Engineering License from New York to Missouri: Does It Transfer? (2026)
Does Missouri accept a New York PE license?
A PE license transfers from New York to Missouri by endorsement — there is no automatic reciprocity, but you do not start over. Apply to the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects (APELSLA), verify your New York license, and meet Missouri's endorsement requirements. FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record and are not retaken; Missouri requires no separate state jurisprudence or law exam for comity.
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Verdict
Licensure by endorsement
Missouri grants PE licensure by comity, so a Professional Engineer licensed in New York does not start over — but does file a full Missouri application. Your New York license, ABET degree, qualifying experience, and FE and PE results reach the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects (APELSLA) through your NCEES Record; the board's task is to confirm they meet Missouri's practice act, not to re-test you. Two things govern your timeline: keeping your New York license active and unencumbered while the Missouri application is pending, and clearing any Missouri-specific exam or statutes review before the license issues.
What's different between New York and Missouri
Computed from both states' verified data rows, in both directions, and from the route every other origin gets into Missouri. Exam notes are our summary of each board's published rules, with sources below.
- Route, each way
New York to Missouri (this page): Licensure by endorsement.
Missouri to New York (the reverse move): Licensure by endorsement.
The route is the same in both directions.
- Does coming from New York matter?
Coming from New York does not change the answer: every origin (the other 49 states and DC) gets the same result for a move into Missouri.
- Application fee
Missouri lists $200 for an out-of-state applicant and New York lists $377 for the reverse move; neither may be the full cost.
- Exam rules on record
Missouri and New York carry different exam notes (our summaries, below); any state law or jurisprudence exam is listed with each state's requirements.
- Missouri (this move): FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record and are not retaken; Missouri requires no separate state jurisprudence or law exam for comity
- New York (the reverse move): FE and PE exam results transfer through your NCEES Record and are not retaken; endorsement requires that your original license was issued upon a written examination equivalent to New York's, and there is no state jurisprudence exam; note that New York will not accept professional experience self-endorsed by the applicant, so the NCEES Record must be verified before transmission
What changes, New York → Missouri
| New York (current) | Missouri (destination) | |
|---|---|---|
| Application fee | $377 (NY fee for licensure and first registration is $377 (the same fee applies to the endorsement pathway); transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid separately to NCEES) | $200 (Missouri comity application fee (check or money order payable to the Missouri Board for Professional Engineers; nonrefundable per 20 CSR 2030-6.010). Transmitting an NCEES Record costs $175 for the first board and $100 for each additional board, paid separately to NCEES) |
| Processing time | The NYSED Office of the Professions does not publish a comity/endorsement processing time on its engineering pages | Board publishes no comity turnaround; it states completed applications are processed in order of receipt and that a specific licensure date cannot be projected. NCEES-Record applications are held until the Record is received |
| Licensing authority | New York State Board for Engineering, Land Surveying and Geology (NYSED Office of the Professions) | Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects (APELSLA) |
The destination column is what you must satisfy — Missouri sets the rules for this move.
Step by step
- Confirm Missouri's current requirements on the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects (APELSLA) website (linked below) — rules change.
- Submit the endorsement application to the Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors and Professional Landscape Architects (APELSLA) (application linked below).
- Arrange license verification from your current state via the verification system.
- Hold an active PE license in another state, territory, or country (Model Law Engineers and NCEES Council Record holders apply through the same comity route).
- Submit an NCEES Council Record (then complete only pages 1 and 5 of the application), or complete the full education, experience, and reference sections of the Missouri application.
- Hold an ABET-accredited bachelor's degree in engineering plus four years of qualifying experience (engineering technology degrees are not accepted).
- Disclose any disciplinary action, provide references, and include a photograph with the application.
- Pay the fees listed above, and allow for the processing time shown there.
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Frequently asked questions
Can I keep my New York PE license after I'm licensed in Missouri?
Yes — PE licenses stack. Keep the New York license active (its renewal and continuing-education/PDH clock run separately) and you hold both. Engineers working near state lines or nationally routinely carry several PE licenses at once, all sourced from a single NCEES Record.
Sources
Primary sources only — official boards and compact commissions. Data last verified 2026-07-21.
- Missouri APELSLA — PE Licensure by Comity (requirements) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- Missouri APELSLA — Application for Licensure as a PE by Comity, Form 375-0130 ($200 fee) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NCEES — Records Program (comity transmittal fees) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NYSED Office of the Professions — Engineering License Requirements (endorsement) ↗ (accessed 2026-07-21)
- NYSED Office of the Professions — Engineering License Application Forms ↗ (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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