity to any holder of a CPA certificate then in effect from any US state or jurisdiction (or a foreign equivalent), so reciprocity runs on the national substantial-equivalency framework rather than a partner list. Distinctive requirement: at least 20 hours of continuing education within the 12 months before applying. This is the license transfer, separate from practice privilege/mobility (an out-of-state CPA whose license is substantially equivalent may already practice in Nevada with no Nevada certificate). The Board's current CPA Certification by Reciprocity packet requires a $240 application fee (NAC 628.016 sets $200 plus the actual cost of the criminal-history investigation, up to $100), and it waives transcripts for applicants licensed four or more of the last ten years. Nevada requires 150 semester hours for certification, which reciprocal applicants normally satisfy through their existing certificate.