Transfer Your Engineering License to Kansas: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)
Does my PE license transfer to Kansas?
Kansas grants PE licensure by comity — its term for endorsement — to an out-of-state Professional Engineer in good standing: the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions (KSBTP) reviews the credentials in your NCEES Record instead of re-examining you. FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record and are not retaken; Kansas requires no state-specific engineering exam, but it does NOT recognize the NCEES Model Law Engineer (MLE) designation, so every comity applicant must file the full long-form reciprocity application. Application fee: $250 (Kansas application fee for a license by reciprocity per K.A.R. 66-15-1; biennial active-license renewal is $70; transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board paid to NCEES).
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Verdict
Licensure by endorsement
Comity is Kansas's normal route for an already-licensed engineer, and the word describes what the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions (KSBTP) actually does: it extends professional courtesy to your existing PE license after confirming your record meets Kansas's practice act, rather than re-examining you. The lever that makes this smooth is your NCEES Record — NCEES compiles your transcripts, experience, references, and FE/PE results and transmits them straight to Kansas, and a Model Law Engineer designation speeds many boards further. One prerequisite is absolute: your current license must be active and unencumbered, so clear any open disciplinary matter before you file.
Read the exam line on this page closely before you assume the move is exam-free. Most boards add nothing to the FE and PE, but a few require a state-specific examination — seismic, surveying, or a statutes-and-rules review — that comity does not waive, and where Kansas requires one it is listed above rather than folded silently into the process.
Kansas grants licensure by reciprocity but is unusually strict: it does not accept the NCEES MLE designation and requires the long-form application from every out-of-state PE. Underlying standard is a bachelor's degree from an EAC/ABET-accredited program plus qualifying experience. The reciprocity fee was confirmed against K.A.R. 66-15-1 via Cornell LII because the board website blocks automated fetching.
Kansas requirements at a glance
| Fees | $250 (Kansas application fee for a license by reciprocity per K.A.R. 66-15-1; biennial active-license renewal is $70; transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board paid to NCEES) |
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| Processing time | KSBTP publishes no comity turnaround; the long-form reciprocity review requires full board evaluation of education, experience, and references |
Step by step
- Confirm Kansas's current requirements on the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions (KSBTP) website — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions (KSBTP) (application linked on this page).
- Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
- Hold an active PE license issued by another U.S. jurisdiction.
- File the long-form application for licensure by reciprocity (the MLE short-form path is not accepted in Kansas).
- Educational qualifications when the original license was issued must have met the Kansas requirements in effect on that date (K.A.R. 66-9-7).
- Submit references and documentation of engineering experience; maintain a clean disciplinary record.
- Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.
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Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
- KSBTP — Engineers (licensing) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- KSBTP News — PE Reciprocity Requires Long Form (MLE no longer recognized) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- K.A.R. 66-15-1 — Fees (reciprocity $250; original $60; biennial renewal $70) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- K.A.R. 66-9-7 — Education standard for reciprocity applicants ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NCEES — Records Program (comity licensure) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
Reviewed by the License Reciprocity Editorial Team · verified against primary sources 2026-07-21
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