Transfer Your Engineering License to Maine: Reciprocity & Endorsement (2026)

Updated 2026-10-29 · Data verified 2026-07-21 · source: Maine State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers ↗

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Does my PE license transfer to Maine?

Maine grants PE licensure by comity — its term for endorsement — to an out-of-state Professional Engineer in good standing: the Maine State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers 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; Maine requires no state-specific exam. Application fee: $170 (Maine cost to license by comity = $50 application fee + $120 licensure fee, paid together at application; 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 Maine's normal route for an already-licensed engineer, and the word describes what the Maine State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers actually does: it extends professional courtesy to your existing PE license after confirming your record meets Maine'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 Maine, 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 Maine requires one it is listed above rather than folded silently into the process.

Maine offers two comity/endorsement paths under 32 M.R.S. sec. 1352-A: (1) ABET-approved curriculum + at least four years of experience after graduation + FE and PE passed, licensed without further examination; and (2) a PE licensed in good standing for at least eight years whose qualifications are substantially equivalent, where the board may waive additional requirements. An NCEES Record is accepted but not strictly required (a separate documents path exists). Cost is $50 application + $120 licensure = $170.

Maine requirements at a glance

Out-of-state PE license transfer requirements for Maine, verified 2026-07-21
Fees	$170 (Maine cost to license by comity = $50 application fee + $120 licensure fee, paid together at application; transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board paid to NCEES)
Processing time	The board publishes no comity turnaround; the Maine and NCEES databases are separate, so the applicant must have NCEES transmit the Record before the application can be reviewed

Step by step

Confirm Maine's current requirements on the Maine State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers website — rules change.
Submit the endorsement application to the Maine State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers (application linked on this page).
Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
Hold a PE license in good standing in another U.S. state, territory, D.C., or foreign country.
Provide a current NCEES Record (accepted for comity) or equivalent transcripts, FE/PE exam results, experience, and references.
Meet the standard comity path (ABET-approved curriculum, at least four years of experience after graduation, FE and PE passed) OR the eight-year path (licensed in good standing 8+ years with substantially equivalent qualifications, where the board may waive additional requirements).
Submit Engineering Employment Verification Forms if not relying solely on a complete NCEES Record.
Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.